RE: [CH] Rocoto
Pieters, Rob (Rob.Pieters@honeywell.com)
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 05:40:24 -0600
Hi Tony,
Sorry for the late response, I'm way back reading CH mails.
To be honest I don't know why but each year I have rocoto's loaded with
fruit.
I start seeding mid winter (end of jan early feb here) and take them outside
end of april early may when I'm sure there isn't any risk of frost at night.
Plant them in what we call garden soil, its a mixture of compost and potting
soil and some clay. (its the cheapest I can get). And I feed them with
tomato fertilizer during the growing season.
The only thing I do it that they stay in the shade until 13:00 hour as I
noticed that they suffer from to much sun and our climate is more a less
mild with lots of moisture in the air at summer.
I guess that's ideal for Rocoto, happy plants produce more
Hope it helps
Kind regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Flynn [mailto:tonyflynn@value.net.nz]
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:29 PM
To: Pieters, Rob (NL01); chile-heads
Subject: Re: [CH] Rocoto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pieters, Rob (NL01)" <Rob.Pieters@honeywell.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:42 AM
Subject: RE: [CH] Rocoto
> Out of the dark...
> As I'm a big Rocoto fan since I got a few seeds from
Cameron a few years
ago
> I grow them each year from seed.
Hi Rob,
How do you get fruit off your Rocoto plants by planting them
every year ? I
get virtually none the first year, but heaps the second. Not
sure about next
year as the branches are going to need supporting before they
break with the
weight of fruit.
After a very wet spring, we are having some real summer
weather at last 86°F
yesterday :-)
Tony Flynn
Grandad. Retired at the beach. Bay of Plenty. New Zealand