Jalapeno Pepper

Capsicum annuum WD

Also known as Jalapeno (EN) jalapeño pepper (EN)

How to sow jalapeno pepper: Direct seed indoors, harden seedlings off before transplanting outside.

Sun requirement for jalapeno pepper: Plant in Full Sun

Small hot pepper, about 2.5 x 7.5cm, medium spiciness. Can be harvested green (when the fruit is younger and milder) or left on the plant longer until it turns red and becomes hotter and sweeter.

17: plantings
2: harvests
2: seed packets

Growing jalapeno peppers

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

15 weeks

First harvest expected

10 weeks after planting

Height

40cm

Spread

45cm

Row Spacing

45cm

Grown for

fruit harvested 2 times

How members grow jalapeno peppers

Sunniness

Planted from

Harvested for

Plant jalapeno peppers with

okra tomato

cannabis

black beauty eggplant

ginger

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What people are saying about jalapeno peppers

Smallest viable containers for tomatoes, peppers

by Skud,

We have an over-abundance of 20cm/8" and 25cm/10" pots. I'd normally grow peppers (mostly small ones like jalapeño pepper, not huge bell pepper) in 10" pots and tomato in 12" pots. I'm wondering whether maybe I can get away with 8" pots for the peppers, mov…

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Update
10 months ago

Median lifespan

63 -> 105

Who's planted jalapeno peppers

landkale Garden
Cwilliamson Home Garden · Angleton, Texas
Cwilliamson Home Garden · Angleton, Texas
Hopeman15 Garden · Potsdam, Germany
Hopeman15 Garden · Potsdam, Germany

Jalapeno pepper harvests

Hopeman15 harvested 1 .
Potsdam,...

about 2 years ago
MidnightReverie harvested 4.
Maastricht

over 9 years ago

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