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Manzano Glog

I got to thinking there are a lot of people growing this pepper and I think for the first time for a lot of us.  Thought it might be neat to see everyone's Manzano as they progress through the year.
 
I have three plants, all yellow.  My first plant was sowed in Octobish of last year and I have two that are from around Christmas time.
 
So who all is trying to grow these long distance runners of the pepper world?

Here are my three babies.  The two smaller ones are the same age, but the smaller one had a massive helmet head and I didn't think it would survive.
 
 
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I love Manzanos/Rocotos/Locotos, so this year I`ve gone completely nuts with them. Just sowed all of these types, so we`ll see what pops up and what does`t!
 
Large Orange Manzano, Mexico (Northgate Market, Vista, CA) - biggest was 185g, Ave.-140g
Medium Orange Manzano, Mexico (Primo Market, San Diego) - Ave.- 50g
Small Orange Manzano, Guatemala (Northgate Market) - Ave - 25g
Red Rocoto, Peru (from Lima, different to the one below)
Red Rocoto, medium size, Peru (from a market in Lima)
Red Rocoto, Bolivia (from the Tarija region)
Brown Rocoto
Rocoto San Isidro
Mini Rocoto - PI 387838
Rocoto CAP 217
Rocoto PI355812
Rocoto CAP 867 red
Rocoto PI585273
Rocoto Costa Rican Red
 
Anyone else find pubes extremely vulnerable to mites?
 
Seems like once ever week or so one of my pubes will have dying new growth.
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Unhappy pube losing it's new leaves to what I highly suspect is mites.
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I spray them with an oil and soap mixture and they start to put out new growth in a couple of weeks that looks nice and healthy, but they keep coming back.
 
 
Happy pube, no mites yet.
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Sawyer said:
I'm a one-year-going-on newbie w/ pubescens and I'm really hoping for some illumination.  I especially hope for some clarification on the whole "rocoto", "locoto", "manzano" naming confusion.
Most of that is regional. Rocoto in Peru, Locoto in Bolivia and Manzano in Mexico. With other south and central american countries adopting one of those names. Manzano is sometimes used in Peru for Red Rocotos though...which just adds to the confusion. In Mexico they're all Manzanos...red, yellow or orange.
 
I had always thought that they were different peppers.  Sort of like all Manzanos are Rocotos, but not all Rocotos are Manzanos.  Like I have always thought sheepshead and cauliflower mushroom were just different names of the same mushroom but they are in fact two different mushrooms.

This is what I am hoping for this year, only in a yellow version  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
 
 
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I'll be happy with 1/10th of this.
 
There are definitely differences between strains...but they are all basically the same. Just like there are hundreds of different Jalapenos out there...but in the end they're all Jalapenos. Most Rocotos take on an oblong shape where most Manzanos look like apples.
 
The biggest lessons I have learned growing them the past couple years are: 1. Give the roots plenty of room...they have huge thick roots that spread like crazy. My in-ground plant had a root system over 7' wide. 2.Filtered sun..they really like a spot where they only get a bit of direct sun early and late in the day with shade during the heat of the day.
 
There are definitely differences between strains...but they are all basically the same. Just like there are hundreds of different Jalapenos out there...but in the end they're all Jalapenos. Most Rocotos take on an oblong shape where most Manzanos look like apples.

The biggest lessons I have learned growing them the past couple years are: 1. Give the roots plenty of room...they have huge thick roots that spread like crazy. My in-ground plant had a root system over 7' wide. 2.Filtered sun..they really like a spot where they only get a bit of direct sun early and late in the day with shade during the heat of the day.


Yeah, I was thinking about building a shade for them this year.
 
I had mine in pots last year, under a silver maple tree.  They got two or three hours of direct sun in the morning, filtered sun through the middle of the day, then less filtered, but still somewhat filtered, sun in the late afternoon.  They were happy; I just started them too late to have a chance of pods.
 
My over flow garden last year is about 3/4 shaded by a shrub type tree, only a few hours of direct morning sunlight. That is probably the best spot in my yard for them . Irrigation lines already run last year. Have room for 6 plants or so in 5-10 gallon containers. 
 
HillBilly Jeff said:
If you were to keep one in a container, what sized container would you use?  I am thinking of keeping one in a container in the yard by the maple trees.
I have grown a couple in containers...last year's was in an 18 gallon round tote with about 18 3/4" holes drilled in the bottom. The roots filled the container by mid season, but the plant got plenty big and was very productive. I would think a 20 gallon+ root pouch would be better. Your spot sounds like a great location and one of the benefits to a container is you can move it to give it more/less shade as you see fit.
Jeff H said:
My over flow garden last year is about 3/4 shaded by a shrub type tree, only a few hours of direct morning sunlight. That is probably the best spot in my yard for them . Irrigation lines already run last year. Have room for 6 plants or so in 5-10 gallon containers. 
Those containers will limit them some, but I have grown them in 5# before. Keep in mind....they can get very big and will be as wide or more than they are tall. In 5# mine got to about 3.5' tall and 3-4' wide. In the 18# last year it was over 7' tall and almost 8' wide. Hope you have the same luck, just an FYI for space planning purposes.  
 
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