Seeds Tabasco-Chili (Capsicum frutescens)

Tabasco chili / 10 seeds

(Capsicum frutescens)

Tabasco - namesake of the famous sauce!

Variety description: Almost everyone has heard the name Tabasco - certainly in connection with Tabasco sauce. The sauce of the same name has been around for over 125 years. In the Mexican state of Tabasco, the perennial chili plant is grown on a large scale and processed into the excellent sauce. The narrow fruits grow to 5 cm long and as soon as they are red, the harvest can begin. The spiciness level is 9 and the pods grow upright on the bush. This is why the fields look like a flaming sea in autumn. The fruits ripen from green to yellow to red. After harvesting, you can halve the pods lengthways and carefully remove the seeds. But be careful not to rub your face with your fingers... it burns like hell. The fruits can be preserved in vinegar or oil for many months. The plants tolerate a lot of drought and can also be kept as houseplants, as they tend to be small and bushy.

Give the young plants suitable fertilizer as early as the beginning of May. Special tomato and pepper fertilizer has a long-term effect and can be easily worked into the nutrient-rich soil. The location should be bright to sunny and warm. The more sunlight the plants get, the better they thrive - 5 hours of sun per day is ideal, but this might be difficult here. Water them generously and the water temperature should not be below 14°C. At night the temperature should not fall below 12°C. Chili plants always look neat and become even more beautiful when the fruits turn from green to red in late summer/early autumn or decorate the balcony or terrace in yellow or dark purple. Then the harvest takes place and you can use this versatile species. Enjoy your meal - if possible!

Before sowing, moisten the soil, sprinkle seeds on it, cover very thinly and press down lightly. At 20°-26°C, the seeds germinate after 8-14 days. You can also just press the seeds onto the soil, as they are light germinators.

The germination rate is around 85% and only decreases very slowly.