I did just find this which matches my recollection. I dont consider them ripe until orange or red 
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There is some genetic component as well, as some variety’s cork up like crazy, to the point they barely look like chilis.
See the “farmers market potato” jalapeño variety.
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I need to grow those and haven’t yet! I wonder if the genetic component is a growth habit where some cell types grow faster than others
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If I didn’t know better I would think you were one of those stoner types, short term memory and all… oh wait haha.
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What a crude suggestion. Nobody here smokes the devil’s lettuce do they? I thought this was a gardening site!
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Haha ad in a short attention span and too many interests and its a shit storm of partially finished projects and mixed information lol
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Yes minimum 2 weeks in my experience . I currently have 5 Carolina reaper plants , at one point i thought they were all duds but eventually the sprouted .
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Well then… was checking put my plant and saw 1 turning red so I figured I’d try it. Interesting flavor like a cross between fresh peas and red pepper. 0 spice. Ill let the next one go full red
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first ghost pepper of the season almost there!
Jalapenos are harvested based on their corking. Any corking at all and they are ready for harvest. Take to red color and then smoke them for chipotle, but otherwise wait for corking.
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I’ve tried a few of these while green and they kind of taste like pea pods… when red theyre more like super fruity with a hint of pea pods (these are "non spicy jalapenos) … unfortunately they don’t really give me the jalapeno flavour I was hoping for, not sure if ill grow them again…
Speaking of jalapenos who’s heard of “jalapeno gate” there’s a massive seed supplier fuck up thats risking the availability of jalapenos lol
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been over 2 weeks, you get them?
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Hey! They did arrive thank you! but have not germinated. Sometimes pepper seeds take a while, so haven’t lost hope yet. 
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Glad they made it, they were fresh seeds so if no luck I can send some more in a few weeks.
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@cannabissequoia Your hawaiian hot pepper coming along nicely…
thanks again
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I hadn’t, but I looked it up. That’s interesting stuff, thanks for posting about it. Crazy how concentrated the supply chain is for something like that to happen. And chilis are happy to self pollinate, so you know this was a straight up “loaded the wrong bags up to get bulk filled” situation.
Does me make regret not starting some Hungarian hot wax though haha. Those are always fun, early too!
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Transplanted all my peppers outdoors the other day. Hardening these plants off was a challenge for me this year. It’s either hot as fuck, or downpouring like crazy this year. So being outside in solo cups to harden off was definitely a “selection event” haha, mostly bug/snail damage.
Purely anecdotal, but only two strains made it through without looking like they got hit by birdshot. The citrons, which I have selected a couple years, and the Hawaiian heirloom from @cannabissequoia, which I imagine were selected in similarity hot and humid conditions.
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Figured some hot pepper specialist are in call for this info. I was wondering what are the hottest readily available dried pepper? I’m making a varmit deterrent and need that hot pepper oils. Damn ground squirrels
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Trader joes has a ghost pepper grinder part of the year, not sure which part. Sorry.
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