TAM Mild Jalapeño
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 65-75 days 2 sources, 1 independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- green
- Weight
- -
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.
The breeder attribution here is supported by Texas A&M AgriLife Pepper Variety and Production Guidance. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
NuMex Primavera
Both are deliberately mild jalapeños from public breeding programmes, one at NMSU and one at Texas A&M.
- different variety
Jalapeño M
TAM Mild is a Texas A&M release bred down in heat; the two are not interchangeable in a recipe.
Origin & history
Texas A&M's 1981 release, bred deliberately to strip most of the heat out of a jalapeño while keeping its flavor and shape, so the pepper could be eaten in quantity. An early demonstration that heat is a breeding target like any other trait.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 65-75 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 1,000-1,500 SHU | Roughly a quarter the heat of a standard jalapeño |
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 87% 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 61% 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
- open-pollinated
Early Jalapeño
60-70 days
- open-pollinated
Juanita
90-120 days
- F1 hybrid
Mucho Nacho
65-75 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Jalmundo
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
Poblano (Ancho)
75-85 days
- heirloom
Alma Paprika
70-85 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, including 2 independent references.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Texas A&M AgriLife Pepper Variety and Production Guidance · Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (2026), University or Government