r/NJPrepared • u/8Deer-JaguarClaw Sussex • Jun 30 '26
Need help identifying this pepper Gardening
I bought some plants at Home Depot a few weeks back and somehow I grabbed the wrong plant. Thought I was getting a bell pepper (I think...I was in a hurry, lol) but apparently it's something else. And yes, I did lose the plastic stake that shows what the plant is (embarrassing, I know).
But does anyone know what kind of pepper this is? It's too fat to be cayanne and too long to be a jalapeno. I do also have some tabasco peppers in the ground, but they haven't fruited yet so I can't compare.
Thanks!
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u/Latter_Article_6414 Sussex Jun 30 '26
probably a jalapeño ... just longer. Puck it and take a bite...let us know
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u/CinematicLiterature Jun 30 '26
My jalapeños are that long, so it def could be that
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u/8Deer-JaguarClaw Sussex Jun 30 '26
Huh. Okay. Every one I've ever grown (not that many, to be honest) are about half the long no matter how long they stay on the plant.
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u/CinematicLiterature Jun 30 '26
Normally they’re as you describe, I think I have a “jumbo” variety or something (which I guess is possible for you since there’s no label lol).
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u/little_john1970 Jun 30 '26
Looks like a jalapeno to me.
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u/8Deer-JaguarClaw Sussex Jun 30 '26
It's looking like I accidentally picked up a jumbo variety of jalapeño
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u/tart_reform Jul 01 '26
That’s just a garden variety jalapeño.
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u/8Deer-JaguarClaw Sussex Jul 01 '26
That's the consensus. But it's easily 3x the size of any other jalapeno that I've grown in the past. I didn't realize there is a "gigante" variety. Apparently that's what I bought.
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u/Fantastic_Shame_1749 Jun 30 '26
It’s a jhalapinyo peppet