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New variety for me this year.  Plant was a bit off in the early going but is putting on the pods now. Above average heat for C.pubescens and a very nice sweetness. Always a fine line when harvesting reds in my opinion,and better to leave them ripen long enough to avoid the grassy flavor that they can exhibit.
 
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Those are beautiful pson.  I wish pubes did well for me in 5a because I'd ask for a trade for seeds.  Really happy with your presence around here and excellent photographs as always!  :)
 
 
Gonna have to agree with everyone here on your presentation and the plant. Your posts have me thinking about trying out a grow on pubes next year.
 
SmokenFire said:
Those are beautiful pson.  I wish pubes did well for me in 5a because I'd ask for a trade for seeds.  Really happy with your presence around here and excellent photographs as always!  :)
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We will figure out something that will work for you. I am in the same zone.

Hang tight and I can get some pods out to you in the near future.

AndyW said:
Your posts have me thinking about trying out a grow on pubes next year.
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That is why I post stuff.

I wouldn't suggest growing any crazy number of them at first. Maybe try 5 each season and start finding what does well where you live and which ones are useful for you. I am still looking for a large orange variety with some prolificacy.
 
Beautiful plant, John!
 
Two seasons ago I grew a yellow C.pubescens.  I got two ripe fruit, but only by shuttling the plant in and out of the garage long after the cold would have claimed it.  What delicious peppers they were and I would love to grow pubes with some success.
 
This year, I grew one plant from seed saved from that first effort.  I had a healthy plant, pot grown in partial shade, that was flush with blossoms but only set one pod.  That fruit is now about the diameter of a nickel, so I don't expect to see it mature.  I started the plant indoors in mid-January.
 
I live in Dover, so my climate is as identical to yours as were are going to get.  Can you offer some tips to help me toward more success?  Are there easier varieties you would suggest for our local?
 
Thanks,
Dave
 
 
cone9 said:
Beautiful plant, John!
 
Two seasons ago I grew a yellow C.pubescens.  I got two ripe fruit, but only by shuttling the plant in and out of the garage long after the cold would have claimed it.  What delicious peppers they were and I would love to grow pubes with some success.
 
This year, I grew one plant from seed saved from that first effort.  I had a healthy plant, pot grown in partial shade, that was flush with blossoms but only set one pod.  That fruit is now about the diameter of a nickel, so I don't expect to see it mature.  I started the plant indoors in mid-January.
 
I live in Dover, so my climate is as identical to yours as were are going to get.  Can you offer some tips to help me toward more success?  Are there easier varieties you would suggest for our local?
 
Thanks,
Dave
 
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I don't have any tricks,just get lucky with some of them. My goal is always production,so anything I focus on is geared towards that.

There are varieties that are easier. Anything with smaller pods will generally be more productive. And growing in containers will always give you earlier fruit than growing in the ground. There is no benefit to growing these in the ground in our zone.

I'm sure you aren't far off from what you need to be doing. Could be one or two little things. I would be more than happy to help with seed and chat privately about the specifics of your grow.
 
Well, lookie here!  I have a ripe Manzano!  I brought the plant in the house about two weeks ago in anticipation of cold weather.  The plant was way too wet from some heavy rains we had and was looking pretty ratty but.  I was surprised to see the pod had colored up last week.  I'll leave it a few more days then see how it tastes.  This is the same variety from which I got two ripe fruits a couple years ago.  I will try to winter this plant over either by forcing it into dormancy or just under lights in my basement grow room.  Maybe an earlier start for an adult plant will help to get more fruit(although it had plenty of blossoms but only set one pepper this year).
 
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cone9 said:
Well, lookie here!  I have a ripe Manzano!  I brought the plant in the house about two weeks ago in anticipation of cold weather.  The plant was way too wet from some heavy rains we had and was looking pretty ratty but.  I was surprised to see the pod had colored up last week.  I'll leave it a few more days then see how it tastes.  This is the same variety from which I got two ripe fruits a couple years ago.  I will try to winter this plant over either by forcing it into dormancy or just under lights in my basement grow room.  Maybe an earlier start for an adult plant will help to get more fruit(although it had plenty of blossoms but only set one pepper this year).
 
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 A second year plant might produce better for you. I have never wintered a C.pubescens. Let us know how your pod tastes. Looks like some sort of yellow,maybe canario?
 
 
We hit 13F last weekend so my season is finished.  I pulled a couple plastic grocery bags for the smoker and rellenos and probably will get another small harvest that will go to the freezer for the winter months.
 

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