Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Tam Jalapeno Pepper

Name: Tam Jalapeno Pepper
Rating: 2.80 (5 reviews)

Capsicum annuum

Conventionally Grown

High-yielding jalapenos.

Jalapenos are really useful, and they're great fresh (not really a pepper for drying). They're very mild hot peppers, which means you can use quite a bit of pepper flesh in cooking and not risk fire mouth. With garlic and ginger, they're exceptional at starting up a stir-fry. They also are wonderful pickled (as you find them often in Mexican dishes), and they are among the easiest to grow of all pepper varieties.

Unit	Price	Availability
25 Seeds	$4.39	In Stock
75 Seeds	$7.79	Out of Stock
225 Seeds	$13.79	In Stock

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Growing instructions

Pepper seed requires heat to germinate; it just won't do much in cool soil. So the first trick is to find a spot that is steadily warm; usinag a heat mat is ideal, but above the fridge may work, as might a spot near the woodstove. Sow pepper seeds at least 6-8 weeks before your last frost date; they mature later in the season than tomatoes, and to get a good crop of ripe peppers requires an early start. (If you prefer green peppers, you've got more flexibility.) Sow peppers about a quarter-inch deep in soil blocks or plug trays. Give them a good ten to fourteen days to germinate before thinking of giving up on them. Once up, peppers grow quite slowly when young and, again, require warmth to grow quickly. Peppers should not be transplanted until the weather is settled, usually about two weeks after tomatoes go in. Space them about 18" apart. Row cover provides a warm microclimate for quicker growth. Although most pepper plants stay much smaller than tomato vines, their stems are weak and, when loaded with fruit, they tend to blow over in late summer storms. They can easily be staked to prevent this.

Product Details

Days to Maturity	70 days from transplant
Days to Germination	7 to 14 days
Height at Maturity	36 inches
Sun Conditions	Full Sun (8+ Hours Sun)
Planting Depth	_ inch
Row Spacing	36 inches
Plant Spacing	18 inches

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Well. The seeds germinated and grew like hot cakes. But they’re definitely not jalapeños! We love Hudson Valley Seeds for quality products - have never had issues. We’re still happy to have thriving pepper plants-but do wish we had jalapeños instead. Heads up; I think this is just a simple error of a label switcharoo. 💚🌱

The seeds were mislabeled, they ended up being banana peppers instead of jalapeños. The plants are doing well but it wasn’t what I ordered. I haven’t heard back from Hudson Valley about a refund but I hope to hear soon.

Thank you so much for being a customer of Hudson Valley Seed Company. We are so sorry about this. Unfortunately, some seeds from lot #03-31816 were mislabeled by the vendor. They seem to be banana peppers. We will reach out to you directly to be able to remedy

I cannot believe the production I got from these peppers. Extraordinarily prolific and hardy up until frost! I planted one plant each in 5 gallon buckets and they absolutely flourished. I was picking pounds of peppers all summer long. And spicier than I expected from jalapenos! Will be growing these every year.

This Banana pepper mix up seems to be a national issue with large scale seed providers. (e.g., see https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-el-reno-city-pepper-plants-brian-rooney-farms-banana-peppers-jalapeno-flavor-farmers-seed-packaging-local-regional-recipes OR https://gardenprofessors.com/escandalo-seedy-mixup-results-in-jalapenogate-drama-across-the-us/ )
So is HVS growing and packing you own peppers or buying them from national producers???

Thank you so much for buying our seeds and we are sorry to hear that you received seeds that were mislabeled. We grow many of our seeds on our farm in NY, Four Fold Farm. However, there is a limit to what our region can grow since we have a shorter season than many plants need for viable seed production. For the varieties that we cannot grow for seed, we start by contracting small organic farms that can grow seeds for us. If we are unable to contract the seeds with a smaller grower we occasionally turn to larger producers. Last season we did not have enough supply of Jalapeno seeds from our small grower and supplemented our seed stock with seed brought in from a larger producer. Unfortunately, this larger producer mislabeled this seed variety. We would love to replace your seed pack with seeds from a different grower and will contact you directly to proceed forward in remedying this issue.

Plants are thriving and producing lots of peppers for me, but they're not jalapenos unfortunately.

Thank you so much for your order. We are so sorry that you received pepper seeds that did not appear to be Tam Jalapeno Peppers. We have heard that some of our seeds may have been mixed up during packing. We will reach out to you privately to resolve this issue.

-Customer Service Team