Hot Pepper Seeds - Tabasco

BOTANICAL NAME

Capsicum annuum

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

DAYS TO MATURITY

• 90 to 120 days

GROWTH HABIT

• Branching
• Upright

PLANT TYPE

• Chile

Grow heirloom peppers - Tabasco Pepper Seeds - 30,000-50,000 Scovilles:

Incredibly hot with a delicious smoky flavor, this is THE pepper made famous by the Tabasco Brand Pepper sauce since 1848! Plants grow to 4 feet tall as the Tabasco Peppers mature from creamy yellow to orange to red. Will thrive in a container as well, protected from the frost Tabasco Pepper plants can live for several years.

• • Hot Pepper Used to Make The Famous Tabasco Sauce.
• • Thrives in warmer climates
• • Scoville Scale: 30,000-50,000 Units

PLANTING SEASON

• Warm Season

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow
• Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/4 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 12 to 18 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• N/A - Annual