Re: which grow best in the woods? (was Re: [CH] Which Grow Best In Pots?)
Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:28:33 -0500
On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 12:27 PM, Love2Troll wrote:
>
> If you do, I would ask her if she had any luck getting first year pods
> from her plants. That can be a problem with Rocotos. I only grew
> five plants last year and of those only one produced pods during the
> summer and I harvested about 40 by the end of December from that one
> plant. That plant produced a lot of blossoms during the dog days of
> summer but they didn't set fruit. Early & late summer it did pretty
> good. The other plants gave up about 4 pods each by years end. I
> gave a few plants to a couple of chilebuds and they only got a few
> pods too.
Yeah, that's one reason I hadn't really ever considered growing Rocotos
in the past. I don't have a south window (but I could try supplemental
lighting and a west window for the winter....), and many folks on the
list have mentioned similar experiences. They seem to take their time
maturing.
Chad A Gard
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