Re: [CH] Re: Rocotos / Chile-Heads Digest V8 #486
phil and meredith (brownz@d2.net.au)
Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:46:46 +1100
> We select for the characteristic we wish to improve - in this case
> size - and keep the seeds from the largest peppers. We then send
> these seeds to the guys in the other hemispere who repeat the
> process.
> If the consensus is that it's worth trying, we'll need volunteer
> growers from N and S of 0deg. Does anyone on this list live in the
> Tropics?
love to get involved,
my rocotos are growing to around 3" x 2.5", had a bigger one earlier in the
seaon but it had disapeared by the time i got back from holidays. you can
stuff these, but bigger will be great.
maybe it will be only the early crop that would be ready in time to ship
north. does anyone have any experience in selective breeding, or know what
characteristics are transfered to the seeds, like early harvest, etc?
regards,
phil.
(in oz).