I made a special trip to get Mucho Nacho jalapeños this spring. I don’t think that is what was actually in the pot. The plant has never gotten over 18” or so & the peppers are small.
I also bought a ‘Mammoth’ which has gotten fairly large with some nice peppers.
The ‘winner’ this year was a pepper just tagged as ‘hot pepper’. The plant is so large & heavy with peppers, it has half way knocked over a tomato cage I had set up around it! The peppers are huge with thick walls. It’s not particularly hot in general, although when I made poppers out of some if them, there were a couple of hot peppers in the batch.
Go figure on which plants turned out & which did not. At least I have peppers for jelly this year.
My Jalapeno plant was a ‘Bonnie’ brand from Walmart. REALLY pleased with her productivity! First blush was 12 peppers, yesterday I picked 18 and there are still a good dozen on the plant and lots of blooms on.
I’m growing her in a 5-gallon pot with a square cage around her. Just been using Miracle Grow as fertilizer every week or so. Very happy with the results. :)
I’ll make another batch of Poppers for the freezer and then the others will be frozen for later use in Salsa. Since I have so many, I think I’ll make some Pepper Jelly, too. I like the ‘Mrs. Wages’ mix for that. Spread over a block of softened Cream Cheese, it makes the perfect appetizer/snack.
Looks like the promised soaking rain is going to go south of us today, so I’m out to water in a few. :)
I have grown Mammoth before with great results. Still have some chopped in olive oil in the freezer from last year. Did not grow any jalapenos this year.