When Is the Right Time to Harvest Jalapenos?
How to Harvest Jalapenos
Use scissors or hand pruners to cut the jalapenos off the plant.
Always leave at least 12 inch of the stem left on the fruit when cutting it.
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Store the freshly picked jalapenos in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.
you could freeze them whole or cut up in pieces.
Why Do Jalapenos Turn Black?
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The skin is stretching and rupturing due to the high water content inside the pepper.
This phenomenon called corking is purely aesthetic and does not affect the taste of the jalapenos.
How do you measure the ‘heat’ of a pepper?.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Growing peppers in home gardens.
University of Minnesota Extension.
Peppers ranked by heat.
