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Your cart is empty.Named for the town of Jalapa, Mexico, this is the most popular chile pepper in the United States. Jalapeño produces 3-inch, thick-walled, moderately hot pods with deep green color that matures to a bright red. The skin may show a netting pattern as fruit ages, but it does not affect flavor. Often, the heat of the peppers will vary, even those from the same plant. If peppers grow fast, get plenty of water, and are harvested soon, they may be milder than peppers that stay on the plant a long time, or that develop slowly and under stressful conditions.
Bunny
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025
I ordered a few different kinds of peppers and tomatoes. The shipping was fast. Each plant came in a cup encased in a plastic shell, and the 4 of each kind fit perfect in the box that they ship in. I'm pretty sure all that packaging is the only reason my plants are still alive and look good because ups knocked them around so much half the dirt was loose in the box!
Dort Albrecht
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2025
I ordered one set because I didn't know what condition they would be in after the shipping process. I got concerned when the delivery got delayed for over a day, but they came in very good condition. They are hearty plants
amykathop
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2025
The plants were shipped in a sturdy container that kept them intact. However, these plants were tiny. They were too small to be planted. I transferred them to my garden, watered, etc., but all four were dead within a few days.
Charles Yoder
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024
So, I was initially really upset when the plants arrived. Two were very stressed, one looked like it had been grown in uneven lighting and the last was the only one that I thought would make it. I love plants though, and have wanted to try to grow Ghost Peppers for years, so I tried to get them to spring back. After transplanting them into Fox Farms, Ocean Forest potting soil, they came back to life. By rotating the one grown in uneven lighting I was able to get it to straighten out. As of right now they are all doing really well and I am happy with the purchase overall. I will warn buyers that live in hotter climates (Where it gets 100+ degrees), slowly harden the plants off before putting them outside permanently. They wont be ready for the heat outright and they may become stressed. I most definitely recommend these, but you will have to put in some work if you want them to thrive.
Joseph R
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2024
When these ghost pepper plants arrived, they looked beautiful and the packaging was excellent, but I was suspicious at the size of the leaves considering the small cups they were in. I planted these in rich organic soil, but the plants started struggling almost immediately. Many of the leaves burned in then sun despite it not even being full summer or the plants getting full sunlight all day. They haven’t shown much growth either, but instead seem to be spending energy regrowing leaves to make up for the large leaves that fell off or aren’t doing so well. I’m not sure why the plants seem so fragile, but I’m guessing it’s how they are grown, which may use artificial lights and methods to get them to grow quickly.
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
I was originally going to wait at least a month to review the jalapeño plants after I transplanted them into a raised bed. Well, im overly excited because they have doubled in size in just 18 days and the flowers are already starting to grow. They looked nice and healthy upon arival inside clamshell cases. I waited 1 day to transplant them to the raised bed. The first day I watered them, leaving them in the cups they came in, on a table outside in the sunlight (without the clamshell cases of course). Unfortunately, I've read somewhere that jalapeños that "slow-grow" are hotter. But, im not complaining, because I have at least 2 dozen flowers (pre pepper) in just 18 days. See pics. 1st pic: first day in raised bed, 2d pic: about 14 days and 3rd pic: 18 days (zoomed in)..(the 3 jalapeño plants are on the left side of raised bed along with 1 sweet sage for pest control). The 4th plant, I put in a pot (also in direct sun). It's only 50% bigger (not 2x like raised bed) but is also producing flowers. P.s. I used miracle grow raised planter bed soil for plants and flowers as it came already correctly mixed for proper drainage, as I am new to this. Good luck, hope everyone is happy as I am right now "ABOUT PLANTS." 😆
Paleomagick
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021
I am a retired earth science teacher with 50 years of gardening behind me, and who thinks these Serrano pepper plants deserve more five star ratings with more details than they have gotten so far.First, they come packaged very nicely, (as if someone carefully engineered the packaging for mail orders, lol.)Second, these peppers have a stated maturity of 80 days, but who can wait for mature peppers? ...I ordered these plants on April 9, 2021, got them on May 6, and picked my first pepper on June 25, 2021 (because it looked full sized, lol). With many smaller fruits developing on each plant, it is June 30, and I can eat at least a pepper every day for the foreseeable future...however, my neighbors are noticing my lovely peppers and "sharing is caring," so I bought four more plants today so we can all eat these, rofl.Personally, I like the gentle heat and productivity of these peppers, but Bonnie Plants' sweet banana peppers have a better pepper flavor, so the ideal bite has a bit of aged Wisconsin or New York cheddar plus a bit of each, Serrano pepper and banana pepper, (imo anyway.)As noted in the plant's description, these peppers love being in containers, either plastic or terra cotta. (Generally, bigger pots lead to bigger plants in my past experience.) I grew these under plant lights until the temperature got warm outside. This summer so far has had very warm (~90 degrees Fahrenheit) and humid spells (with dewpoints in the upper 60s), alternating with cool spells (in the low 40s at night), and these peppers seem fine with both. (I brought them inside when lows were in the 30s, however.)Also, I blend my own potting soil using dense, composted manure and low density peat-based potting mix, with vermiculite or perlite added as needed to get good tilth. (Good tilth means you can squeeze the potting mix in your hand into a soil ball, but if you thunk it with the index finger of your opposing hand it breaks apart.) ...I do this because different companies make different "potting soils," with VERY variable ingredients and tilths, so I mix my own, adding rock phosphate powder for better fruit development, Azomite for micronutrients, and a little bit of 4-4-4 (Jobe's organic fertilizer), thus making all my peppers "organically grown peppers," as they require no pesticides (except, possibly, later on, a bit of water with olive oil and a drop of dish soap for aphids if I bring them inside for whatever reason, like the inevitable fall frost.)I do also mulch my peppers and tomatoes with grass clippings to avoid soil splash and its related diseases.
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