[CH] Chile question and brewing tidbit
Alexandra Soltow (pamra@rockland.net)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:23:11 -0500
Jim Wolfe wrote,
>anyone have a few Aji seed or even some tips on growing them.
>My habs, datils, serrano, jalapenos, frying, cherry and sweet peppers
>all grow well.
>I have yet to get a Aji ( from some chilean seed sent me ) to get past
>the 4 leaf stage.
What did they do after reaching the 4-leaf stage?
I grew Ajis last season, along with serranos, fatalis, habs, guajillos,
anchos, chiles de arbol, and probably something else that managed to leak
out of my sieve-like memory - and the Ajis were the wobbliest of the bunch.
They were also the second-to-last to germinate. (The Fatalis took that
particular prize.) In their little seedling-pots, the Ajis got leggy and
spindly and tried to get horizontal. Eventually they straightened up and
managed to survive their transplant into the garden. They ended up getting
to be just about as tall as I am, significantly wider, and producing large
quantities of peppers all the way up until the first frost. I didn't save
any seeds, because the peppers themselves, while quite palatable, were
neither unusual nor universal enough to justify taking up the quantity of
space they occupied in my modest suburban garden.
If you want to grow Ajis, I would suggest starting them as early as you can.
You can order Aji seeds from Davis: http://www.tallahassee.net/~dpsc
Good luck!
Alex
Alexandra Soltow
pamra@rockland.net
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