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• KendraBee

  

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  June 7, 2011 11:59:26 AM PDT

  Is there such a thing as a black jalepeno?  I bought a plant at the local herbfest this spring and it has little black peppers on it.  I'm just wondering how long I should let them grow?  Right now they are all about 2 inches in length.  My profile picture is a picture of the plant.  Thanks!  :)

• Deleted Member

  
   

  June 7, 2011 6:51:48 PM PDT

  Hi Kendra, we've had Jalapenoes turn a dark purple before during the later summer, but usually they start out green. Yours look like they start out dark.
• JustinDervaes

  

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  June 16, 2011 11:35:49 PM PDT

  Usually our jalapenos have some black on them. We usually pick the largest as needed - sometimes they are short 2" - others are closer to 4" long. Eventually the peppers turn red - which means you have left them on the plant too long!
• AndyPandy4

  

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  June 26, 2011 5:49:41 AM PDT

  Kendra, I don't think you have a jalapeno. Type a Google search for hot black peppers to try to find a match for what you have. There are several varieties of peppers that start out black and ripen to orange or red. They are HOT. I grew a compact plant called Golden Nugget, which started out black and turned to orange. They we only rated a 3 on the hotness scale, but I could not eat them. Whoooo! They were scorchers!
  
  Andrea
• Bull100

  

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  September 24, 2011 7:06:13 AM PDT

  We have black jalapenos this year I think they color is affected by the extreems in weather we leave them untill they turn red because that is the stage in which we like the flavor best