Jalapeño Mucho Nacho - A great pepper to chop into fresh salsa or other dishes needing some spice. Put thick slices on top of nachos before broiling. There is no need to first roast and peel, just use it directly from the garden. Harvest green Mucho Nacho peppers about 70 days after the seedlings are planted in the ground. Fruits will ripen to red about 15 days later.
The 4” conical fruits have thick dark green flesh. The big jalapeños grow on vigorous plants set fruit that ripen from green to red. Produces all season long. This is a reliable Jalapeño with great flavor.
In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are full size and glossy dark green.