How to Grow Tobasco Peppers: From Sprout to Fruiting

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[@mtl5131]

I sowed my first tabasco chilli seeds a few months back and planted 10 seeds, as I didn’t think the germination rate would be good. Every single one took and now I have 10 mini chilli plants! After seeing how big the plant can get, I have no idea what I’m going to do with them all 😂

[@kevinlee45]

Hot sauce!! Plenty of videos on here on how to

[@attananightshadow]

I usually grow Aji, Habanero, reaper, and two other super-hots each year… about 40 pepper plants in total. After seeing the tobasco peppers grow upwards, I think they’ll be a must grow for next year. Very nice looking plant.

[@Genxlettuce]

Beautiful plant ! I’m looking forward to growing my first one indoors this winter, you did a great job on this one 👍

[@elvergia3714]

Nice tip on doing the pruning. It might look like your kling the plant by cutting it but it's the other way around. Your giving the plant what it needs to focus on those little branches and grow big. Definitely will be doing it to mine this year's grow cause I'm Mexican and I can't live without Chiles. Everytime I get home from work I go to my Tabasco plant and pick 10 Chiles to eat dinner and they never run out. The more the pick the more they grow. Sometimes if I'm in the groceries I'll pick up some habanero, jalapeno, and serrano to make salsa or include them in dishes but I always have the Tabasco on the side to bite on. Very good plant and very good yield of peppers.

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

The guy unfortunately passed a month before you posted this comment so he never saw it I’m afraid

[@olorinkeu]

Thanks for the video! Hello from Russia! That was inspiring. Gotta plant tabasco indoors under LED.

[@user-fs3lu2ek2e]

ha-ha ) the same can you share what is the result and you experience?

[@StinkyTeal]

Very grateful for you making this video, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

[@waffler69]

I really appreciate you watching and learning with me!

[@snland]

Thank you for the video. It’s very helpful. I grew one tabasco pepper last year but didn’t transfer to a bigger pot so it was about 2 feet tall. Now I see how big it can be and I can plan for my garden space this year. 😊

[@waffler69]

Yeah I learned that the year I made this! I was like maybe it will get bigger if I put it in a bigger pot and look what happened!

[@hastycontemplation]

@@waffler69 I now know what I should have done I should have transferred my plant. Thanks for the tip!

[@stephen26448]

If you have never tried to ferment the tabasco peppers which is very easy, you must give it a try. Just blend the peppers to a pulp and add the correct amount of kosher or pickling salt to the pulp weight ratio and put a cover on the container that allows the fermentation gas to vent for a couple of months preferably and when you think fermentation has stopped you can then dilute with the vinegar of your choice until the heat you want. I like white wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar mixed and you will have tobasco sauce that is very delicious delicious.

[@waffler69]

that sounds absolutely delightful! I will keep this in mind!!

[@f.molinacastillo5628]

Thanks for the informative video. It had some very useful tips.

[@leors7578]

damn man, everything I wanted to see, thanks for the video!

[@waffler69]

Thanks, i wanted to show the whole process

[@martysaskatchewan740]

Awesome plant dude! The more you pick the more they produce. .as soon as they are red get them off and it'll grow more fruit yet :)

[@ramnagull3546]

thanks a lot it's so informative . I'm surely gonna try. 👍🏻

[@randycantu1]

Hey! I love watching you on Tiktok. What a nice surprise. I actually just planted some seeds from a chili pod that I "found" at the Tabasco facility in Avery Island LA.

[@waffler69]

That’s awesome! You got those official plants

[@factorybear5264]

Tabascos are so satisfying to grow. Summer of 2019 I grew a monster bonnie tabasco plant next to a beast of a bonnie ghost pepper plant. The ghost pods were legendary in size and heat. Ended up keeping the seeds off my best ghost pod, and their offspring were a tabasco / ghost hybrid that was insane.

[@hectorm7056]

Topping technique is awesome gives you lots of yield thanks for sharing

[@waffler69]

It really does, I will never not top my peppers now that I learned this technique.

[@animekimochi9948]

the first 30 seconds give me wtf vibe

[@animekimochi9948]

gives

[@manukane3183]

Loved the video brother. Thank u for the tipsn

[@cajunalabamaman]

Great looking plant. You can pick greens ones also!

[@pajhmoovzoo]

I'm going to try planting that plant in a pot this summer. I've failed it last year cause i planted it on a garden which has too much weeds and it didn't do well. Thanks for the tips. That's the only hot pepper I like.

[@waffler69]

if you put it in a big pot its going to pop off!

[@buddahmayne9273]

Nice plant. About to plant some seeds right now

[@JackCarey-up5sz]

I was also very surprised how hot they were my first time growing these. I also accidentally peppered my eye one time. I guess we're in good company.

[@peggyclose6749]

We grow Tabasco peppers in zone 9b, central Florida. We make hot sauce to use on collard greens and mustard greens we also grow.

[@waffler69]

Yeah I live at the bottom of Louisiana so I think of we're not in the same zone we are super close to the same one. Peppers love our weather

[@fredroberts3087]

Beautiful plant!

[@Sciguy95]

Whenever I have more than I know what to do with I just donate them to friends and family. I had a ton of peppers once and I donated them to the local homeless shelter.

[@GaetanoPirulli]

Man this plant is glorious!

[@dk1923]

This is just amazing.

[@willamestrada1121]

I got 4 plants and its awesome!!

[@Kangaroojumper]

The plant looks awesome 😍

[@waffler69]

Thank you! That thing didnt want to stop growing i have loved growing peppers ever since haha

[@Kangaroojumper]

@@waffler69 I normally grow 1 variety of chilli and 1 variety of capsicum , but I've been considering increasing the varieties I grow and tobasco chilli is one of the types I'm thinking of starting, I enjoyed your video and tip about getting it to focus on the 2 branches

[@benwicker5820]

Great video thanks

[@chrismonserrate]

Awesome stuff!

[@derekneumann]

Nice job, dude! That's proper!

[@gensherman2984]

Beautiful plant

[@jacobeksor6088]

I’m Montagnards indigenous I sprayed my pepper plants with backing soda they almost died and than they grow back many stems lol.

[@Omegawerewolfx]

I train mine to be bushy as well, they produce a ton.

[@susanaikman4577]

Hi mine name is Susan Aikman. I am planting my own peppers. In my own country whe called it Alata ka peppers I am planting my own peppers in containers 😊😊

[@petemitchell6788]

Well done!

[@slapspinjakk6227]

pluckem buddy, yea pluck'em oaff.. nice vid cheers

[@pauliesworld7585]

Great video

[@angelslive9651]

I’ve just started growing my red chilli 🌶 peppers from seed I’ve got 4 medium pots full - an some seeds i buried straight into the garden soil I’ve only noticed two slowly growing up very slow compared to my indoor peppers in pots. I will see which grows best out the two 😅

[@waffler69]

Poooo, you are about to have more peppers than you know what to do with! What are the things you want to make with them?

[@GhostCreeper]

I had 12 of those plants...never again lol I couldn’t pick enough once they started going

[@Usafpararescue96]

Just gotta put them in vinegar

[@StevenStGelais]

I have two plants and they are both about 7ft tall...yeah it's still enough peppers for the next year. I'm just going to keep mine in freezer as long as I can, then I will dehydrate to preserve even longer.

[@JinMizushima]

Wow im gonna try tabasco next year. I grow thai chillies now

[@tomhackman8115]

whats the difference? chili is chili to me

[@Shaun-mt5wv]

How often do you water? And are there dran holes in the bottom of the bucket? Thanks for the video. Liked and subscribed 👍🏽

[@juliocastillo8472]

thats really cool man make some tabasco

[@gdumaguing]

I want those. I love those stuff mixed with my food. I need more space though

[@StevenStGelais]

Grow them. It's so rewarding to see that many peppers and flowers. The spice is very hot unless you take the seeds out, then it makes it very barrable. I don't know that I would grow them every year, maybe every other year because the harvest can be used for such a long period of time after growing

[@adamgregory9198]

Tobasco peppers are crazy hot. I touched my forehead after picking and my forehead was on fire for two hours. If you break open the peppers to get the seeds, the pepper oil can hide under your nails for hours. You can actually use the green peppers too and they’re nice for people that don’t like things so hot.

[@TheJunyahboy]

Nice video, what's in your soil? any fertilizer that you put in potting soil?

[@khizarqureshi8840]

Hi i need help!!! My problem is that its been more than a month and mine are still only 8-10 inches tall, have small buds appearing but it looks like the plants are growing very slowly. I did not cut the stock off like you did. . I also put lots of organic matter in the soil like fruit and veg peels. Few days ago i also added npk shake n feed fertilizer. Im in albany ny area. Any help on the issue will be greatly appreciated. Warmly

[@nolamik1063]

LOL. I found out the hard way that Tabasco peppers are WAY hotter than Tabasco sauce. The sauce is around 2500 SHU. The peppers are around 50,000 SHU.

[@rush2124u2]

Wash your hands before you go for a leak. It buns I aint kiddin either., Beautiful plants, good job

[@jayjacobs1504]

They will overwinter if you cut them back and keep the frost off. Then in the spring bam full grown plant now bush.

[@SuperJpzee]

Awesome!

[@LouIsFatAndSassy]

How much time was between the little buds to the flowers to the peppers? I’m at the bud stage right now.

[@camryntormis7632]

Do they survive the winter and producing again the next year?

[@ambrosejoe7619]

Hello guys I'm from South India and we have this same pepper but don't know it's name and thanks to you found out the inverted chillies name is tobasco.

[@waffler69]

That is awesome! What do you call these chilis in South India?

[@Syntage88]

Haha, gotta get some milk on that eye next time. Juicy peppers, man, they look real good.

[@waffler69]

Thanks my man! It took a while to document so I'm glad the plant didn't die on me.

[@Waneta90]

6 mins into the video and im like. HEY! Ur the tiktok guy!

[@Najeebkhan-uo6ju]

What season does it best What season are these cast

[@nelsontan8328]

Hi sir may I know how come the Tobasco chilli inside will have worm

[@f.molinacastillo5628]

Did you use a single seed? Thanks.

[@africancichlids3011]

i popped 6 seeds , to make sure i dint get all maless?

[@houseofthoth]

Thanks you! i have a question, what soil you used, is one with a mix of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus? did you used extra potassium like some banana peel?

[@Sundrop2204]

A good quality organic potting mix when you first plant the seed. Then once the seedling grows beyond the 2nd set of true leaves, then you add a slow release potassium enriched fertiliser. Potassium is to encourage flowering and fruiting. So look for one with a higher ratio of potassium. Best of luck!

[@donnadao3712]

How often do you water it?

[@vencent8329]

it's almost 2am im want go out and prune my peppers plants 😂😂😂

[@waffler69]

Im not lieing when i tell you i have gone out with s flashlight and done the damn thing

[@tamrastewart7338]

Where can you find seeds or plants for Tabasco plants

[@jdssurf]

awesome fun

[@26hurban]

I harvested seeds from 6 peppers this morning and did the same thing except I didn’t wash my hands😖

[@amarrushi9112]

Woww Ur Plant Looks Awesome..Nice Video..informative.Bytheway whats the Soil mix u r using ...for the Humongous Plant?

[@waffler69]

I use "miracle grow potting mix" as the soil and I use "Alaskan Fish Fertilizer" I add it to water and water my plants with it once a month.

[@amarrushi9112]

@@waffler69 Thank You fr Sharing.. But miracle gro potting mix is organic mix ? Just asking.

[@waffler69]

@@amarrushi9112 Not sure if it is full organic but www.amazon.com/Miracle-Gro-Potting-Mix-2-Cubic-Feet/dp/B00GTDI9OQ here is a link to some of it. Maybe you can read up and see if it has products you don't like in it. I live in a very hot and wet area of the united states so that also makes a big impact on the way it grows.

[@kuringmundo]

3:16 did you mean plucking buds off? or plucking flowers off? seems this led to the plant growing a bit more tall before you decide to let it flower am i correct?

[@waffler69]

Yeah the little pods that turn into flowers. I was plucking them off before they turned into flowers so it would grow more without focusing on putting all its evergy into flower pollination

[@charlesmurray3343]

Bro what a monster

[@jjjarrash9936]

hi, i want to grow a Tabasco pepper. i come from Saudi Arabia which has an average temp of 100+ degrees Fahrenheit. how many times should i cut the plant. also what advice would you have for planting in my climate.

[@waffler69]

It gets 100 over here too but it for sure isn't as dry. I think this plant would survive and do well if you kept a little shade in it and watered. I really didn't cut it too much after my first cuts I make as a baby plant. If it gets too bushy you can just cut it to look nice but if you dont care just let it grow.

[@macdaddychene]

What did you do for your Tabasco plants when we had freeze warnings down here?

[@waffler69]

One or two nights I put a sheet on it but after the 1st winter it wasn't growing back so I just cut the tips of all the branches off and it started coming back to life in a week. It was like magic.

[@Icecold185]

How long was this from start to finish man? Great video!

[@waffler69]

about 4 months or so with changing the way they live

[@_A_D_]

Make Tobasco sauce with them, it's pretty easy.

[@Jassss8888]

How long did it take ?

[@thidang1763]

Wow i love your plant so much. I have a few pepper plants in the pots, but i dont know why the plants are not growing that tall, also the flowers keep dropping and flowering, and keep dropping, with maybe produce a few chillies only. i bought the potting mix at garden store to plant them. I can not figure out this issue that is giving me so much headache 😫😫😫. Can u help me please??? Thanks.

[@waffler69]

Is your pot big enough for it to grow as big as you want? In the start of the video while i was letting it grow i picked the flowers for a while so the plant would focus on growing more than reproducing flowers and peppers. Idk what part of the growing stage you are at but if you tell me more maybe i can help

[@thidang1763]

@@waffler69 yes, the pot is 25cm i think it's enough for the plants to grow. This is second year of the plants. Last year it was the same situation, kept flowering and kept dropping the flowers till the end of the season, there were still some peppers on the trees last year, but not produce alot of peppers😞.

[@thidang1763]

@@waffler69 i feed the plants some chicken manure regularly as well, but it seems no hope😞😞😞

[@tomhackman8115]

how stupid r u ? pot plant has limited room to grow roots, cant u see his is on the ground

[@reggiefishandfun770]

That tiny chilis similar to our native chili here philippines bro so tiny but gotta nice kick on it.. Nice bro I have newly uploaded videos about breeding pearlscale hope you like it more videos to come..

[@jakeryker546]

That's what I was thinking. They look like Philippine Bird's Eye Chili! Is it spicy?

[@animekimochi9948]

@@jakeryker546 probably a bit hotter

[@Icanfixstuff]

What's tabasco heirloom plants?

[@fungi42021]

I have one growing this season

[@daphlavor]

What month did you start the plant in the original container?

[@waffler69]

Around this time. The time is right in my zone, no more cold weather or freezing. Just rain and spring to make those little pepper plants grow into summertime monsters!

[@anthonygonzales207]

Hi! Beginning Gardener here! I am a lover of spice and have wanted to make my own tobasco sauces for a while now. But I wanted to ensure quality peppers by growing my own. Do you have any tips and advice or suggestions for a beginner? Like where to get tobasco seeds? I keep seeing them labelled as Heirloom Peppers, and at other times Tobasco Peppers. Also do I start them indoors or outside? So many questions lol.

[@waffler69]

This is a perfect plant for you then as a budding gardener! I live in Louisiana where Tabasco peppers and the Tabasco factory does all their processing so my local plant stores sell them presprouted. If I were doing them from seed tho I would do them outside and water the little seeds when the soil looked dry till they start poping up. When your looking at the pictures of the seeds your buying just make sure the picture looks like my plant. The peppers point to the sky like little Christmas tree lights.

[@kebbeahlove2824]

We call it bird peppers here in trinidad and tobago they're soooooooo hot.

[@richardjohnson5577]

How long does it take for them to turn red? I have a plant full of yellow 😕

[@waffler69]

That is really hard to say, as you can see i started harvesting and i still had over 2/3s of the tree still hanging out in the yellow zone. Once they start going tho they dont stop.

[@JoanEvangelista]

Man your pepper grew so well! I might have overdone it with mine I have 6 seedlings right now.

[@waffler69]

You can always give a plant to a friend that isnt having as much luck in their garden 🤣

[@tracytran9420]

May I ask how often you water and fertilize the tree?

[@waffler69]

Absolutely, i water it about half a gallon every day that the soil looks dry. If its going to rain that day or i go out and the top soil is dark brown and looks wet i dont water. I gave it alaskan fish fertilizer once a week and some fertilizing pellet stuff once a month, i would just sprinkle it around the stem and put some water over it.

[@tracytran9420]

@@waffler69 - Thank you very much.

[@indahnyabelajarbertani9681]

Waw 👍

[@jaymoon8559]

cool

[@HiltTilt]

Regretted taking a piss after cutting up a Jalapeno 😬

[@olgaolga563]

Slovensky

[@islammohamed6976]

For how long this small trees of tobasco lasting ????

[@waffler69]

When it started to get colder it started making peppers slower and completely stopped once it got cold. When it got warmer again it started back

[@quetzalli4354]

Mine is huge and it’s not blooming :(

[@kaylynn3583]

What do you feed your pepper plants, and strawberries ?

[@waffler69]

Water and i also would sprinkle a little vegetable fertilizer that you can sprinkle on top of your soil once every few weeks and i got something called alaskan fish fertilizer that i would give with my water once every few weeks. You just pour a few cap fulls into a watering can and just pass it around the garden.

[@waffler69]

You know what, i actually posted a video called how to fertilize a vegetable garden and i say exatly what i did when i grew this plant!

[@kaylynn3583]

@@waffler69 I use that .. The exact one. Okay thank you I will take a look at it. My MArconi has one huge pepper but the plant looks sad and curled and yellow.

[@anjelica024]

RIP🥺💕

[@macdaddychene]

Does the Tabasco plant keep growing peppers after you picked them for the first time?

[@waffler69]

Yep you just have to pick off the pepper and the stem of the pepper from the branch so it makes room for something else to do its thing

[@macdaddychene]

How big of a bucket or pot did you end up using for that plant?

[@waffler69]

@@macdaddychene I started it in a home depot bucket with some hole at the bottom then after it seemed like it was not growing as much I got that container. If you look on google or amazon for "Storage Tub w/Rope Handles" it was something like that, idk how many gallons it was but a bucket is 5 gallons and it was at least 3 or 4 times bigger so like 15-20 gallons maybe?

[@ItsTheCostanza]

Mine is growing, got it at Home Depot

[@rogerwillis1619]

what fertilizer do you use

[@waffler69]

miracle gro and I water with water diluted with "Alaskan fish oil" once a week.

[@africancichlids3011]

whered you get those dope ass plastic trellis at? i want thaet.

[@waffler69]

Haha it came on a plant I got. I think its supposed to get thrown away but it lasted a really long time so I kept it!

[@randomviewers8482]

how long it takes from planting to harvest?

[@waffler69]

It was about 2/3 months but even after harvest it keeps going

[@factorybear5264]

My buddy touched his eye after eating one of my bonnie tabascos and he suffered for like six hours

[@spectra7gaming471]

Did you add drainage holes ?

[@waffler69]

Yeah I put holes on the bottom of everything

[@Mihyjo]

Oh my god 😵 It’s beautiful! I’ve been growing one for 3 months exactly and it’s feeble.. I accidentally touched it recently and a BUNCH of leaves fell off. Help!

[@macdaddychene]

@kopfgeldjagar Would putting used coffee grounds in the potted dirt help? I have been putting some in mine for the past two weeks and it seems okay so far.

[@kolemsietoczyy]

where are you from? I have to compare to my climat :D

[@waffler69]

Louisiana my man

[@macdaddychene]

I figured you were a fellow Louisianian.

[@waffler69]

@@macdaddychene born and raised bubba

[@Relaxwithquran.]

please give advice about pesticides

[@waffler69]

I wish I had some advice but I have never use anything like that. Thankfully nothing ever wanted to eat the peppers, I guess they were too spicy 🤣

[@klarissa1907]

@@waffler69 🤣