FREE: "Grove" Pepper -- Hot Chile

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C.frutescens.

Tabasco type produces 1 to 1.25 inches long by 0.25 to 0.375 inches wide, medium thin flesh peppers. Matures from greenish yellow to orange to red. Upright pods, green leaves, plant grows to 4-6 ft. Heavy yields. From USA, Florida, found growing in the orange groves.

Full Sun/Sun to Partial Shade
Heat Moderate (1,000 to 5,000 Scoville Units)
Tapered
Open-pollinated
Used Fresh (salsa, salads),Drying,Pickling
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Suitable for growing in containers
(69-80 days)

There's a bit of conficting information online. So I'll just tell you my story. I got these from my mother. She's had this bush for several years and it is over 3 feet tall. She calls them grove peppers and says they are pretty hot. I haven't had the courage to try them. I don't want to hurt me since I'm my favorite me. Apparently, the story goes that grove peppers sprung up from Mexican migrant workers working in Florida groves some 80-100 years ago. I haven't grown these peppers myself, so I have no experience or growing advice.

There is smaller (pea size) pepper, a bird pepper that I believe is known as a grove pepper as well. They are spread by birds. My seeds are not those "grove" peppers.

25 seeds harvested 7/2012
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I recycle packaging, so don't be surprised if the package cover doesn't look like the product you won. I will relabel with the correct item name.