jalapa question

gdionelli · August 9, 2007

My friend brought me a whole bunch of jalapa seedlings for a charity plant sale I ran at the beginning of June. She assured me that it was a sweet pepper, not a hot one, so, not being a pepper expert myself, that's what I told everyone who bought one.

I took home a leftover seedling, and noticed this week that I had some sizable peppers, green, so I got online to find out if jalapa should be picked green or red - and found out to my surprise that it's not sweet but hot!

My question(s): is there any variety with "jalapa" in the name that is a sweet pepper, or was she just plain wrong? Secondly, how does it rank on the scale of hotness? I'm just thinking of all those people at the sale who said "I don't want any hot peppers!" and whom I reassured. And I'm thinking they won't be coming back to next year's sale!

August 9, 2007	#1
gdionelli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WV Posts: 38	jalapa question My friend brought me a whole bunch of jalapa seedlings for a charity plant sale I ran at the beginning of June. She assured me that it was a sweet pepper, not a hot one, so, not being a pepper expert myself, that's what I told everyone who bought one. I took home a leftover seedling, and noticed this week that I had some sizable peppers, green, so I got online to find out if jalapa should be picked green or red - and found out to my surprise that it's not sweet but hot! My question(s): is there any variety with "jalapa" in the name that is a sweet pepper, or was she just plain wrong? Secondly, how does it rank on the scale of hotness? I'm just thinking of all those people at the sale who said "I don't want any hot peppers!" and whom I reassured. And I'm thinking they won't be coming back to next year's sale!