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Tabasco Hot Pepper Seeds
HEIRLOOM. Small, very hot peppers lend the kick to the famous hot sauce.
Item Number: 53275A
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Originally from Mexico, and taking its name from a Mexican state, this small, very hot heirloom pepper is a favorite in the South and East. The plants can grow tall and are covered with the petite light yellow-green to red fruits. Best known as the pepper that lends the kick to the namesake hot sauce from Avery Island, Louisiana. Harvest about 80 days after transplant.
Key Attributes
Light Requirement
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.
Full sun
Lifecycle
This refers to whether a plant is an annual, biennial or perennial. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year; biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year; perennials can live for more than two years.
Annual
Sow Method
This refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later, or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time.
Indoor
Mature Spread
The width of the plant at maturity.
28 in
Days to Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.
80
Mature Height
The typical height of this product at maturity.
30 in
Fruit Size
The average size of the fruit produced by this product.
2 in
Variety
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Hot
Zone
This refers to the USDA hardiness zone assigned to each part of the country, based on the minimum winter temperature that a region typically experiences. Hardiness zone ranges are provided for all perennial plants and you should always choose plants that fall within your range.
1-13
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