PEPPER HOT - JALAPENO EARLY

Organic Hot Pepper Jalapeno Early

        10 Seeds Pack    

Jalapeños, botanically classified as Capsicum annuum, are among the most widely recognized and cultivated chili peppers in the world. Native to Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz, Mexico, these peppers have been cultivated since ancient times. Spanish and Portuguese explorers introduced them to Europe and Asia during the 15th and 16th centuries, and since then, jalapeños have become a global culinary staple.

Jalapeño peppers are known for their bright, vegetal, and grassy flavour, paired with a mild to moderate heat level, measuring between 2,500 and 8,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The pods are curved to straight, conical in shape, and range from 5 to 15 centimetres in length and 2 to 5 centimetres in diameter. They taper to a rounded point at the tip and are covered by smooth, glossy skin that ripens from deep green to vibrant red when fully mature.

Beneath the surface, the thick, crisp flesh is green and aqueous, enclosing a central cavity packed with cream-colored, flat, and round seeds. Jalapeños are versatile and valued for their complex balance of spice and freshness, making them a key ingredient in cuisines worldwide. Whether used fresh, roasted, pickled, or dried and smoked to create chipotle peppers, jalapeños bring depth and vibrancy to a wide variety of dishes.

    PLANTING & GROWING

Soaking needs to be done at least a few hours before planting, and preferably overnight. To prevent damping off when starting seeds indoors, it’s essential that you disinfect all of your pots, plastic grow trays, seed cells, and seedling tray covers before you reuse them. 

Can grow in plant containers in your balcony garden or inside near a sunny window. If you don’t have a suitable garden spot, try a container instead.  A pot that’s at least 8 inches wide and it has drainage holes. Due to sensitive roots, repotting is best avoided. Instead, make sure you choose a suitable growing container for your seeds right from the start.

Hot Pepper prefer Well-drained, light, moderately fertile soil, high in organic matter. 

Seeds can be stated, in trays or modules, from January to March at a temperature of 18 – 21 degrees C. When some true leaves have formed pot up into 8cm pots in

good quality organic compost.  If growing in the ground or a raised bed, peppers should be planted around 40-60cm apart in a row, or 1 per square foot in a denser polyculture planting scheme – though these spacing suggestions are just guidelines and spacing can differ depending on your specific approach.  Once the plants have established, it is better to water heavy and infrequently, allow the top inch or so to dry out in between watering. 

Chilli plants are self fertile and will generally pollinate themselves. However, if you want to give them a helping hand to ensure that lots of fruit are set indoors, use a cotton wool bud to gently sweep the inside of the flowers, spreading the pollen as you go. The flower's petals will drop off as the green middle part of the flower starts to swell slightly. This is the chilli pepper beginning to grow. 

Chillies will take a few weeks to develop and a further couple weeks to turn from green to red. Harvest any time after they are fully developed. Use scissors to snip the fruits so you don't damage the plant. 

Good companion plants for chili peppers are dill, parsley, basil, rosemary, marjoram, petunias, marigolds, nasturtiums, lettuce, beans, peas, cucumbers, chard, chives, spinach, shallots, spring onions, garlic, onions and leeks.

You should avoid planting chili peppers with mustard greens, kohlrabi, cabbage, fennel and apricots.

Do not plant in same spot more than once every 4 years.