Re: [CH] Habs and Rocotos
phil and meredith (brownz@d2.net.au)
Tue, 21 May 2002 22:10:22 +1000
> To Phil in Oz, yeah I know it was a little late (several months!) to be
> growing these, but I am just too damn impatient to wait. I have them in
the
> house at night, and stick them outside on a sunny day, which are getting
> fewer and further between, and decidedly shorter. The weather here has
been
> kind so far this Winter, but will be a few degrees cooler than Sydney. One
> of my poor little wannabe Habs has bitten the dust, leaving three little
> guys left. The two Rocotos are going fine, although one has the crinkly
> leaves. I know that I might be struggling to contain these monsters when
> they fully grown, but that's the price one pays for impatience, which to
me
> is a very small price.
i've got three rocotos in 300mm (1 foot) wide pots, which seems to be
stopping/slowing them from reaching their purported size, but they're doing
really well in the colder weather while my other chili plants are all
looking semi deciduous at the moment.
i'm watching the self sown seedlings (none rocotos) and they seem to be
struggling more this week (it's been cold and wet) than they were last week,
so maybe it will be a battle to get them to grow through even a mild winter.
perhaps you could try supplementing their light a little? bring them in at
night and let 'em watch tv with you to soak up a few extra hours of light?
:)
i can understand the impatience, reading this list all through winter is
going to be tough. while everyone in the northern hemisphere celebrates the
ripening of their crops we can only dream of our next spring and the chance
to dig up more of that bland lawn to put in yet another patch.
but next year you'll have a fine crop and while eveyone in the north is
toiling away and scratching around to find the last of their supplies, we'll
be kicking back trying to decide whether tonight will be fresh, fozen, dried
or even perhaps a recently made sauce...mmm.
that reminds me, i'd better go and pick the last of my crop and do something
with it before it's too late.
;)
cheers,
phil.