I think it's pepper to pepper. I grew jalapeños last year in my garden and I think I was either victim of PepperGate or I accidentally bought lame plants. They were mild.

But, since then, I've had jalapeños at restaurants and such and they were as spicy as advertised.

I do think modern varieties are less spicy, but the spiciness of any hot pepper can be dependent on the amount of moisture they received while they were growing.

Anonymous wrote:Weird, I just saw this article yesterday:

https://www.bhg.com/jalapenos-less-spicy-8605691

Yeah— Texas A & M bred jalapenos to be bigger/faster growing and they bred the spiciness out of them

I had fajitas the other night comes with a whole jalapeño, tasted like a bell pepper and not spicy. Last year same place had to cut into small pieces and eat sparingly it was so hot

Are we the same person? I was going to ask this too! My jalapeños taste like bell peppers.

Jalapeños are not spicy. If you want spicy, try a scotch bonnet, habanero or ghost pepper.

Weird, I just saw this article yesterday:

https://www.bhg.com/jalapenos-less-spicy-8605691

It depends how much of the oil/seed you got.

I grow them in my garden and have found that the longer I leave them on the stem, the spicier they get. I don't know if it's true for commercial farming too but thought I'd share.

Its very pepper to pepper dependent. Also, the ribs and seeds are the spicy part, so depending on how you cut it the same jalapeno could have a variety of spiciness.

are Jalapeño less spicy now?

For the first time in months, I ate a Jalapeño that was spicy, are they less spicy now did I lose some taste buds?