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Show Us Your Pubes! Group GLOG From The Rocoto Giveaway

I am starting this thread for folks who received some Pubescens seeds from me through the Pubescens giveaway. I figured it would be fun to see everyone's progress, plus have a general place to share any pics, growing techniques, and general Pubescens knowledge. I wish everyone great success in their gardens this year.

Even if you didn't receive seeds from me, and want to contribute info about your Pubescens plants this year, please feel free to share.
 
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Yeah, Crafty.  I'd be curious to hear your experience with those rocoto cuttings too. I know of a few people who are just dropping them into water glasses in the window with success, but I don't remember ever having pepper cuttings work so quickly and easily for me. 
 
BTW, looks like you have a lot happening inside.  Those young rocotos look great - and ripe pods soon on the De Seda!
 
ShowMeDaSauce said:
 
Im gunna give it a shot with my Aji oro. Did you use any rooting product or just straight water? Ive got a mild hydro solution (CNS17 Grow)i might try.
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I have been using some hormone, here and there, but I'm fairly certain these were with just tap water. 
 
CaneDog said:
Yeah, Crafty.  I'd be curious to hear your experience with those rocoto cuttings too. I know of a few people who are just dropping them into water glasses in the window with success, but I don't remember ever having pepper cuttings work so quickly and easily for me. 
 
BTW, looks like you have a lot happening inside.  Those young rocotos look great - and ripe pods soon on the De Seda!
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Would you believe those are still the ones I started in January? The aphids really set them back.
 
Definitely sold me.. With CD's Notta Yellow DeSeda, Bhutta delicious kicking Pube! 

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Glad that Not-DS turned out okay despite, Crafty.  Yours looks a bit different than mine and my memory of what Stetto's looks like - though they all came from just one pod that I was sure was a bagged ISO. That plant must have got around despite my efforts!
 
I still have 1 plant from that same seed that hasn't flashed yet.  The green pods look good and are pretty beefy. I can see the De Seda influence in the shoulders, but they still look different.  I'm hoping it flashes yellow not red, but either way I know there's yellow in those genes and I'll probably grow out the seeds.
 
Here's what a few of the pods look like.
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Yeah, most of mine don't have that elongated neck by the calyx.. The blocky ones have 3 lobes and the others appear to only have 2.
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This is about as close as I seem to come to that pheno you have there..
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But most have almost no neck to them..
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I'm going to see what I have left of those original seeds.. I still have a couple De Seda that haven't flowered.. They'll get their chance next spring, I'm sure. 
 
 
My De Sedas came in two phenos on one plant: the bi-lobed models were easily twice the size of the tri-lobed, but all were heavy and on the very red side of orange. Mine, like the Crafty Fox's, had little to no neck, but nice broad shoulders...I actually thought of naming the plant Gunther...
 
Yours both sound like my 1 of 2, that showed the red cross.  However, my 2 of 2 just did this yesterday.  It seems on-pheno and I'm not getting anything with 3 lobes on it, just good solid rounded-triangle pods for the most part and some showing a decent neck on them.
 
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These next ones look pretty cool.  It's supposed to be a CAP 1242, but came in off-red/orange-red instead of the off-yellow/orange color they're supposed to be.  I really like the look of these and the plant produced well.  I have isolated pods on it now that I'm leaving to hang a bit extra because I plan to grow out the F2 on this. The angle on this picture is bad because I couldn't get good access, but these have the 1242 shape to them, which is cool but doesn't really come through in the pic.  I'll be trying to get some better pics of these showing true color and shape.  Unfortunately, I gave away all my remaining CAP 1242 seeds counting on this guy to produce true :( or I'd be dropping the 1242's again to try for a true pheno as well.
 
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roper2008 said:
My Peruvian Red Rocoto has flowers, but no pods yet. I started it late. This plant is in full sun,
want to see how it can handle it. We are supposed to get some super hot weather soon in
Virginia Beach.
Its strange, the Aji Limo Rojo is growing yellow pods instead of red. I could have sworn I used my
own seed from a red pod, but its possible I used some of the original seed you sent me. Will be interesting to see if it taste different.

Linda
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I left my Peruvian Red Rocoto in the full sun, absolutely no shade all summer, it gets very hot here and humid.  While it still grew and flowered, no pods.  End of summer I moved it out of full sun, and I started getting a few pods.  Last year I grew the Rocoto in part shade and I got lots of pods.  I think more ideal would be filtered shade if you have hot, sunny weather.  
 
I hope that no one minds me resurrecting this old thread! I wanted to share my progress on growing C. pubescens for the first time this year. The types pictured below are Rocoto de Seda, Rocoto Turbo, and Ecuadorian Red PFH. Seeds were started via paper towel method on 3/12/2024, and all three types germinated within about a week. They were transplanted into 2 x 2 inch cells into FoxFarm Happy Frog soil and grown under grow-lights and give very light fish/kelp extract only once or twice before up-potting. One of each type was up-potted on 4/27/24 into 32-ounce drink cups, with worm castings mixed in and Happy Frog as the medium. What I wanted was to grow the root ball as large as possible before up-potting again to 7-gallon grow bags. On 5/3/24 I up-potted the remaining three (one of each type) into smaller, 22-ounce cups, again to grow the root ball before up-potting with the same watering and nutrients as the last time. Here are some pics from today, 5/15/24 of the plants and the root ball. The larger plants in the photo below are the three that were up-potted on 4/27, the smaller of the three were up-potted on 5/3. The latter are coming along nicely, and the root balls on the three from 4/27 really look nice! I'd say another two weeks and they'll be ready for up-pot. The foil is to prevent solarization of the roots.

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The roots pictured below are on the Rocoto Turbo. The de Seda is growing at the same rate as the Turbo, while the Ecuadorian Red PFH is lagging just a few days' worth of growth behind the other two.

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Thanks for reading!
 
Nice! Even the roots are looking pubescent!

Several of mine are about due for a pot up as well. This season I have a Giant Arequipa Red, a couple Aji Oro (seeds courtesy of Stettoman), Tatiana F6, Manzano Amarillo Ollantaytambo and a De Seda, plus an OW that lost its label, which I'll have to go back and identify.
 
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Thanks! Yours sounds like a nice list. It's funny that you mentioned Aji Ora, I'm putting together my list of must-tries in the coming years, and Aji Oro sounded like a really nice one and I added it (the whole list so far is Aji Oro, Aji Largo, San Isidro and Mini Olive). Also, I Googled Tatiana and it's a really pretty one. Post some pictures when you get a chance!
 
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