Sweet red jalapeno discovery?

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This is a jalapeno plant that I started from seed outdoors abit too late in the season where I live (last July). I brought it inside in early November and it's been on my windowsill ever since. It produced a few peppers but this is the only one that made it to full growth in this relatively small pot that I used. This jalepeno turned out very sweet with very little heat. I checked after making this video and it was grown from the seeds of a store bought jalepeno that tasted like a regular jalepeno. Maybe an accidental hybrid.. who knows? I'll be growing this one again for sure!

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I don't think anything will grow in that amount of heat. If you can find a way to vent the greenhouse then that should help.

I have a greenhouse that gets to 160 degrees F in the summer. I wonder if I could grow super hot ghost peppers?

Cross pollination only affects the seeds that the plant produces not the actual fruit. I think CrazyCunner just confirmed the reason above. :)

That's really good to know. I guess that explains the whole sweet jalapeno thing. Maybe I'll try growing some Trinidad Scorpion peppers by the window next winter and see what happens.

I had a friend eat a small ghost pepper that grew indoors the end of last year and he said it wasn't hot, so yeah with out the heat and the sun it seems they just lose that kick, I will have him try one later this year and see what he thinks then lol

Sounds like cross pollination. There is a variety called Fooled You Jalapeno with no heat and the TAM Mild Jalapeno which has a mild heat. Very interesting.

I still think peppers are the same and are affected by their neighbours attributes. I'm gonna have to investigate further here...anyone else?

Corn is a different story. When you grow white corn and it is pollinated by pollen from a corn plant that produces yellow seed, then the white corn plant produces kernels that are yellow. This is because one set of dna from the pollen is incorporated into the corn seed and since that dna codes for yellow corn and since yellow is dominant over white, the result is yellow corn kernels.

Too late! haha. I agree with you that doing that would've been a good plan as well, but I really wanted to take cuttings from it anyways so that I can yield abit more hopefully. I didn't prune it back that badly. The way the weather is looking I don't think I'll have my peppers outside for another 4 weeks at least.

I'm starting to think your theory could be the right one. The plant was abit stressed I'd say but was at a constant 70 degrees or so indoors with just crappy window sun so maybe not having any 75-80+ degrees days made the difference. We'll see when I test the cuttings outside this summer!

Actually something that many (probably most) gardeners don't realize is that cross pollination only affects the next generation of crop (from seed), not the current one. That's why a lemon tree for example will always make lemons even if pollinated by an orange tree, but it's seeds may produce either or a combination of both. Thanks for watching!

You'll have to be sure to keep it by itself so it doesn't cross pollinate thus tainting your results!

Yes. Chile peppers need 3 things to geneerate capsaicin, the heat producing chemical: lots of heat (hot weather), lots of direct sunlight, and reduced levels of water (they don't like wet roots). These 3 are typical of environments where chile peppers come from and flourish. I have also found through experimentation, that by giving them plenty of the first two, but watering them often and deeply, the heat level is reduced. The dry soil stressor to the plant has much to do with it as well.

The outdoor ones I will post a video on soon. Just waiting until they start to sprout anything.

How are your pomegranate plants doing?

Interesting, so maybe it's not about the pepper it's about the environment it was grown in. I'll test this all out to get a definitive answer. I'll be taking the plant outside for the summer and I'll see how the peppers taste at the end of the summer. Will be fun to see what happens!

Thanks about the intro. I believe that all or most jalapenos turn red eventually it's the same with green bell peppers. My theory so far is that the original pepper was maybe growing in a field where they were pollinated with sweet peppers, then this one the 2nd generation is showing the hybrid result.

Nice graphic for the intro. I need to see if I can put something together with the software I have. Do all jalopenos eventually turn red? I was thinking they stayed green. I over wintered some peppers but left them in the cellar.

More than likely due to vastly reduced capscaicin production since it was not subjected to lots of heat, outdoor sunlight and stress. Chile pepper plants need that kind of stress to get "hot" and I've found my overwintered indoors ones to be sweet as well. Glad you liked it!

I have seen sweet jalapeno seeds advertised. That must have been what you got. Sounds very interesting and what a beauty it was. It looked like a Christmas tree decoration, contrasting so beautifully against the green leaves.