Re: [CH] the rocotos

Rex E. Overmyer (rexwing@ctaz.com)
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 04:28:08 -0700

Brent Thompson wrote:

> > Rocotos are perennials???
> >
> > WOW!
>
> All chiles are perennials, if they are protected from bad conditions that
> kill them.  In typical USA climates, winter cold kills them every year.
> Too hot, or too dry, or too wet could kill them, too.  But if they're
> continuously happy, as often happens in their native lands, they will live
> for years and years.
>  ---   Brent

  How hot is too hot?  Where I live the day time temperature will be from 105,
to 120 degrees for the next few months.  The night time temps will hover
around 80 to 90.

Rex
"In the Great American Desert".