Tabasco Pepper

Be sure to check out our Pepper Growing Guide to learn how to successfully grow peppers at home. Named after a state in Mexico, the Tabasco Pepper was made famous being the key ingredient for the hot sauce brand made in Louisiana. Tabasco plants produce loads and loads of small, 1-2" peppers that are initially green and mature to a beautiful orange-reddish color. Flavor is optimal when harvested at the dark red stage. Plants will grow wide, tall and produce continuously throughout the warm growing season. In zones where frost doesn't occur, these plants grow as perennials. They're also great to grow in containers and move inside during frost nights. Plants naturally deter pests, diseases and are fairly maintenance-free. Tabasco Pepper registers at 30,000 to 50,000 scoville on the heat scale. It makes the perfect pepper for fermented hot sauce or pepper sauce for greens. Peppers are in the nightshade family along with tomatoes and eggplant. Plants in the nightshade family are susceptibl