Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 10 AugustMegatron F1 jalapenos on 10 August, four stout blunt cylinders off one plant with broad shoulders and straight parallel sides, still deep bottle-green under a bluish waxy sheen, the stems behind them flushed purple-black at every node.Week of 31 AugustA Megatron jalapeno on 31 August, smooth glossy dark green with a broad flat shoulder and one slight curve down its length, beaded all over in dew, with two smaller ones behind it and sweet potato foliage sprawling past.Week of 31 AugustA cluster of Megatron jalapenos on 3 September, dark green and blunt-tipped but drawn out long, hanging in one bunch low on the plant with the garden running back behind them to a treeline under pale overcast sky.Week of 7 SeptemberTwo Megatron F1 jalapeno peppers hanging side by side on 11 September — blunt-ended, smooth and very glossy, one bright mid-green and the other a deeper green — each on a thick curved stalk ending in a shallow green cup, in soft bright daylight.Week of 21 SeptemberMegatron F1 jumbo jalapenos on 22 September, two mature-green fruits hanging side by side from thick pedicels, their shoulders and lower halves netted with fine pale tan corking that runs lengthwise. Flat overcast light, foliage still damp.
