# Are you a victim of Jalapenogate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** gardening\ **Created:** [August 13, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521 "2023-08-13T17:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/1 "2023-08-13T17:31:11Z")
Across the US people are discovering that the jalapeno seed that they planted weren’t. They produce some unidentified yellow pepper. The seeds maybe came from China. > **[Peppergate? Mislabeled jalapeno peppers reach customers nationwide](https://ruralradio.com/kneb-am/news/peppergate-mislabeled-jalapeno-peppers-reach-customers-nationwide/)** > > Many gardeners were surprised this summer when their jalapeno plants began producing an unidentified yellow pepper. From Michigan to Oklahoma, Facebook gardening groups flooded with hundreds of posts… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/2 "2023-08-13T17:34:10Z")
Hey, I got some of those. I thought they were a hybrid of my slutty pepper plants. Yeah, I’m writing a letter. To someone. (BTW, the strange yellow pepper ain’t half bad) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/3 "2023-08-13T22:01:32Z")
Do they have any heat? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/4 "2023-08-13T22:04:33Z")
My in-laws bought some pepper sprouts and some are yielding hot peppers, some are sweet, but they were supposed to all be hot. So they were apparently victims. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/5 "2023-08-13T22:08:39Z")
I’d say pretty warm. My Texas sister would laugh at them. So…medium hot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/6 "2023-08-13T22:24:12Z")
How do they compare to actual jalapenos? “Pretty warm but a Texan would laugh at them” could be a description of jalapenos themselves, in which case this is just a weird color. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/7 "2023-08-13T22:34:20Z")
I would say they are hotter than the average jalapeno. (Disclaimer: I’m not into super hot peppers or foods.) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/8 "2023-08-14T02:23:12Z")
Seems like maybe the wholesale nursery/nurseries got mislabeled seed and unknowingly sold “jalapeno” plants to a bunch of people. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/9 "2023-08-14T05:46:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I thought they were a hybrid of my slutty pepper plants. Two-Foot Greta no doubt behind this! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-victim-of-jalapenogate/988521/10 "2023-08-14T06:50:45Z")
A posey, perhaps?