Re: [CH] Joyus tidings
phil and meredith (brownz@dot.net.au)
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:26:51 +1000
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> BTW - 3 rocoto's ! You must have a big garden. They grow to be pretty
> substantial shrubs you know - almost small trees ! I wish I had that much
> space. Typical inner suburban sydney garden here - viz small.
ummm, well.. big you say....
i'm growing them in large pots. i do have a lot of space, but it's concrete.
i'm growing twenty nine chilies in pots (including the rocotos) and a dozen
or so in the ground. i bought some seeds mail order from the US and have
gone a little crazy.
at first i thought that i'd raise a good number of seeds so that i'd
definitely have some of each of the varieties that i bought, but i got a
fairly good strike rate and then couldn't bear not giving them a chance to
grow. i was going to put more in the ground but there is a chance that we
will have to move in the next 12 months so i've put most of the one's that
i want into a good sized but transportable pots. my wife has nearly gone
mad, as i've been continually picking up pots on sale, saying 'this is the
last time..'
phil (in oz).