Get ready to spice up your culinary creations when you grow Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Megatron Jalapeno Pepper from seed. You'll enjoy a long season of heat with this early-maturing, prolific pepper variety. The compact plant produces big, beautiful, 4.5-inch fruit, perfect for your favorite Mexican recipes or pre-game poppers. Use the jalapenos fresh in salsa or nachos, or preserve them by pickling to enjoy all year long. Pick peppers when young and green, or wait until they mature to red. Scoville rating 2,500-5,000. Start seeds inside 5 weeks before transplanting outdoors, following the directions on the packet. Plant seeds 1/4" deep, cover with soil, and keep evenly moist. Seeds sprout in 10-14 days. Provide bright light after sprouting. Thin seedlings to one per container. Plant outside after danger of frost has passed. Space plants 18-24" apart. The plant matures in 86 days. Peppers need full sun and consistently moist, well-drained soil. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch and feed regularly with Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Plant Food. Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ seed varieties create culinary inspiration, adding delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.
Add a kick to your favorite recipes with Bonnie Plants Foodie Fresh Megatron Jalapeno
Early-maturing pepper variety can be used green, or wait to pick until the peppers mature to red
Start growing indoors 5 weeks before moving outside to container, raised bed, or in-ground garden
Use jalapeno peppers on nachos or in salsa, or smoke the mature red peppers over mesquite chips to make your own chipotle sauce; stuff with cheese for jalapeno poppers; or dice the peppers and add to cornbread muffins; perfect for pickling, too
Megatron Jalapeno Pepper grows 24-30 inches tall and matures in 86 days; the disease-resistant, compact plant produces 4.5-inch peppers throughout the growing season; protect from frost; Scoville rating 2,500-5,000