[webby139]

Hi all,

This is the 2nd time i've attempted jalapenos in my green house.
Plant great / Crop great but the heat is non existant 
I used 2 different seed packets as well.

My other cayenne chillis seem fine after i starve them of water for a while but my JAL's are poor.

Any thoughts ??

[Headgardener22]

Are they fully ripe?

My jalapenos are still green. I don't expect them for another month yet.

[Steveharford]

I always pick mine green. Heat is just right. And I dont give them a lot of attention. Maybe thats the answer?

[BigPaddy]

Green is good. You can leave them to redden, but green should still give spicey.

One school of thought is to treat chillis mean to increase heat. I have done this, I think it works, small pot, irregular watering and feed. You will get a smaller crop, but hotter. Alternatively if you want heat grow something hotter?

BP

[Mbmyco2]

Mines have been attacked by mice bit out of half my crop so have picked them all now see how hot they get

[Headgardener22]

Green is good. You can leave them to redden, but green should still give spicey.

One school of thought is to treat chillis mean to increase heat. I have done this, I think it works, small pot, irregular watering and feed. You will get a smaller crop, but hotter. Alternatively if you want heat grow something hotter?

BP

I saw a programme where they were interviewing a professional chilli grower somewhere in the UK and his comment (if I remember right) was that chillies should only be watered when the soil was dry and then they should be soaked and left until it was dry again. I have tried that approach this year and my Cayenne seem much hotter than I normally experience (haven't tried the Jalapenos yet).

[Steveharford]

Thats how I grow mine. More by neglect than design !