Tabasco Chilli Pepper - ORGANIC - Heirloom Vegetable - 10 Seeds

The Tabasco pepper is a variety of chilli pepper species Capsicum frutescens. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce, followed by peppered vinegar. Like all C. frutescens cultivars, the Tabasco plant has a typical bushy growth, which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants. The tapered fruits, around 4 cm long, are initially pale yellowish-green and turn yellow and orange before ripening to bright red. Tabasco's rate from 30,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville scale of heat levels, and are the only variety of chilli pepper whose fruits are "juicy"; i.e., they are not dry on the inside. Unlike most chilli's, Tabasco fruits grow up, rather than hanging down from their stems.

Seeds per pack - 10 Seeds

Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics

Certified Organic by - Ecocert SA

About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics are certified organic by Ecocert SA and have achieved and maintained organic certification since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed.