How to make jalapenos? The type you buy in jars in the shop, green, sliced and overpriced. In general I don't grow things to eat, just some educational things like cherry tomatoes with my kid but now had an inspiration to DIY jalapenos. Any suggestions for which seeds to buy? And most impotantly, how to preserve the crop to get a close resemblance to the jar thingy? I once bought the cutest little round chillies and pickled them as I pickle other things and the result was absolutely horrible, I'm just glad the glass jars didn't melt in my cupboard. arrghh... that was a bit too much even for a granite palate like mine.
I don't know anything about the jars (but I'd like to learn!) but I'm growing a number of different Chilli's, one of which is called "Jalapeno" - is that the one? The seed is from Suttons - here's a link
I got my Jalepeno seeds as part of a multi pack from Poundland last year. Another alterantive is to buy some fresh ones to eat and then dry and keep the seeds. If I am right I think the ones in jars are stored in olive oil to preserve them, the oil is also then excellent for Chillis etc after you have finsihed the jar.
i grew my own jalapeno peppers last year. i had 3 plants(i love peppers) and only 1 survived as the other two succumbed to some sort of disease. the leaves turned black and the fruit also. i'm not sure whether to grow these again this year but my advice is to buy the already established plants from a garden center opposed to growing from seed because (this might just be me) i don't think peppers are a particularly good plant to grow in this country.
"i don't think peppers are a particularly good plant to grow in this country" They need a greenhouse, IMHO.
Hmmm ... mine did OK last year - had only 3 plants and we had enough Peppers - and the weather was lousy of course. Have another go I reckon??
