Capsicum frutescens

Tabasco Pepper Seeds (95 days)

.25 grams per seed package/Seed Package Contains Approx. 30-45 heirloom pepper seeds.

Around 1866, Edmund McIlhenny of Avery Island, LA was given seeds to to a hot and spicy pepper that came from Mexico. 

A few years later he used this pepper to create the now world famous Tabasco Sauce.

Plants grow up to four feet tall. 

Very prolific. 

Picked in the red stage for the spiciest flavor.

Needs a great deal of heat and takes a while to start producing, but very heavy yielding once it does.

If you live in an area with long hot summers, you will not have a problem.

If not...

Some folks plant them early on in large pots and move them in if the weather is going to be too cold. 

The original red variety of Tabasco pepper  measures 2500–5000 Scoville Units