[CH] RE: Rocotos in Northeast

Joe St. Lawrence (stlawrence@deathstar.comnet.ca)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:36:36 +0000

Greetings,
  I find my rocotos set fruit sooner if planted in a smallish 
container.  A 12" clay pot seems about perfect -- anything bigger and 
fruit set appears to be delayed.  In any event, mine have yet to set 
any fruit before the summer solstice has passed -- maybe there is some kind of 
day length trigger?
  A 12" pot can produce a pretty decent crop despite its small size.  
My plant in a 5 gallon bucket last year had fewer fruits than the 
same variety in a 12 incher, and the same act is being played-out 
this year with several fruits set in the twelves and none/a few in the 
larger pots. (BTW I tried an 8" pot and it is just too small -- the 
leaves yellow and the poor beasts languish.)
-joe (in Ottawa)