Re: [CH] rocoto
Rob Pieters (r.pieters7@chello.nl)
Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:30:34 +0200
Hi,
Just a short comment out of The Netherlands, I'm growing Rocoto successfully
for years now.(ever since I got a few seeds from Cameron Begg).
I think it must be the climate but all my plants are always loaded with
fruit and I can say I don't do anything special with them.
They just grow in pots and even in the 'cold ground' of our garden, in pots
I use normal potting soil and place them 4 plants in a bout 16" pots.
During grow season I don't keep them to wet and put them on a place where
they only have sun in the afternoon.
Fertilizer, just a spoonful of tomato fertilizer (small balls) once in 4-6
weeks.. that all.
Sometimes I save one over till next year did it also last year.
What I do I just cut it back till about 7.5" (you only see a few stems no
leave at all) and place the pot under a window at the attic and give only a
little water each week just to keep it alive.. in a week or 4 you see that
there will be small leaves coming on it again... and just leave it there
till beginning of may and place it outside.
The one from last year is doing great again..... and yes these are so good
to eat, and hot too! it is still my favorite pepper.
Just my two cents worth
Hot Regards
Rob NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vito Bisceglia" <ireneofunes@inwind.it>
To: <owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com>; "Chile Heads"
<chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:27 PM
Subject: [CH] rocoto
> hi all,
> when i say Rocoto , i mean the common red rocoto. i like it very very
> much,stuffed is god's eat.
> where i live in Bari (south Italy) the summer is very hot, it's 40°celsius
> even and there's often the sirocco, a very warm wind.
> two years agoi had 3 plants of red rocoto, and only one was full of pods.
> But those plants were a gift so were already developed.
> This year i sawred rocoto, but the little plants have difficulty to graw,
> some leaves are curling up, and some plants withered.
> May be is due to an excess of nitrogen or to an excess of peat that
icrease
> the pH ?
>
> THANK YOU
> Vito
>
>