jokes on you, my manliness is not in jeopardy if I just let all my plants dry out
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2025
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I grow whichever plants I want, which includes hot peppers, yes.
But also zucchini and rhubarb and strawberries and cherry tomatoes and...
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You can grow hot peppers and not be fragile as well. I hope.
I grew jalapenos and no joke, they were too hot for me. Way hotter than store bought.
Jalapenos have become victims of their own success.
They're so popular and mainstream now that buyers (especially food processors) have started demanding high levels of consistency in terms of spice; Tostitos and the like want to ensure that every batch of salsa and such they mass produce is going to have the same spice level, which is understandable. Unfortunately this drive for increased consistency has led to an overall weakening of flavor, similar to what happened to produce like tomatoes and apples once industrialized farming and food processing created demands for longer shelf lives, consistency in appearance, etc., and like tomatoes and apples, the jalapenos you buy at most stores nowadays are going to be much weaker in flavor than they were in the past.
Jalapenos not sourced from these industrial-oriented seed companies are going to vary much more in terms of spice level based on growing conditions, like temperature and rainfall. There even exists nowadays the "nadapeno," which has jalapeno flavor but minimal spice. You can also remove the seeds and veins of the pepper before eating it, which makes a huge difference in reducing spice levels. Picking them earlier and growing them in "ideal" conditions for lessened spice is trickier, but can also help.
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I feel like weed does not really belong in either. You don't grow it to be masculine and you don't really grow it because you like to see it. A niche plant that everyone knows exactly why you're growing it.
Solanaceae are awesome. The fact that half of them will fuck you up is purely coincidental.
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I don't grow anything, whatever is in my backyard grows by itself, I just go out there from time to time to forage the useful stuff and watch the wall lizards run around.
Don't forget orchids. Manly men love orchids.
IDGI.
Most of the people (men) I know who like to grow fruit and vegetables start with apples and cherry tomatoes.
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If growing only cool plants is insecure then I want to be the most insecure man on earth. Except for weed, that's just ugly looking grass.
What's wrong with growing chilies? I eat a ridiculous amount of them that it's too expensive if I have to buy them.
Also, store bought chilies don't taste as good.
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Decorative plants are great, but harvesting something from your plants (especially if that product is otherwise hard to get / of poor quality / very expensive) is extremely rewarding!
For me it’s “whatever plant I’m least likely to accidentally murder” so usually a succulent of some variety