tabasco pepper, spur pepper
Capsicum minimum
A species chilli pepper that is probably native to Central and South America producing strongly growing, upright, well branched plants bearing small, hot, typically around 2cm long fruit that is ripening from pale yellow to red
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Best grown inside on a sunny windowsill or in a greenhouse, but can be grown outside once all danger of frost has passed; select a sunny, sheltered position and grow in containers, peat-free growing bags or in open ground. Water regularly and feed with a high-potassium, liquid fertiliser once the first fruit has set. See how to grow: chilli peppers for further advice.
Propagate by seed in late winter to early spring. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors
No pruning required; pinch out growing tips of plants when they are about 20cm tall to encourage bushiness
May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, whitefly, aphids, slugs and snails
May be susceptible to grey moulds