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The Little Jalapeno Plant That Could… Grow All Winter Long!

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Posted:1/22/15
Updated:3/18/18

The Spring garden season has begun already, can you believe that? Seeds have been planted inside that will be transplanted in March. There’s broccoli, cauliflower, kale, onions, bok choy and collard greens planted so far. I’ll be doing a full post on planning soon, so keep a eye out on it!

But for this post, I wanted to celebrate a jalapeno plant. This special jalapeno plant grew all Summer long and somehow as of January 22, in the middle of Winter, it’s still producing jalapeno peppers every single week. How did we do it? Well we didn’t, the plant did it. How did we help it? Well that I an discuss….

The Amazing Jalapeno Plant

First, a little list of dates as you know I love the facts.
Jalapeno seed planted: March 22
Transplanted seedling to the roof: May 1
Moved From Roof to Inside: November 10, 2014
January 21, 2015: Still producing peppers inside…

When cleaning up the garden for Winter in November, we noticed the jalapeno plants were still growing small peppers on them, including producing new flowers.   Knowing that the plant would never survive Winter outside we began thinking how we could save it. I mean wasn’t the plant trying to tell us something?
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So we thought, couldn’t we try moving the plant indoors? Sure, there would be shock, but we’d put it near a window, but would there be enough light? Well there’s only one way to try I guess.  So we moved it from it’s 5 gallon bucket to a regular planter bucket.  We did this so bugs wouldn’t come into the house, and also because the 5 gallon bucket has a watering hole in it. 

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Can we first check out the amazing roots on this one jalapeno plant grown in a bucket?  Amazing!
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So after the meticulous effort of getting the plant from bucket to container without breaking the plant, we finally got it in.
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The new planter needed some additional potting mix so we filled it up.
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So then we hulked up and carried this jalapeno plant down to our apartment.
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We put him (its a boy, ok?) on our wire shelf at the very top next to the window.  At this time it was all a experiment, would this work at all or would the plant be dead within days?
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And then within a few weeks, the plants baby jalapeno peppers started to grow into full size.  The plant itself also slowly starting to change from a yellow plant to a lush green plant. 
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And the plant kept growing… even when it was snowing out the window.
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New flowers started to appear on the plant…
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And then a few days ago, we picked all the jalapeno peppers off.   There was a great mixture of green jalapenos and red jalapenos. 
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And then we sat back and thought “Little jalapeno plant, you are the best!” while marveling at our fresh jalapeno peppers in the middle of January when it’s 20 degrees out.

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Did I mention that as of today, there are new flowers growing on the plant? Again?  I don’t think anything can stop this jalapeno plant from growing!

This is something we’ll continue to do every year now, no jalapeno plant will be left behind, they’ll all move indoors with us!
I hope this caused some garden smiles and also will help you bring some of your Fall garden indoors with you!  Sometimes that little plant can just do magical things…

 

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  1. Dorothea says

    August 2, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    I love this story! I have a newbie jalapeno plant my friend bought at the store. My friend gave it to me to have on my patio through the summer, but we had so much rain it was turning yellow. I put in more dirt to it’s pot after getting any excess water I could out of it. I started bringing it indoors whenever it would rain. My patio gets full sun from 11am to 6pm or longer. In only a week it dropped it’s yellow leaves and started to flower! Now it’s a beautiful green and has a two inch pepper growing plus more flowers! I hope my pepper plant will continue to grow beautifully even in the winter like yours! Thanks for sharing your story!

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      August 3, 2015 at 10:47 am

      That’s awesome Dorothea, I hope you get a bunch of peppers! Right now it’s Summer time and our plants are exploding so we’re picking them by the pound. I’m hoping they do what their brother did last year when we bring them in for the Winter.

      Reply
  2. Steven says

    February 1, 2015 at 7:49 am

    What a Happy Jalapeno plant! … Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  3. Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says

    January 27, 2015 at 12:03 am

    Amazing! Congratulations on your little jalapeno plant bearing such beautiful fruit even after being transplanted and brought indoors. Pure sunshine by the window and lots of loving care from excellent gardeners created sheer magic! I love all of your gardening posts, Pamela. Looking forward to the next one! xo

    Reply
  4. Anna @ shenANNAgans says

    January 26, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    I totes thought you guys were experiencing record freezing at the moment, wouldnt have thought that encouraged anything much to grow. You sure do have ‘the touch’ when it comes to gardens. Wish I could beam you up to spend a day in my garden together. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Miss Messy says

    January 26, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    Wow this is so cool! I’d love to have a little jalepeno plant. Love that it kept on going and that you took it in to look after it 🙂

    Reply
  6. PM says

    January 25, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    Wow, this is so wonderful! Love your plant, and love the fact that you are still getting all these peppers from it now.

    Reply
  7. Choc Chip Uru says

    January 25, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    Congrats my friend! These peppers look delicious 😀

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

    Reply
  8. Jess @ whatjessicabakednext says

    January 25, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    You always inspire me to want to start growing more plants! I would definitely love to grow my own jalapenos now! 😀

    Reply
  9. Elisabeth says

    January 25, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    Great post 🙂
    https://oneusefashion.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  10. Sean Weber says

    January 25, 2015 at 8:23 am

    This is such a cool story, Pamela! Congratulations to you both on raising such an awesome jalapeno plant. Such pretty picture too. Wishing you continued green thumb good fortune!

    Reply
  11. Shikha @ Shikha la mode says

    January 24, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    Awww it looks so lovely! Can’t wait to see what you’ll be making with them!

    Reply
  12. Melanie says

    January 24, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Congrats! That is so exciting you are getting so many peppers!!
    Melanie @ meandmr.com

    Reply
  13. Eileen says

    January 24, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    YAY! We had a similar situation happening with our jalapeno plant this fall – in California! Lots of blossoms, all happening in October and November. I decided to experiment by just leaving it in the ground and seeing how far it could go, and it was pretty far! Our real cold snap hit right at the beginning of January. and killed the plant — but I still got to go out and pick a good twenty little peppers and stow them in the fridge for future endeavors. 🙂 Maybe next year I should actually pot a jalapeno plant and try this out!

    Reply
  14. Christina says

    January 24, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Oh wow, I didn’t think I could do this in my kitchen! I shall try!

    Reply
  15. Stephanie says

    January 23, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    Oh wow, what a healthy plant! It sure looks like it’s had some great TLC!

    Reply
  16. Shireen L. Platt says

    January 23, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    I love home grown produce and wish I have green thumb but every single plant that came into my care kaput on me. 🙁
    Thank you for this post, Pamela. For some reason your pictures gave me a huge smile. Wishing you a happy weekend! xx

    Shireen | Reflection of Sanity

    Reply
  17. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    January 23, 2015 at 8:42 am

    That’s awesome! Going to grow one or two this year too.

    Reply
  18. Katie says

    January 23, 2015 at 8:33 am

    UGH. I’m so jealous!!!

    I’m almost out of candied jalapenos. They are definitely going on my “must grow” list for this coming summer! Is it summer yet?!?!?

    Reply
  19. Rachel Holliday says

    January 23, 2015 at 4:38 am

    That’s so cool! You have like an endless source of spice! The flowers are cute on it, I hope I keeps providing veggies for you!

    Rachel xx
    http://www.thedailyluxe.net

    Reply
  20. Betty says

    January 22, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    Love it! What an amazing little plant. 🙂 I wonder how long you can keep it going!

    Reply
  21. Sues says

    January 22, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    Man, my life would be so much better if I had a jalapeño plant… I love this!

    Reply
  22. Rosa says

    January 22, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    Compliments on how much care you give to the plants, and especially for your beautiful pictures!!! You have made me want a plant like this, even if I have sworn to take in no more new plants ;-))

    Rosa
    Styleyourselfinstyle.blogspot.com

    Reply
  23. Elisabeth says

    January 22, 2015 at 4:33 pm

    So interesting post
    https://oneusefashion.wordpress.com

    Reply
  24. Shashi at Runninsrilankan says

    January 22, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    Oh my – y’all are incredible! What a revival that little Jalapeno has had!

    Reply
  25. Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says

    January 22, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Beautiful jalapenos! I saw the title of this post and just HAD to open it 🙂

    Reply
  26. Kelly says

    January 22, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Aaaw, that is so awesome!!! 🙂 Love that the plant kept growing even after you brought it inside. Those jalapenos are gorgeous!

    Reply
  27. Linda @ Veganosity says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:41 am

    This is one of the best stories I’ve read this year! What an awesome plant, and I’m so envious that you have so many fresh, homegrown jalapenos. 🙂

    Reply
  28. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    January 22, 2015 at 8:14 am

    I am so jealous! We have tried growing jalapeños a few times and they have never taken for some reason. Trying again this year though, as we eat so many of them.

    Reply
  29. Kelly @ Hidden Fruits and Veggies says

    January 22, 2015 at 8:03 am

    That’s pretty amazing! I can hardly keep my plants alive long enough to give me any peppers… Super extra green thumbs over there!

    Reply
  30. Emma | Fork & Good says

    January 22, 2015 at 8:01 am

    This post made me smile – He looks like a very happy plant!

    Reply
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