Re: [CH] Rocottos
Harry Jiles (harryo@davesworld.net)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:20:32 -0600
I live in Central Illinois and have had the same experience as Paul in
trying to grow Rocottos. Two years ago I even started some plants indoors
in Feb. and got them transplanted outside in late April. Even though they
grew into very large bushes and bloomed profusely from late August on, I
only had 3 chiles actually set on 1 of 2 plants. My 2 plants last year were
started a month later and set out in mid May. They didn't start to bloom
till the middle of Sept. and never set any chiles. The plants are pretty
large to pot and take inside.
Harry
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul J. Smith <pjsmith@mtnhome.com>
To: McWilliams, Dan <DMcWilliams@fendall.com>; Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com
<Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] Rocottos
>Dan, Although I now live in Arkansas , I use to live in Northern Illinois
>,similiar to your climate in Wis. and I did try growing Rocotto chiles. I
>had great luck, and produced huge Rocotto bushes roughly 3 ft. tall by 2 ft
>wide by the beginning of Sept. totally organic, I was raising chickens at
>the time, plenty of the best fertilizer! We then received our first frost
>the 2nd. week in Sept., it looked as though a blow torch had been run
>through my beautiful chile plants, and my Rocotto chile plants, flowering
>and huge ,were now dead. Moral of the story is, the plant is hard to grow
>and requires a long growing season. As far as bringing them indoors the
>plants were very large, I dont think they would have survived. Good luck,