Anyone grow Thai or Tobasco peppers?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

im trying to find a variety like this: http://bonnieplants.com/product/thai-hot-ornamental-pepper/

went to all the home depots/lowes/etc. trying to locate a plant locally. for some reason i can find the Bonnie Tobasco variety (which is a nice pepper plant too): http://bonnieplants.com/product/tabasco-hot-pepper/

but none of them carried the Thai Ornamental Pepper plants though.

looks like i'll be trying to locate some seeds for next season as i don't think i will be able to find this variety locally (unless someone might know of a place)?

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tomt226
8 years ago
Why not just grow Thai Hots? Very prolific and dry well. Produce tight clumps that are easy to harvest.
Pumpkin (zone 10A)
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I grow the heirloom verson of the Bonnie plant, I got the seeds from Baker Creek seeds (zero germination issues for me). Very easy to grow plant. It's hardy and not very thirsty. The peppers are good but any cooking heat at all destroys the spiciness so I add them raw at the last cooking step.

You MIGHT be able to get a plant from thechilewoman.com, I don't think her shipping window is closed yet. I've never ordered from there before so I don't know much about them.
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hello michelle, the long thin variety is most often called thai hot, the short stout version u have is most commonly referred to as thai bird or thai birdsye, it is very hard to say considering the fact that there are at least 100 or so varieties that are called thais, I have 4 different thai varities growing now, and I love them all, some I dry and then infuse into peanut oil for asian cooking, some, the thai birds in particular, i pickle in vinegar, eat the pickled peppers and use the vinegar. they are also good dried and powdered, or in a seasoning mix, try mixing some dried powdered thais w/ ground ginger, sesame seed, garlic powder, and ground corriander, it makes a nice all purpose thai seasoning. also dried whole and used for stir frying, so many uses so little time, keep the faith sister, and if u need some seeds for the long skinny thais for next season, shoot me a pm paul
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Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
8 years ago
Definitely go from seed.

The Takanotsume also has a similar look to the ornamentals but are tasty. Pretty plant, too.
centexan254 zone 8 Temple, Tx
8 years ago
I have one of the Bonnie Ornamental plants in my raised beds. It is hard to keep up with harvesting the tiny pods off of it some days. I am also growing Big Thai. It grows them hanging down, and they seem to take forever to ripen. Just today I gleaned it. It yielded half a pound of long pods that are like crooked green beans. A local Indian grocery owner has been begging me to bring them in. They want them green. He can not keep enough of them in the market it seems. I gave him some of the smaller red ornamental ones as well. He wants the long green ones. Those are the ones the customers seem to prefer.

Oh and the reason I took so many pods off of the plant is I am going to put it in the ground now. I took the pods off hoping to give the plant less of a shock.
ronnyb123
8 years ago
I have some chicken hearts chili plants growing which are sortof like Tabasco.
T S
8 years ago
I will have the Texas Pete Tabasco Seeds later in the year. Stands up like the bird/ornamental peppers. Nice explosive red color.
karl_tn
8 years ago
We grow Thai pepper every year ( the wife's Thai ) I've grown the Bonnie Thai pepper before but it's smaller and doesn't seem to be as hot as the ones we normally grow, I got a late start on these this year but am hoping I get some peppers, also one grew from last years crop, I have a pack of seeds left if your interested , it's kinda late but don't know what area your in
Andrew Shiels
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https://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/
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This is where I got my plant
Annie
6 years ago
@stevie... I do have dried Thai Dragon pods left over from last year's harvest. Inbox me please, if you're still looking for seeds

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