Re: [CH] Biggest Jalapeno?

Mike Pierce (chileheadmike@comcast.net)
Sun, 20 Apr 2003 11:44:56 -0500

I grew mucho nachos one year and got plenty of big hot jalapenos. The biker
billy's I grew last year were big and hot, but not plentiful. Just my
experience.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bucky Goldstien" <chile-head@chile-heads.com>
To: "Mark Ellis - Artisansrus.com" <mark@artisansrus.com>
Cc: <chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] Biggest Jalapeno?


> Hi Mark and pods,
>   The Biker Billy is the largest variety I've found. It's also supposed
> to be the hottest, but I have had crops go both ways. If you pamper them
> too much they end up on the mild side. What I like to do now is once
> they have done 80% of their growing to size I stress them out by only
> watering them when the leaves have started wilting. It looks like they
> are dying but they perk right back to once they are watered. This seems
> to make them hotter.
>
> Hottest regards
> Ron Levi
> Innunedo Enterprises LLC
> www.chile-heads.com
>
> Mark Ellis - Artisansrus.com wrote:
>
> >G'day All,
> >
> >I am trying to work out what the largest Jalapeno variety is and to try
and
> >chase down some seed.
> >
> >Is it the Billy Biker?
> >
> >What is the heat level (out of 10) compared with the standard article?
> >
> >Thanks for the clues.
> >
> >Mark E. in OZ
> >
> >
> >
> >
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