My husband has done a little reading on growing hot peppers, and he tells me that this one is ready to pluck (and the longer we wait, the hotter it will get).
I was not expecting it to be ripe yet, because it is so small — about the size of a store-bought Serrano pepper.
But my tomatoes are a little small too, so I am just going to assume that’s normal.
Almost ready! And the one next to it (behind the leaves) is starting to turn yellow.
This morning when I went out to water and fertilize my little garden, I was shocked to discover that the soil in my planter was disturbed, causing one of my jalapeno plants to lean dangerously, and my second-largest jalapeno was GONE (just the pepper, not the whole plant). Some predator has gotten into my food! I can only think of squirrels or rats, since I think a bird would have caused much more damage. Has anyone ever heard of or seen anything like this? I am really new to gardening but my hot peppers are the last thing I expected to have filched.
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