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Originally Posted by arivaraci
So I have a 9 sq ft spot, and I want to put 2 jalepenos there. I have a good 18 inches down with what I think is a good soil mix.
Is that adequate space and nutrient soil (assuming the soil is good stuff)?
Thanks
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Hi! You and I are not too far from each other. Are you holding up under the "yellow snow" that has covered the area?
I grew three jalapeno plants last year and spaced them 18" apart. Mine did great at that spacing. They certainly were prolific. I ended up giving away bags of them to a coworker. You could definitely put four in that 3' x3' space, but that's a lot of jalapenos! If it were me, I would find another type of pepper, preferably hot, to fill in those two spaces.
If you don't have a good hot drying pepper, now is the time to throw one in! I bet you'll like it!
I have an 8" long, thin, very hot and sweet "mystery" pepper that is now my all time favorite. (The mystery is that it grew from a packet of sweet Aconcagua seeds last year, but is nothing like an Aconcagua.) You can use them either fresh or dried. I also grew some Cyclon peppers that we roasted and ground up for paprika.
The drying types are far more versatile (and easy) than I had thought they would be. I just pick them and spread them out in a warm clean place to dry. When I need some I either break it off and crumble it or run it through a small grinder and save it in a jar or baggie. That's it.
I'm only growing one jalapeno plant this year, just because I end up using the others so much more.