Re: [CH] Rocotos
Ed Cutrell (ecutrell@darkwing.uoregon.edu)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 17:37:32 -0800 (PST)
> I successfully grew some red and yellow rocotos (from seed) this summer
...
> plants down. Does anyone know how long these babies take to ripen?? They
> have looked the same for 3 months. I'm worried they'll wrinkle up and dry
Mine are just starting to turn, with one completely ripe and the others at
various stages in between with several still GREEN. These started setting
in July--you do the math. I left mine outside--they're too big to fit
inside, and I've heard they're much hardier than other varietals. So far,
that's right. We haven't gotten a hard freeze yet, but the avg.
temperature over the past 3 weeks or so has been in the 40s--the tomatoes
have long since turned yellow and nasty.
ed