Re: [CH] Rocoto
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:46:00 -0500
> I have some Pictures of the Blossoms from Mine here in Oz,
the Fruit look quite similar, ...
Luke,
Yes, I would like you to send them to me. My first year rocotos got maybe 3 to 3 1/2 foot tall and and a couple of feet wide. Just today picked single ripe pods from the 2nd year yellow and the red rocotos that I overwintered in a south window. (now outside of course) The yellow in particular was much larger than the first year pods. The first red pod last year was the 3rd week in November.
I've seen your Manzano photo on Graeme Casselton's site and it's of a quality that I strive for. I've often wondered if he would like to use any of my pix but have never emailed him.
JohnT
----- Original Message -----
From: Lukasz Speer
To: love2troll@kc.rr.com
Cc: Chile-Heads
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:42 AM
Subject: [CH] Rocoto
Hi John
I have some Pictures of the Blossoms from Mine here in Oz,
the Fruit look quite similar,
5 or six pictures 437 k each in size of Blossom taken with my Brothers Nikon 990
Digicam on Macro Zoom,
can send you if you like.or try Graeme Casseltons Website at
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gcaselton/chile/chile.html
and on the left pane scroll down to Var C pubescens to see a sample picture..
The Chiles actually grew to 6 - 7 foot tall and nearly as wide like a vine,
Unfortunatly they were grown mainly at my mothers house At Kiama south of Sydney and
were Fruit Fly Magnets, so they got pulled out after a couple of years.I had no
problems up here with fruit fly but have had them in the past when I grew
Feijoa'sellowina a Green Fruit from south america which was commonly grown in New
Zealand
Mine were sourced from Brasil by a Local living about 25 kilometers north of me here
in Coffs Harbour, think I still have some seed left,..
Regards Luke in Oz