Jalapeño peppers are the youngest vegetable "immigrants" from Mexico to Russia and are not yet associated with Russian cuisine. However, this is only the beginning. Few people know that our Russian zucchini came to us from South America, carrots came from the Middle East, and thanks to South Asia, barrel-cured pickles became our traditional dish.

How did it happen?
Taking on the challenge of sowing hectares of land with a distinctly southern crop is something only altruists can do, and the Kostetsky brothers proved to be just that. The Volgograd region was chosen for planting as it has the most favorable climate. Jalapeño peppers need warmth and dryness, but their root system requires constant moisture, so the fields need regular irrigation.

It took three plantings for the first harvest to sprout. First, there were frosts, then dry winds, so planting was delayed by a month, as Andrey Kostetsky himself told local television (the link to the report is below).

The first harvest was gathered about 8 years ago, when the peppers occupied 3 hectares of land; today, they occupy more than 18 hectares. By the way, the Kostetsky brothers are also the suppliers of jalapeño peppers for "SKATERT-SAMOBRANKA". After harvesting, the peppers are immediately sent to the PC "SAMOBRANKA" factory, and while still fresh, straight from the field, they go into preservation. When it comes to canning Russian-grown jalapeños, we also became pioneers of sorts. For this, the company became a laureate in the international competition "Product of the Year 2021" in the category "Achievements in Import Substitution."

What else do you think could be grown in Russia?
Besides jalapeños, at our production facility we also can carrots, cucumbers, and tomatoes, and make zucchini caviar from raw materials grown in Russia. You can find them in our product catalog under the tm "SKATERT-SAMOBRANKA" .

How jalapeños came to be grown in Russia. Video