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Originally Posted by FarmerShawn
Unfortunately, whenever I grow them, I get more hot ones than not hot ones, with an occasional screaming-hot-blow-your-socks-off hot one. Still tasty, but a lot more bite than the sh...os.
Shawn
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You need to pick them really young. Ideally while they are still somewhat matte. There's definitely more than one variety circulating as padron, so mature size can vary, but you want the biggest possible in order to have a reasonably sized one picked so young. Towards the autumn when my padrons started to get smaller, they dematted at like 2 cm, I had to eat them hot.
The ones for sale around here in supermarkets (at a fairly 'spicy' price) are about 8 cm, fully matte and 0 heat, great flavour, just smelling them makes your mouth water, most probably some padron style hybrid. Can't seem to find any seeds, most probably some spanish F1s that are not broadly available.