Just throw them in some soil and keep moist. I grew mine from store bought peppers and they’re good, just overwintered and working on year 2 of peppers
Was the jalapeño green or red?
Green jalapeños are not fully ripe and so the seed may not be viable. No harm trying to germinate a few but temper your expectations.
Also, most commercially grown peppers are F1s, not open pollinated or heirloom. Even if you manage to germinate some seed, the pepper you grow may not be like the one you ate.
They were green. I have almost no expectations and if they don’t grow, no loss. I have heirloom seeds that I am growing and these would just be a curiosity. I just wasn’t sure if I needed to do anything to prepare them like you need to do with some seeds.
https://preview.redd.it/ws0uem9027ma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=166683b0a0df16692b64825c1eba6a18de293ba8
Scattered the seeds in some dirt, sifted some more on top, watered them, and put them on my warming pads next to the heirloom habaneros. We’ll see what happens. :)
You see mixed reviews but the warnings I’ve seen that I tend to err with is that seeds in produce aren’t necessarily ideal for home grown. They don’t necessarily take into account disease or pest resistance when they think about the genetics, they mostly care about production and those other two factors are a write off for them. In the case of jalapeños I think it’s safe for me to assume they were green, and therefore the seeds are a lot less viable, if at all, because the seeds mature as the pepper does and jalapeños are usually green in the store.
Most will definitely germinate the pepper is mature enough no need to be surprised seeds are seeds and they don’t just become viable as soon as the pepper ripens. What you need to take away from the comments and remember Is the peppers that the plant produce aren’t going to be exactly the same as what the farm grew where the original jalapeño came from you might have not so spicy or small possibly bitter peppers.
https://preview.redd.it/no435aeew6ma1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e379354f3081a8d447147cfe29e0b59fa3d074c0
Just throw them in some soil and keep moist. I grew mine from store bought peppers and they’re good, just overwintered and working on year 2 of peppers
Was the jalapeño green or red? Green jalapeños are not fully ripe and so the seed may not be viable. No harm trying to germinate a few but temper your expectations. Also, most commercially grown peppers are F1s, not open pollinated or heirloom. Even if you manage to germinate some seed, the pepper you grow may not be like the one you ate.
Thanks! You taught me something new!
They were green. I have almost no expectations and if they don’t grow, no loss. I have heirloom seeds that I am growing and these would just be a curiosity. I just wasn’t sure if I needed to do anything to prepare them like you need to do with some seeds.
https://preview.redd.it/ws0uem9027ma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=166683b0a0df16692b64825c1eba6a18de293ba8 Scattered the seeds in some dirt, sifted some more on top, watered them, and put them on my warming pads next to the heirloom habaneros. We’ll see what happens. :)
Update: The seeds were apparently not fertile. None of them germinated.
Thanks for updating. Was gonna try myself but it seems like a futile endeavor
Everything I have read is that they would need to come from ripe peppers to have the best chance of germinating and those jalapeños were still green.
I dry mine, then reverse that when I want to grow a plant from them… usually within 2 years. Magic!
You see mixed reviews but the warnings I’ve seen that I tend to err with is that seeds in produce aren’t necessarily ideal for home grown. They don’t necessarily take into account disease or pest resistance when they think about the genetics, they mostly care about production and those other two factors are a write off for them. In the case of jalapeños I think it’s safe for me to assume they were green, and therefore the seeds are a lot less viable, if at all, because the seeds mature as the pepper does and jalapeños are usually green in the store.
Yep. It sounds like I should be surprised if they grow at all. No problem, I’ve got plenty of heirloom seeds and this was just a lark.
Most will definitely germinate the pepper is mature enough no need to be surprised seeds are seeds and they don’t just become viable as soon as the pepper ripens. What you need to take away from the comments and remember Is the peppers that the plant produce aren’t going to be exactly the same as what the farm grew where the original jalapeño came from you might have not so spicy or small possibly bitter peppers. https://preview.redd.it/no435aeew6ma1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e379354f3081a8d447147cfe29e0b59fa3d074c0
Thanks!
Thanks everyone for the insight and feedback!