When To Harvest Jalapeño Peppers - How To Know They're Ready - Pepper Geek
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In this video, we walk through when to pick jalapeños off the plant. Harvesting jalapeño peppers can be a bit tricky, given that many like to pick them while they are still green. So, I'll show you what to look for when picking your jalapeños!
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I find that my jalapenos are hottest when they are still green and almost ripe, red jalapenos are generally a bit sweeter and less spicy.
For a lot of dishes I also prefer the flavor of green ones to that of ripe ones.
This is one of my favorite channels. This year I am growing 33 peppers and I have over 60 seedlings that I am planning on over wintering!
This video came at the perfect time, I was just thinking about this yesterday. I'm seeing soo many jalapeños on my three plants, first time trying and I'm so excited!
Thanks for the information!
I aint never seen a jalapeno that isnt green
Duh- leave it on the plant longer
Children…
but how many rat tails and mullets have you seen?
@@bigmikeobama5314 what does that even mean
@@stephenmoberg8807 then they just crack
Man this channel is such a Godsend ! Thank you! I usually like my jalapeños with a rich dark green hue. I do let them fully ripen at the end of the season so I can make chipotles so I can enjoy them over the winter!
I grew Jedi Jalapenos this year from seed. They are both tasty and a good size.
I also grew Highlander Anaheim peppers and I let them ripen rather than eating them green. When ripened it has the sweetness of a sweet red bell pepper, and the spiciness of a Jalapeno. I think I found my new favourite spicy peppers to grow.
At my farm its time to pick when it looks like I can fill up a bucket, thats the best time to pick.
Good and helpful video. I completely agree that full ripeness is the best point to harvest. I love to make red jalapeno jelly.
Glad that I found this video. This is my first year growing jalapenos. I'm actually growing cayenne, serrano, habanero, ghost pepper, and red thai as well. I plan on fermenting the majority of them, and it turns out that I picked them way too early. I thought they would be ready since they were actually the hottest jalapenos I've ever tasted, but they're still green, so I will wait for a second harvest to pick the red ones.
A fresh red jalapeno is so good! Sweet and crunchy and HOT! I bet you had yourself quite the treat!
So excited to harvest our first batch of Jalapeño peppers 🫶🏾
Used to live in NM so along with the other peppers I grew this year I decided to try growing Hatch peppers. Still a few things to learn with them but got a decent enough harvest for a first try.
Very timely information since I too had this question, this is my first year growing more than one pepper plant. Now, I need to figure out when to harvest my Pablano and Anaheim peppers. As a side note, I am surprised how many of those large peppers are growing on my small plants, hopefully, the structural integrity holds out until harvest 😁
Purple tiger/ jalapeño is what my favorite I’m growing this year… good back story too, like the fish pepper.
Excellent, as always.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thank you !
Great video guys!!!
Helpful info! Thank you so much!
“From transplant.” That’s a key piece of information! Thanks.
Mucho Nacho has always been a great jalapeno for me, both in flavor and production.
Great info for newbie like me. Thanks
I am also in zone 6 a! Yes! I never find many helpful sites for 6 a. Now I have 2-3.
you guys should make a video on the needs of indoor growing peppers!
You're reading my mind - was just thinking about this. Thank you for the answer. Also, your plants are stunning and total inspiration!
Me too this video is right on time!
Ikr is crazy I didn't even say it lol
in what way are his plants a "total inspiration"?
It's my first year growing jalapenos. I picked El Jefe variety because of its high yield. I'm growing them in the ground and 32-gallon containers. I use a moisture meter with 15" probe to make sure I don't over-water. No problems with disease so far, but had to spray them twice to get rid of bugs hiding on the underside of leaves. They take a LONG time to get going! I started them indoors from seed and transplanted after nighttime temps were consistently >50F. I plant to build a cold frame to harden the next crop a few weeks earlier.
That’s a great idea. Those extra few weeks in the spring can help you get an earlier harvest and to get the plants established
My favorite jalapeños are Czech black and Lemon spice , deep yellow great flavor medium heat. Craig’s grand a nice one for green stage.
This channel has been a blessing. Started growing many varieties of peppers this summer for the first time ever. This morning I thought, maybe I'll see if Pepper Geek has tips on when I should pick...you guys are on it. Thank you! any idea what to look for on firecracker chilis, cherry bombs, and super hots?
Do you mean which varieties to look for? Guess I need to go look up firecracker chilis and cherry bombs. I'm only on my second year growing peppers, but I'm addicted, also!
@@lmullens75 Harvested my peppers lately and all went well. Cherry bombs were sweet, juicy flesh with jalepeno level heat. And the firecrackers became a beautiful purplish red (most likely cross polinated with something randomly). Both are incredible.
Super helpful!!!
ill plant my farmers market jalapeno seeds next month when spring starts. i also think the corking looks really cool. chur 👍
So far jalapenos have been the second easiest pepper for me to grow next to cayenne. But I must be planting different varieties some years. Last year for instance all my peppers went from green to black to red and corky. This year they are getting corky while green and barely turning dark green before red but it's taking so long that they tend to rot before they even get dark so I'm forced to pick them once they get corky. However a fully red ripened jalapeno is almost a delicacy they're so good. Really changes the flavor but I haven't really noticed them being hotter. Almost the opposite for me. However I'm buying generic seeds that just say jalapeno so no telling what variety they are. Some plants have much larger peppers than others.
Thank you. Another great video. I did not have any luck with my jalapeño peppers this year. The plants that I purchased at the local garden specialty shop ended up having diseased root and died within 2 weeks of transplanting. For next season I will be starting from seeds instead. Love your videos.
My jalapeno plants I started from seed are just now putting on peppers and they're all smaller than they're supposed to be. I have a feeling that it's because of our extreme heat here in Oklahoma this summer & the shade cloth keeps them from growing any larger? Maybe next year is our year for jalapenos!
Thank you for this info. I have planted several different varieties including jalapeño. There were some I wanted to try but couldn't fine the seeds.
💚👍great info, I'm growing Pimiento Jalapenos.
Very helpful, great video. Please keep it up. Thanks!
Thanks for great info
Glad it was helpful!
I'm growing La Bomba peppers which I think are a jalapeno variety. They are darker green with dark purple looking spots and more narrow peppers, but the plants have very vigorous growth and I counted over 30 peppers on each plant when I harvested the first round. The peppers get full of those corking lines but I haven't seen any turn red. Maybe I'll let the next bunch of peppers stay until they turn color.
P.S. Loving the videos, including geeky greenhouse
I had 2 pepper plants pop up in a rosemary potted plant this year. I had a lot of rogue plants this year that took over my garden (3 varieties of tomatoes for the 2nd year in a row, butternut squash, potatoes and peppers). Almost positive they're jalapenos I transplanted them into my garden bed awhile ago & they're finally growing fruit. We shall see! I want to look into those yellow ones you got there!
I should point out that my compost gives me full gardens every year even when I want to pick my own varieties...but I let nature takes its course and it has to be the easiest way to garden ever!
I personally love he flavor of green jalapeños red is good as an ingredient but but in a guacamole I'd love greens flavor
Thanks for the few pointers I got from you. I was missing some of the points on the differences in plant care. The morale support is great, I needed somebody to hold my hand on it I guess. I have some big plants but I'm not counting my chickens until they are hatched. Your plants have great form, some of mine seem a little too bushy. I think they may have too many branches with flowers. This is probably going to lead to an over setting fruit which will make smaller less mature fruit. This is called the growth habit. I may prune out some of the smaller branches, what do you think (North)?. Thanks man. 🌶️
Great information! I've been really pleased with the "Mucho Nacho" jalapenos that I'm growing for the first time this year. 4" or longer and really thick and meaty. My wife says these are much easier for stuffing for poppers and the flavor is great. I've already picked a lot of them while still green and I'm letting the next round ripen to red to see if the taste difference is worth the wait. Thanks again for sharing the knowledge.
All my jalapeños came out white this year, turn red fine but no green whatsoever. I’m saving the seeds.
This year I bought a pepper plant called seven pot chocolate never heard of it but they are hot
Very interested in the NuMex Jalapeños!
I think the peppers in the black pot are done they seem to be like 10 inches and thanks this is my first time growing jalapeños and I’m excited for them to come out nice and ripe after watching this.
Literally picked some jalapeños earlier today, perhaps a little too soon but got plenty more on the way 🌶😁🤘
Same
Hey Pepper Geek great video again 😊👍🏻. Is it true that you can trick the Sharpness of a chilli plant? By giving the plant less water or by briefly stressing the plant, what makes the plant produce more capsaicin?
My personal favorite varieties of jalapenos are:
NuMex Jalapeno Orange Spice, Jedi, Lemon Spice, and Purple.
Like the taste of them but don’t like the heat so usually pick them younger
👍❤️wow I know to how good helth jalapeños this video v much learning to subscribe this channel
Those Jalapeno plants are really tall! The ones I get from Bonnie's Plants tend to be around 2 to 2.5 ft with much smaller leaves. I don't prune except for picking early flowers though. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Love tour channel. Do you have a video on poblanos? I have 3 plants finally producing fruit.
Thanks for the tips. Mine are starting to ripe, i see them getting some black marks on them.
I love my red jalapeño, store jalapeño either green or overripe.
Love chilli 🌶️
I pulled a couple red and some green ones last night, but I wasn't sure if it was time because the stems were still green and it took some force to remove the peppers, unlike ripe tomatoes that practically fall into my hand when ready.
Yep peppers sometimes need a bit more force, but until there's a spicy tomato....
Perfectly timed video, my friend!
Do you have any tips on how to preserve picked peppers until more are ripe on the plant? I like to make sauces and salsas in batches and have a little trouble with keeping picked peppers until more are ripened on the plant.
Freeze them
Jalapeños in stores around me are all green. Growing for the first time this year! Good fun but they haven't turned color. Still a little small aswell
Thanks for the great tips on when to harvest. I feel like y'all could do a whole series on "when to harvest ___ pepper". I've got some shishitos in my garden for the first time and can't decide if I pick em early or leave em on there longer...
Also, it was my understanding that often times the date on the back of the seed packet is not a "seed to harvest" range, but more of a "transplant to harvest" range that assumes the plants are already alive and have something like 2 mature leaves... approx 6-8 weeks old. I have heard its pretty inconsistent between seed companies so maybe the one's you get actually have an accurate number that includes the germination period and early growth
The date on the seed package should be germination to harvest. They do this because many varieties only germinate under proper conditions and even then there can be variance. For example, this year I planted luffa which are said to take three weeks to germinate. I did so in a hot and moist environment. They sprouted in two days and were a foot tall a week from planting… imagine if those three weeks til germination had been included in the time on the seed packet. Would have been totally off.
I just wanted to mention something about how it turns black briefly, just because I’m an artist I feel the need to say that’s how color theory works! It’s really cool to see it in action, but green and red make brown, which is why it looks black. So as it turns from green to red, it’s going to turn a brownish black color in between.
I pick them red, not as hot as when they are green but they have a much better flavor, a bit tangy
In your last segment taking about the "black or darker colour" areas, it can be the pepper protecting itself from the sun, and not an indicator of ripeness
So I have Mucho Nacho and Pot-a-peno Jalapenos this year. Most are in pots and whether green or red, the peppers have very little heat. Is this a combination of variety and growing conditions? Zone 3 with fair bit of heat this year, but not as much as last.
Hi there I stupidly planted four plants together without thinking about growth. My question is can I separate them and if so when is best?
Growing the following:
Craig's Grande
Biker Billy
Lemon Spice
Orange Spice
Pumpkin Spice
Zapotec
Farmer's Market
So just curious, what are your other two? I'm pretty happy with the amount I have but imagining their other green varieties but super curious!
I would love fie you to do a jalapeño popper recipe
We'll have to make a video version at some point, but here is one recipe we have on our website: peppergeek.com/sausage-stuffed-jalapeno-peppers
When should I pick my Apache chillies?
My first time growing peppers. I have jalapenos that are 1.5 - 2 inches long and stubby with stretch marks that have been that way for a couple of weeks now. Is this a stubby variety by chance, and will they turn to red as well?
Does the shininess or dullness of a green jalapeño's skin help to determine how mature a green jalapeño is getting?
I turned to CZcams to find the answers and I found them thank you
I'm a simple man. I see a new video from Pepper Geek? I watch.
Should I flush the plant before harvesting the jalapenos? To remove excess fertilizers etc please help✌️
I live in Arizona I have a mammoth jalapeno plant my suspicions are that this one will eventually turn red but I'm not 100% sure because I bought this one from a store when it (the plant) was young
Hi friends a Pepper Geek!! Do you have any experience with saving broken branches? We had some heavy rain/storms yesterday and a fruiting stem (four mid-sized peppers, three just starting, and 3 flowers) of one of my Ring of Fire Cayenne plants broke completely from the main stem. Is there any saving it? You guys are the best!
Shove the stem into water. Remove any leaves that are under water. It might root and then plant on. Depends on your season length, or you may be able to overwinter it.
I had a tomato, it stalled but I kept it alive. It then suddenly started growing.
Whilst trying to harden it off we went out for the day. Came back to what looked like dried herbs as the wind had snapped it off from the root. It came back to life in water on the window cill, then gave it a small pot of compost. Now I'm watching fruit forming in my kitchen. Plant's now touching the ceiling btw. I wanted to keep it small. Nature is cruel but also very forgiving.
🎉🌶️ More New Pepper Content Please
I bought a pepper plant from Walmart in early summer and let it sit outside the past few months. It has grown really nice and has lots of peppers on it but i live in a climate where fall is beginning and its going to get cold. Can i bring them inside and will they continue to thrive? Or will i have to say good bye and get a new one next year? Thank u
Are those overwintered plants? Those are huge
Please help...I picked a 'yellow bell pepper just as it started to turn b/cause it was big'; set it in the window for a few days and it molded inside; I threw it out. I know it is a tricky thing, but what is your wisdom when dealing with color changing bells?
I've been growing hot peppers for years in NH. This crop of jalapenos is exceptionally hot. Is dry weather a variable?
I'm just growing my first peppers this year, so just going based off what I've heard, apparently periods without water can cause hotter peppers
Can Serrano peppers cork like Jalapeños?
Thanks for the info. Now I know why my jalapenos are sometimes not very hot. I must be more patient. I love growing a variety called Emerald Fire. Big peppers and just the right heat for us.
This is my first year growing peppers. I started with jalapeño and want to make a spicy chili later from a pepper next year. Does anyone have a solid pepper choice that is sweet but also spicy. Roughly around tai pepper level. Whatever is above cayenne but not one that would kick my butt I don't think I'm ready for anything past tai peppers right now. Ghost pepper was a lot for me.
I always wait until they ripen. 100% better flavor, especially for lacto-fermentation.
"Why is my pepper turning black?" I believe the color it turns is a deep brown. It starts out green and then the red begins to take over and before it becomes fully red the two colors are mixing. Mixing green and red makes brown.
my cayenne plant is flowering and giving peppers but my jalapeno and habanero plants are just getting bigger and bigger with no flowers anywhere
I was given these plants that I have but I don’t know what kind they are. Is there a way to find out lol?
Those leaves are beautiful too!
🔥Do my peepers have a chance to fruit if seedlings now? Northern hemisphere Zone 6 or 7 ...
Cubanelle
Habanero
Big Jim
🔥THANKS🔥
Thanks! Unfortunately no, unless you’re growing indoors pepper seedlings probably won’t fruit before a frost in zone 6/7
My first time growing peppers. I have jalapenos that are 1.5 - 2 inches long and stubby with stretch marks that have been that way for a couple of weeks now. Is this a stubby variety by chance, and will they turn to red as well? Also. can you freeze habaneros and ghost until you're ready to use as a sauce or powder?
@Brent Smith Thank you. I want to store them until i can decide which way I want to process them. Plus I want to wait until all the peppers have developed.
Curious on physically picking them off the plant is there a technique?
This might be a dumb question, Does it matter if you pick the pepper in the morning or in the afternoon to determine the heat
No, shouldn't make any difference
would be nice to include growing peppers hydroponically in the book....😉
I'm in 6A too, what part are you from?
I always wait until they start to ever so slitely change into there final color before I pick them off the plant, this way I know for sure that they have defelloped heat and some flavour.
Why won't my Jalapeno flowers open...in SC...days been 90+....in containers 1gal....water 2 to 3 times in 24hr. depending on
days temp....mostly 2 times.....last 10 days giving them more shade in hottest part of day....Thank You....Mike...
Jalapeños that have "veins" running across the outer skin are the hottest. Not all jalapeños turn another color other than green. You're welcome.-A Texas Mexican. Pickeling my chiltepins are next. Yummy
Let me know where I can get green ripening jalapeños 😁
Hello I am color blind but love growing peppers. Is their a way to tell they are ready besides color?
Hm, I would try going by the age of the peppers, and how long they have been full-sized. Most jalapeños take about 3-4 weeks after reaching a full size to start ripening. Also, when they ripen up, they usually become a bit softer and less crisp, but it may be hard to tell for sure this way. You could also ask a friend/neighbor if possible to see if they're changing.
I have noticed that peppers will continue to ripen and turn red while sitting on the counter just as tomatoes do.
I have seen that also…in a dry indoor climate of Lander Wyoming. No air conditioning in home ( and I like it that way)
When I was looking to grow jalapeño peppers… I found there was many jalapeño varieties. Which are you growing, and what would be the “standard” jalapeño that you would find in the grocery store?
“Jalapeño M” is a popular grocery store variety.
How do you get them that big?! Mine never get that large.
Its a mix of growing conditions, and the variety itself
Jalapeno r green typically, a red ripe jalapeno is a chipotle pepper, from my personal experience, the green ones with the stretch marks r hotter than hell, to the point where i consider them "mean"
From my experience if you wait for it to fully ripen they lose heat.