Pepper Tabasco

Famed as the main ingredient of the well-known hot chilli sauce. Chilli Pepper 'Tabasco' produces small, upright, yellow-green fruits that turn scarlet when ripe. This pepper is easy to grow in the greenhouse or in containers on a sunny patio. 30,000–50,000 SHU. Height: 50cm (20"). Spread: 40cm (16").

How to Grow

Chilli peppers may be grown undercover in a greenhouse or polytunnel, or grown outdoors in a sheltered position in full sun. Pot up young plants and grow them on in warm frost free conditions. When plants are well grown transplant them into grow bags and containers, or plant them in well prepared beds of fertile, well drained soil. When growing chilli peppers outdoors, gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days prior to transplanting them. Space pepper plants at a distance of 50cm (20") apart.