After two years of #peppergate, I FINALLY have jalapeños growing!
#gardening

Just took this batch of candied jalapenos out of the canner. I bought one bag of jalapenos for $6 at Desert Hills. I made exactly one recipe of them. It fit exactly down to the tablespoon in 12 jars. All 12 jars of this size fit into my canner. All jars sealed. I love it when this happens!

#PepperGate #jalapenos #PreserveTheBounty #homesteading #Harvest

Last year I received some purple bell pepper plants and when they started fruiting they turned out to be hungarian hot wax peppers. What I thought was a labelling mishap was most likely #peppergate.

planting hot peppers seeds

Poblano peppers at 1000 SHU
4 types of jalapeno at 2500-5000 SHU
Hot Hungarian wax pepper at 10K-15K SHU
cayenne pepper at 30K-50K SHU
Datil habanero pepper at 100K-300K SHU
AND Red Savina habanero at 250K-550K SHU
#yeg #edmonton #alberta #soilblocks #seeds #seedlings #growing #zone3 #zone4 #hot #peppers #hotpepper #poblano #habanero #cayenne #Hungarian #wax #jalapino #sriracha #lemon #spice #pumpkinspice #peppergate #gardeners #garden
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2WM72DLxLC/?igsh=cDJnMmthY2lzZzdq

I planted seeds from a packet labeled "jalapeño," but these are clearly banana peppers. They're doing well, despite - or perhaps because of - the heat wave. We've been making quick-pickles with them and putting them in salads, as they have zero spice.

I'd seen a couple of posts here and there about getting the wrong seeds, but apparently it's so widespread that they're calling it #Peppergate.
https://spicyexchange.com/peppergate-seed-mixup-scandal/

#Gardening #GrowYourOwn