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Not sure why but I always have a hard time biting my lip when it comes to Pubes-cens jokes but I always try to behave to the best of my ability on the more serious threads.... 
But I am also wondering this same question as I have some Red Manzanos that came last week...though mine will go outside eventually but will spend a few months indoors at least.
But I am also wondering this same question as I have some Red Manzanos that came last week...though mine will go outside eventually but will spend a few months indoors at least.
I'm overwintering a HERD of Rocotos, so far I know they like natural short day window light more than store-bought, they flower like crazy under stress (aforementioned store bought light) but I only have two errant (unintentional) pods resulting. The plants under artificial 12/12 lighting @ 70°F are losing leaves slowly, but not showing other signs of impending demise. I think they're ready for some natural light. Those plants are not losing leaves and look healthy, though dormant.
I'm not a horticulturalist, don't task me, but what else can I tell you?
I'm not a horticulturalist, don't task me, but what else can I tell you?
30% is high for this time of year where I'm at, and yes, it's dry. We go through it every winter. Then in summer we deal with 70 to 99%. It's a cyclic extreme we try to adapt to. I've burned out enough humidifiers AND dehumidifiers to just give up and deal with it.CraftyFox said:
The leaves are young, these are relatively new growth from "trunk" nodes, I'm sure this plant is, in it's way, having issues with what phase it's in. All my plants under artificial light have smaller leaves and many flowers. You think the Peruvian has a lot, you should see the Giant yellow...
These girls, especially the basement residents, are taking water like crazy, every second to third day one or another is in need of a good drink. I've cooled it on the nutes, was feeding either fish gut soup or CNS17 every few weeks, but stopped in mid December.
I also have an Aji Amarillo, Aji Mango and a Large Orange Thai residing in south facing windows. They are behaving better than the Pubes, no new blossoms, no spontaneous hypergrowth, but no leave drop either. Just a nice, somber, dormant sleep....
I'm not a Pubescens expert, because they aren't supposed to do grow in my climate. But... when I researched my grow, and what my experience eventually told me, is that they do their very best when you have a 10-15 degree difference in your daily temperature. I've no doubt that they can be grown indoors, but if doing so, I'd probably want to keep it on the cooler side. Low humidity shouldn't be a problem for them. They are high altitude plants. As such, you'd expect them to be low humidity lovers.
Is there a point where humidity can become excessive for them? Someone is gifting me some Mini Browns, and I'm pretty excited to try them out.
We run AC in the summer, or the humidity is cloying, usually between 63-82F in here, rarely higher. My basement is cooler and more humid, for the time being.
Do you keep a fan on those ones in the basement, Stettoman? I hear you about the humidity! It's pretty rare for us to dip below 40% because we have a lot of moisture issues we are contending with, and it can get like a swamp in the summer.
We run AC in the summer, or the humidity is cloying, usually between 63-82F in here, rarely higher. My basement is cooler and more humid, for the time being.
Do you keep a fan on those ones in the basement, Stettoman? I hear you about the humidity! It's pretty rare for us to dip below 40% because we have a lot of moisture issues we are contending with, and it can get like a swamp in the summer.