Description
Pepper hot (Capsicum frutescens)
Tabasco
One of the essential ingredients in the famous ‘Tabasco’ sauce, produces many glossy small 3cm long tapering fruits on tall vigorous plants.
English common name: Chili Pepper
Scoville units / heat level: 50,000
Average fruit size: 3 x 1cm (length x width)
Average fruits per plant: 100
Plant type: indeterminate (needs support)
Maturity: mid
Production: greenhouse and outdoors in pots
Culinary use: Crush as a sauce and use on meat, fish or poultry.
Note: handle fruits with care, washing hands thoroughly after handling the fruits, due to the heat level.
