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Peppers thrive in this Texas heat. I had really good luck with a spot where a tree had died and the trunk rotted. Lot of really loose soil I mixed up a bit. Jalapenos, Serranos, Anaheims and Poblanos grew like crazy.
They really do! I just picked another 2 pounds off one New Mexico chile plant! (Grown in an Earthbox.)
My problem is I now have no place to plant them. My old tree trunk spot is now occupied by flowering plants. I usually have pepper seedlings sitting around in pots needing re-potting . Same with many citrus seedlings. I need to build a raised garden some day. My son was growing them in pots on his patio near LA, Cal. He had good luck with them there as well.
Ok so now I have no idea whether to pick them up or not ...they were a bonnie transplant, the plant marker shows a green pepper on it. They've been on the plant for more than a month now. Recently the pepper plants started blooming again so I guess they appreciated the heat and maybe they'll produce again.
So I picked the pepper because there started to look like little damage to it. We used part of it and left it. In the morning it was hot red. Maybe this how it works for Serrano peppers, they turn red off the plant? Although the store always carries green Serrano....
Serranos and jalapeños will turn red if left to do so. It is traditional to pick them green, but you don't have to. The peppers will become sweeter with lessened heat intensity, but they're certainly still fully edible and delicious.
As far as reducing the watering a week before harvest, that seems inaccurate to me, but I'm no scientist and I've never researched whether that's true or not. I grow all of my peppers in self-watering containers, which means they receive consistent water all the time, neither over-watered nor under-watered, and my peppers are plenty hot for the most part. I seem to be having a string of bad luck with my jalapeños, as I've grown 5 different varieties over two seasons and none have been as hot as I would like. Transplants I've given to friends and family, all of whom garden/water in different ways, are having the same issues. Oh well, they're still delicious and very productive.
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...they were a bonnie transplant, the plant marker shows a green pepper on it. They've been on the plant for more than a month now. Recently the pepper plants started blooming again so I guess they appreciated the heat and maybe they'll produce again.
