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Want to grow some pubes

megamoo

megamoo

First <insert pubic hair joke here> :rofl:

Seriously
The coming growing season is a long way off for me but I'm already thinking I want to grow a big hairy pubescens. If I had my way I'd grab a whole bunch of them to try out but space is limited. I will have room for only one variety.

Any recommendations from people who have experience? My climate is long, very hot, dry summers and cold, wet, winters. Doesn't get that cold though, we might get a few frosts if its gets extreme but that's it.
 
I am growing my first pubescens this coming season. From what I've read and heard from others who grow them, plus what you've described, it seems you would be best off growing in pots so you can carry them indoors as needed. For the cold, you might consider an Andean pepper (such as a rocoto variety), as they are native to the Andes mountains and thus are more cold tolerant than most peppers. On the other hand, they're not terribly heat tolerant, so likely wouldn't produce much during your summers.
 
My established Capsicum Pubescens plants weathered the over 30°C days. When it hit 35°C I brought them inside to try and prevent blossom drop.

Do you have a spot in the garden has sunlight in the morning and shade for the rest of the day?
 
I'm growing Locato, first and only C. Pubescens, I also have a very fuzzy C. Annuum Chile de Onza. I have generally very mild but very humid summers, rarely reaching over 30
 
Manzano is good for chile size, taste and productivity. The plant benefits from some shade on hot days.
Manzano is really the only commercially available c pubescens for good reasons.
 
geeme said:
I am growing my first pubescens this coming season. From what I've read and heard from others who grow them, plus what you've described, it seems you would be best off growing in pots so you can carry them indoors as needed. For the cold, you might consider an Andean pepper (such as a rocoto variety), as they are native to the Andes mountains and thus are more cold tolerant than most peppers. On the other hand, they're not terribly heat tolerant, so likely wouldn't produce much during your summers.
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I don't have anywhere indoor to have pot plants so anything would have to be outside..... but I was planning to make a cold frame to try and extend this season. It has just started to get cooler and some of my chillies I started late haven't budded yet. If I can tweak it and rig up a fan, thermostat etc I might be able to grow through winter in it as a green house. Lots of maybes though

harry said:
My established Capsicum Pubescens plants weathered the over 30°C days. When it hit 35°C I brought them inside to try and prevent blossom drop.

Do you have a spot in the garden has sunlight in the morning and shade for the rest of the day?
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My house faces east and the backyard is basic square stuck on the back. So the parts that get morning light are lit until noon. My front porch gets morning light only but its pretty windy and unsheltered. I could make a little shadecloth screen as a windbreak.


willard3 said:
Manzano is good for chile size, taste and productivity. The plant benefits from some shade on hot days.
Manzano is really the only commercially available c pubescens for good reasons.
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I will look that one up. Thanks
 
Binchnunker said:
I'm growing Locato, first and only C. Pubescens, I also have a very fuzzy C. Annuum Chile de Onza. I have generally very mild but very humid summers, rarely reaching over 30
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I will have a look at those ones. Summers here usually have a few 40c days. But the summer is long so if you can keep your plants alive through the heat wave they have plenty of time to recover if they have to and produce.
 
:rofl:

My advice, and this is coming from someone's who has grown yellow manzanos all of one season:
Start them earlier than other peppers, seemed to take forever and a day to germinate and then get big and finally flower and fruit.
Shade is good for these guys.
 
Uhm i live in a tropical country. Out here, people prefer starting seeds when the cold is coming in and full sun is too much for most vegetables.

I can start seeds anytime so long as it's cooler than usual.
 
I'm growing two pubes...large red rocoto and canario and I didn't have any problems with germination at all. Most germinated in about 6-7 days with very high germination rates after 2 weeks. They were among the easiest and most quickly germinating varieties for me, but of course, YMMV.

A few of the red rocotos are about a foot tall right now, so hopefully I'll get something from them this year. The canarios got started a little later and are pretty small still so I'm not expecting anything from them this year.
 
Most of my Rocotos germinated within 6 days with a heat mat. They're pretty small at the moment, but I'm hoping to get at least a few fruits from them by the time they're brought indoors in the fall.
 
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