Hey so I just posted one of these but I harvested more today and two of them are a lot bigger so I figured it would be easier to ID. When they were smaller people were saying serrano but I don't see that. Maybe an OG jalapeno? Maybe a mild/heatless Fresno? If you look at pic 3&4 you can see the meat on it is not thick like today's jalapenos.
There's like no heat really. I treated it with Imidacloprid (I know, next time I'll use something else – aphids were so crazy I had to save the plant long enough to get fresh seeds) so I can't eat them right now but I just put a bunch of seeds in my mouth and didn't get hit with heat. I had a smaller one that had the tiniest amount of heat. Like just above not having heat.
What do y'all think it is?
Long story short: I grew these using seeds from my grandfather's dried peppers. He grew and dried them about 30 years ago. I was worried the seeds wouldn't be viable but out of about 75-85 , I got three to pop.
by 3StringHiker
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They resemble Fresno’s.. to me, but my Fresno’s are hot.
Comparing them to current day plant varieties is going to be entirely irrelevant. You’ll also get more heat eating the white pith over the seeds.
My gut says a jalap. Could be Fresno. Could just be a larger ornamental pepper. Are you able to compare with the dried peppers?
The flat top is a hallmark of of a Fresno. It is entirely possibly to grow a chili that produces no heat but typically fresnos are about as hot as a jalapeño. Overwatering can stop a plant from producing capsaicin, or the seeds have just lost their oomph.
Fresno. They look cartoonishky fake but make a mean “Jalapeno” popper.
FR that thumbnail made me think I was on /r/nails for a second.
Gorgeous peppers.