Fooled You
F1 hybrid pepper
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 65-80 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Jalapeño M
Visually a jalapeño and genetically a jalapeño type, but bred to zero heat.
Origin & history
A heatless jalapeño hybrid, indistinguishable from a real one by eye, which is the whole conceit. It is also a reminder that pod appearance carries no information about pungency.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 65-80 days | |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU | No detectable capsaicin despite a jalapeño pod in every visible respect. |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 83% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- F1 hybrid
Chichimeca
65-80 days
- F1 hybrid
Emerald Fire
60-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Archimedes
60-80 days
- F1 hybrid
Aristotle
70-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Big Bertha
70-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Biker Billy Jalapeño
70-85 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog