• Scientific name: Capsicum annuum
• Also known as: Party Popper Jalapeño
• Ideal planting time: February-April
• Annual.
• Approximate days until harvest: 70 days green, 90 days red.
• Seed supplier: Adaptive Seeds

Growing & Seed Saving Tips

From Adaptive Seeds:

“Sow indoors in flats with good potting soil as early as February, but no later than April. Keep warm and well-watered. Up pot seedlings into 4” pots when they have their first two true leaves. Transplant out into the garden after danger of frost has passed, typically late May in western Oregon.

Seed Saving

To save seed, wait until fruit is fully ripe. Remove seeds from fruit and dry. Isolate from other pepper varieties of the same species by at least 500 feet.”

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