I grew mucho nachos one year and got plenty of big hot jalapenos. The biker billy's I grew last year were big and hot, but not plentiful. Just my experience. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bucky Goldstien" <chile-head@chile-heads.com> To: "Mark Ellis - Artisansrus.com" <mark@artisansrus.com> Cc: <chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [CH] Biggest Jalapeno? > Hi Mark and pods, > The Biker Billy is the largest variety I've found. It's also supposed > to be the hottest, but I have had crops go both ways. If you pamper them > too much they end up on the mild side. What I like to do now is once > they have done 80% of their growing to size I stress them out by only > watering them when the leaves have started wilting. It looks like they > are dying but they perk right back to once they are watered. This seems > to make them hotter. > > Hottest regards > Ron Levi > Innunedo Enterprises LLC > www.chile-heads.com > > Mark Ellis - Artisansrus.com wrote: > > >G'day All, > > > >I am trying to work out what the largest Jalapeno variety is and to try and > >chase down some seed. > > > >Is it the Billy Biker? > > > >What is the heat level (out of 10) compared with the standard article? > > > >Thanks for the clues. > > > >Mark E. in OZ > > > > > > > > > > >