anyone grow jalapenos before?

[love11]

IF so any advice on how to make them mild peper and abundant fruiting?

[gixxerific]

If you are asking how to keep them more mild. I suppose you don't like the heat so much. A member on another forum was asking where to find a certain pepper I tracked them down for her and found it was a jalapeno hybrid that is not so hot as a normal jalapeno yet still has the taste of one.

They are called senorita jalapeno. If you are looking for something like that check out the following links. That may be right up your alley.

As far as production I find that hot pepper plants don't need much and even kind of like to be abused a little bit.

Check these
https://www.reimerseeds.com/senorita-hot-peppers.aspx
https://www.irondesert.com/Jalapeno-Seed-Senorita-Variety-p-16175.html
https://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/store/product-info.php?pid834.html
https://www.harrisseeds.com/storefront/p-699-pepper-senorita.aspx

[ronbre]

I've had best success growing them in a greenhouse (michigan).

the best way to have them mild, is when you use them remove the seeds and membranes..however there are some really mild varieities out there..

epsom salts are helpful with peppers and tomatoes.

[hendi_alex]

There are many mild varieties of jalapeno, but some years even the hot ones will be mild, especially when seeds and membranes are removed. Last year I planted both mild and hot ones in a morning only location and most of the fruit tended to be quite mild. I think that adequate moisture and low stress contributes to milder fruit. Some mild jalapenos are Tam, Fooled You, Delcias. Totally Tomatoes carries all three varieties.

https://www.totallytomato.com/quickSearch1.asp

[love11]

I just use the seeds I get at the grocery store so this year there guna be green and lightly hot I guess cus thats what the store bought ones where like.

Never grew them befor excited to see what a fully grown one looks like.

[The Helpful Gardener]

I have found that liming my soil does seem to make my peppers hotter, although I find no corraborating evidence to back that anywhere...

But don't lime...

HG

[gixxerific]

I just use the seeds I get at the grocery store so this year there guna be green and lightly hot I guess cus thats what the store bought ones where like.

Never grew them before excited to see what a fully grown one looks like.

If they are hybrids they may not come out true tho the parent. So who knows what you will get.

[The Helpful Gardener]

And reversion is the tendency of nature, so you can get throwbacks to any parent in a hybrid. That's why clonal propagation is the norm in commercial operations...

But that cuts down on hybridization, and therefore biodiversity, so there is a good argument for seed saving and growing that way as well...

HG

[farmerlon]

epsom salts are helpful with peppers and tomatoes.

Yes, this year I tried a Tablespoon of Epsom Salts, sprinkled around each Pepper plant. That seems to make the plants "green up" nicely; they look really healthy.