what's up with datil and tabasco? - Page 3

Boutique Tomatoes · August 16, 2012

More!

I'd use a dozen but that's just me...

I'm hoping to make 'ghost' vodka this year for those really spicy bloody Mary drinkers.

peppero · August 17, 2012

tobascos are such great peppers as fresh, dried or pickled. they are a bit on the slow side but once they start they can be so productive. mine are about 4'and getting productive. they can be so productive that it can be tiring picking them. you can overwinter them in buckets and get a quicker start the following year. lemon peppers are quite good too. jon

tjg911 · August 17, 2012

Antoniette,

lemon drops are not that hot so i'd say 6, mark is eating too many super hots!

tom

tjg911 · August 17, 2012

here's an update.

the tabasco plant is just loaded with peppers but they are still all green. i can't count but dozens of dozens. i'd guess 60 to 90 would be about right.

the datil plant i just discovered about 12 or 15 fruits, all new. many are small so these just started, for so long there were just 3 and only 1 large one. the largest are still green. if these aren't crossed i may well be able to offer seeds for datil. i never tasted datil so i expect a hot pepper if not real hot then i'll assume they crossed. iirc the SHU is 100k so that's hot enough to say hot not so so hot.

tom

BigBrownDogHouse · August 18, 2012

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Originally Posted by peppero

tobascos are such great peppers as fresh, dried or pickled. they are a bit on the slow side but once they start they can be so productive. mine are about 4'and getting productive. they can be so productive that it can be tiring picking them. you can overwinter them in buckets and get a quicker start the following year. lemon peppers are quite good too. jon

I grew tabascos for the first time last year.....couldn't find my favorite Sport peppers.
Wow! What a great pepper!
Everyone who tried them loved them. Nice and hot!

Yes, they are a bit slow compared to others but mine are finally starting to produce now. Looking forward to another great crop.

BigBrownDogHouse · August 18, 2012

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Originally Posted by tjg911

here's an update.

the tabasco plant is just loaded with peppers but they are still all green. i can't count but dozens of dozens. i'd guess 60 to 90 would be about right.

I've found that I really like them green too.
Still learning and experimenting with this great pepper!

tjg911 · August 22, 2012

today i saw a pinkish almost red tabasco so i picked it and WOW what a flavor and it is hotter than i expected. very very good, i only have eaten 1 but this may be better than long red slim cayenne. i just loved the taste, so unique and juicy. tabasco sauce is not as hot as this pepper was.

i reread this thread and it was interesting. i'll have to pick a green tabasco pepper and see how it tastes and if it is as hot. seems pepper plants just take their sweet ole time but then explode with fruits.

on my datil plant the 1st fruit has started to turn yellow so maybe in a few days i can try it. being a chinense i may encounter than "chinense" smell and taste, see my new thread. i hope not but i suspect it's going to be there.

and as far as containers vs the ground all i can say is the ground wins by a mile. the fatalii in a container is small, yellowish (i may need to fertilize it), has produced just 1 fruit and has no fruits on it still. the fatalii in the garden is massive and has produced 12-15 fruits, the datil is huge, the tabasco is huge but the long red slim cayenne is a runt much smaller than in the past. i expected the container plant to do better due to sitting on asphalt and the heat all around the 5 gallon pail but the ground growing peppers are doing just so much better. so much for the roots liking the heat?

tom

casino · September 17, 2012

I tried growing datil peppers in the ground last year and got about 6 peppers off each plant before the frost killed it. This year I planted my datil peppers in a 5 gallon container (using a commercial potting mix) and the plants are huge. 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide and loaded with peppers. The black plastic pots really heat up and the peppers grew like mad. Well they started out slow (very slow) then growing OK and when the weather started to cool down, look out, these plants are insane. For me, datil peppers grown in containers is the only way to produce massive amounts of datil peppers.

August 17, 2012	#33
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	Antoniette, lemon drops are not that hot so i'd say 6, mark is eating too many super hots! tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

August 17, 2012	#34
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	here's an update. the tabasco plant is just loaded with peppers but they are still all green. i can't count but dozens of dozens. i'd guess 60 to 90 would be about right. the datil plant i just discovered about 12 or 15 fruits, all new. many are small so these just started, for so long there were just 3 and only 1 large one. the largest are still green. if these aren't crossed i may well be able to offer seeds for datil. i never tasted datil so i expect a hot pepper if not real hot then i'll assume they crossed. iirc the SHU is 100k so that's hot enough to say hot not so so hot. tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

August 22, 2012	#37
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	today i saw a pinkish almost red tabasco so i picked it and WOW what a flavor and it is hotter than i expected. very very good, i only have eaten 1 but this may be better than long red slim cayenne. i just loved the taste, so unique and juicy. tabasco sauce is not as hot as this pepper was. i reread this thread and it was interesting. i'll have to pick a green tabasco pepper and see how it tastes and if it is as hot. seems pepper plants just take their sweet ole time but then explode with fruits. on my datil plant the 1st fruit has started to turn yellow so maybe in a few days i can try it. being a chinense i may encounter than "chinense" smell and taste, see my new thread. i hope not but i suspect it's going to be there. and as far as containers vs the ground all i can say is the ground wins by a mile. the fatalii in a container is small, yellowish (i may need to fertilize it), has produced just 1 fruit and has no fruits on it still. the fatalii in the garden is massive and has produced 12-15 fruits, the datil is huge, the tabasco is huge but the long red slim cayenne is a runt much smaller than in the past. i expected the container plant to do better due to sitting on asphalt and the heat all around the 5 gallon pail but the ground growing peppers are doing just so much better. so much for the roots liking the heat? tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

August 16, 2012	#31
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	More! I'd use a dozen but that's just me... I'm hoping to make 'ghost' vodka this year for those really spicy bloody Mary drinkers.

August 17, 2012	#32
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	tobascos are such great peppers as fresh, dried or pickled. they are a bit on the slow side but once they start they can be so productive. mine are about 4'and getting productive. they can be so productive that it can be tiring picking them. you can overwinter them in buckets and get a quicker start the following year. lemon peppers are quite good too. jon

September 17, 2012	#38
casino Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Southfield, Michigan Posts: 318	I tried growing datil peppers in the ground last year and got about 6 peppers off each plant before the frost killed it. This year I planted my datil peppers in a 5 gallon container (using a commercial potting mix) and the plants are huge. 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide and loaded with peppers. The black plastic pots really heat up and the peppers grew like mad. Well they started out slow (very slow) then growing OK and when the weather started to cool down, look out, these plants are insane. For me, datil peppers grown in containers is the only way to produce massive amounts of datil peppers.