Senorita Jalapeno

[AlittleSalt]

I read about this one today. It is a recommended variety for where I live by Texas A&M. What I have read on several sites is that Senorita Jalapeno is a very mild version of Jalapeno from Mexico that is about 1/10 as hot as a regular Jalapeno. (400 Scoville) It is supposed to look and taste just like a regular jalapeno.

My wife and I like peppers from 0 - 50,000 Scoville, but most of the rest of the people we share peppers with cannot/will not eat any hot peppers. I would really like to grow a jalapeno with that good jalapeno taste but without the heat for them.

We tried the TAM Mild Jalapeno the past few years. In our garden they grow 2 - 2.5 inches long, crack badly, and have a spicy hot taste that is more irritating than taste good. That could be because it gets so hot here? I donated some for the MMMM hoping that other people growing them in their garden will get better results. Here, the TAM Mild plants are very hardy and are still producing here in November. We have had several morning lows from 37-41F this month. Plants still look healthy.

Have any of you grown or eaten the Senorita Jalapeno? Is it worth growing flavor wise?

[Cole_Robbie]

Fooled You is a heatless variety I have grown. They taste like green bells, though, I wasn't a fan. Jalapeno M is a standard cheap variety. I have had them go from heatless in the spring when it was wet to very hot in the late summer when it was dry. I suspect that you can reduce the heat of hot peppers by giving them a lot of water.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Fooled You is a heatless variety I have grown. They taste like green bells, though, I wasn't a fan. Jalapeno M is a standard cheap variety. I have had them go from heatless in the spring when it was wet to very hot in the late summer when it was dry. I suspect that you can reduce the heat of hot peppers by giving them a lot of water.

So far, nobody has written about growing the Senorita Jalapeno, so if I can get some seeds or find transplants - I'll try them and revive this thread next year. The Fooled You Jalapeno, I know I have seen that one at a local plant store. I think it was in 2013. Something there just rings a bell.

Plant store? I wasn't sure if that is the right description or not. It is a local mom and pop shop that sells mostly plants. It is not a nursery because they don't plant and grow their plants. They get shipments that they water and sell to the public. I never thought about it before. One way or other, we try to support local M&P shops as much as we can.

[roper2008]

What do you mean by cracked badly? You don't mean the corking, do
you? I've never heard of Senorita. I'll have to look it up.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by roper2008

What do you mean by cracked badly? You don't mean the corking, do
you? I've never heard of Senorita. I'll have to look it up.

Yes, normal corking of jalapenos, but some of mine had radial cracking around the stem end. I'll go see if we still any left like that tomorrow.

[BigVanVader]

I can second them being hardy, I just picked about 200 TAM's this past weekend. We had our first frost on Halloween but only a few of the branches were affected and it still had flowers open. As far as taste go I like them and can see no major difference in the taste from a regular jalapeno other than some are more mild.

This was my first year growing them and the production is pretty bonkers compared to the normal jalp's I grow. They were so heavy with fruits I had to keep them tied to stakes like my tomatoes. Mine also had a fair amount of cracking on the surface but we did have a lot of rain this year and the cracking was mainly on the peppers I let ripen past the green stage. I will be growing again for sure.

Edit: Oh and yes the "cracking" was normal corking with my peppers.

[tam91]

Haven't tried that one, but Jalapeno M was hot compared to others I have grown.

[roper2008]

Originally Posted by tam91

Haven't tried that one, but Jalapeno M was hot compared to others I have grown.

I try to grow the very hot one's for my Jalapeño Pepper Jelly. The sugar mellows
out the heat completely. I usually have to add tabasco's to have some heat.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by tam91

Haven't tried that one, but Jalapeno M was hot compared to others I have grown.

Jalapeno M is buy far the best Jalapeno to grow.
It is the most common pepper grown for production and is NOT a hybrid so to speak.

To cut way back on the heat just slice lengthways and remove the veins and seeds.
And then rinse off in the sink.

Worth

[drew51]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Jalapeno M is buy far the best Jalapeno to grow.

Worth

You know I would have called it Jalapeno X, just sounds cool!
I never grew them, but not sure why? I like them a lot, the flavor is one of the best! Unique! One problem i seem to have with jalapeno is they're just as hot coming out! I often sing the Johnny Cash song Ring of Fire, when the moments calls for it.

[Worth1]

It baffles me why anyone would want a jalapeno that wasn't hot.
There are many other peppers out there that they can eat that they wont have to worry about the heat and taste good.
Here are two you should really try for a good pepper that isn't hot.
And the plus side is they aren't hybrid and you cant buy them in the store.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/CORNO-D...ductinfo/9602/
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/CORNO-D...ductinfo/9603/
I have grown them both and you will have peppers running out your ears.
One of the best peppers I have ever grown.

I have looked at the A&M site many times and I have to tell you, some of the stuff they pick for the so called (your area) I have no idea where they get their information from.

As for peppers any pepper will grow good in Texas any place in Texas.
I have found the non hybrids are more prolific for some reason.
With that said I wouldn't worry too much about what they say at collage station about what kind of peppers to grow.
Fruit trees yes peppers no.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Worth1

It baffles me why anyone would want a jalapeno that wasn't hot.
There are many other peppers out there that they can eat that they wont have to worry about the heat and taste good.
Here are two you should really try for a good pepper that isn't hot.
And the plus side is they aren't hybrid and you cant buy them in the store.
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/CORNO-D...ductinfo/9602/
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/CORNO-D...ductinfo/9603/
I have grown them both and you will have peppers running out your ears.
One of the best peppers I have ever grown.

I have looked at the A&M site many times and I have to tell you, some of the stuff they pick for the so called (your area) I have no idea where they get their information from.

As for peppers any pepper will grow good in Texas any place in Texas.
I have found the non hybrids are more prolific for some reason.
With that said I wouldn't worry too much about what they say at collage station about what kind of peppers to grow.
Fruit trees yes peppers no.

Worth

Here is another TAMU suggests for my area http://parkseed.com/sweet-pickle-org...p/05927-PK-P1/

But yeah, I was just curious as to what they recommended. I've seen a lot varieties growing around here that didn't make their list.

[tam91]

I like Jalapeno M, I like a bit of heat.

Jalapeno Concho was milder for me.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by tam91

I like Jalapeno M, I like a bit of heat.

Jalapeno Concho was milder for me.

Jalapeno Concho sounds interesting.
Thanks Tracy.
I'll have to check that one out.
Dutch

[Worth1]

The A&M site is still one of the best source's for Texans.
Worth