Tabasco?

drathag · Jan 7, 2018

I'm thinking these might be Tabascos. They're growing down the road from me. Any ideas?

Edmick · Jan 7, 2018

Honestly, it could be a lot of things. There are so many varieties that look like that. Have you eaten one yet?

drathag · Jan 7, 2018

I had a feeling that might be the case. Nah I haven't tried one yet

Edmick · Jan 7, 2018

Hang tight though. Maybe someone else has some better info for you.

Walchit · Jan 7, 2018

Facing heaven? I thought tobasco was skinnier

willard3 · Jan 7, 2018

Not likely a tabasco, the flowers doesn't appear to be solitary.

Streamer · Jan 8, 2018

Too much of a bulbous shape. Tabascos usually are longer with a more cylindrical shape.

eta: there is a variety of tabasco (name escapes me ATM) and it is a shorter fatter truncated type.

dont really know what ya got there.. Have a taste and report back.

BlackFatalii · Jan 9, 2018

I don't know what that is, but it doesn't appear to be a Tabasco to me. The Tabascos I grew in 2016 had dark purple anthers on the flower and the peduncles were quite a bit longer than on the plant in your photos. The Tabasco pods had a less tapered appearance, and they didn't grow as close together as the pods in your first photo.

drathag · Jan 15, 2018

Had a taste and it was blaaaand. Medium, stinging kind of heat that hit fast then faded just as fast. Smell had no noteworthy characteristics.. just smelt very generic if that makes sense.

I'm thinking now it's just some random ornamental variety

Thanks everyone for your input!

labuyo · Jan 25, 2018

Looks like some kind of ornamental pepper

PeriPeri · Jan 27, 2018

I believe Tabasco is C Frutescens, this look like a C Annuum. I would take a guess at Prairie Fire. Heat is about 50,000 to 90,000 SHU. Great for drying and has a very peppery burn.