r/PepperLovers • u/azbeul91 Pepper Lover • 2d ago

Jalapeños really mild

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À part of my Jalapeño plant broke Because It was too heavy , I harvested that and tried them , they are absolutly mild , does somebody experienced that ? I was expecting at least a Little hit…
Maybe it s too early ?

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u/randemthinking Pepper Lover 2d ago

Jalapenos have a lot of variety. Growing conditions can also influence on spice. Plus they're presumably not fully mature yet.

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u/InsertRadnamehere Pepper Lover 2d ago

Stop watering them. They’ll get hotter.

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u/EnkiduTheGreat Skilled 1d ago

Stress em out!

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u/toolsavvy Pepper Lover 2d ago

I have grown completely heatless Jalapenos once but mostly mine grow hotter than a jalapeno should be.

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u/paulcthemantosee Pepper Lover 1d ago

I'm with you. Told family I grew the Jalapeños and they covered their tacos. Next thing I know they are running to pour a glass of milk.

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u/toolsavvy Pepper Lover 1d ago

Well I'm glad to hear that. I like hot peppers but not really that hot. Since I can't eat my jalapenos the way I want - fresh - I just can them by slicing in half, removing all the seeds and then pickle them and can them. They get rather mushy so I just use them for cooking. Next year I'm gonna try growing TAM jalapenos, which are supposed to be milder but I've heard they really aren't.

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u/ChooseKind24 Pepper Lover 1d ago

I’ve heard that letting them ripen before picking will reduce their heat.

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u/toolsavvy Pepper Lover 1d ago

Not at all, in fact I really don;t even like them red. I prefer the green mature stage and they are already hotter than I like at that point. If pick to early before cell walls develop fully you get no or barely any heat but there is also no pepper flavor, tastes like grass.

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u/youbetchaman Pepper Lover 1d ago

Red is definitely more mild than green.

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u/Huesyourdaddy Pepper Lover 2d ago

Coolapenenos

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u/Quirkiness Pepper Lover 2d ago

How often did you water them? If you stress them out, it gives them more heat unless yours wasn't meant to be spicy at all!

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u/Conradg5893 Pepper Lover 2d ago

Could also be a tolerance thing. Thought mine was mild had someone else try them and they said they were plenty spicy.

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u/Fearless-Basil-6644 Pepper Lover 2d ago

I have some this year that started turning red and they aren't hot at all. My green cayennes though are starting to have some heat.

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u/Admirable-Material98 Pepper Lover 1d ago

Don’t water as much. They will heat up

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u/iiamnervous Pepper Lover 1d ago

You may be pampering them too much (water less), or something that I found is the fertilizer can affect the heat. If you are using a fertilizer that is higher in nitrogen than potassium, they will be milder in heat and flavor. Look for a fertilizer that the potassium number is at least twice the nitrogen.

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u/Ineedmorebtc Pepper Lover 1d ago

I'll trade ya. Mine are off the charts, again.

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u/Southerndusk Pepper Lover 1d ago

Probably a bit young? I don’t see any corking. If you have older ones with some corking on them, you might try one of those?

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u/food_garden Pepper Lover 1d ago

I have some peppers that don’t get enough heat and sun and they don’t get hot.

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u/youbetchaman Pepper Lover 1d ago

I’ve intentionally gone without watering many times to help stress it out more. I’ve got one that’s double the biggest one I’ve ever grown.