Comptine's Swedish Glog 2016

az1000 · Jun 27, 2016

Your plants are looking great!
Aji Oro is a only one that continues to set pods now.
It's too hot here for Pubescens .

D3monic · Jun 27, 2016

Everything's looking really good!

tsurrie · Jun 28, 2016

^^ what he said. Pretty cool. Good job!

tctenten · Jun 28, 2016

Your plants are really chugging along. Everything looks great.

Comptine · Jun 30, 2016

az1000 said:
Your plants are looking great!
Aji Oro is a only one that continues to set pods now.
It's too hot here for Pubescens .

D3monic said:
Everything's looking really good!

tsurrie said:
^^ what he said. Pretty cool. Good job!

tctenten said:
Your plants are really chugging along. Everything looks great.

Thank you for the kind words!

Comptine · Jul 3, 2016

I'm starting to see tiny fruits on my greenhouse chinenses. Now that I've pruned off the lower leaves on my tomatoes I think the pollinators have been able to find the plants hiding there.

This is my Habanero Manzano, not the largest fruit there is, but it has firmly set.

I now realise it's impossible to see, but there is a tiny Chupentinho pod near the bottom of the plant.

And the Beni Highlands plant has set a pod or two.

This season is already better than the last one was for the chinenses.

My Aji Oro continues to set fruit, they are not as large as they can get, but I put that down to pot size. I'm still happy to be able to sample these in time.

az1000 · Jul 3, 2016

Looking great!
My Aji Oro pods are the same size like yours.

Comptine · Jul 3, 2016

az1000 said:
Looking great!
My Aji Oro pods are the same size like yours.

Ah, but is it as wide as mine? This boy is only in a 3.6 litre pot.

az1000 · Jul 3, 2016

Comptine said:
Ah, but is it as wide as mine? This boy is only in a 3.6 litre pot.

The size of pot is 5,5l I think.
My plant has the same grow pattern like yours but is larger.
I think I have more than 20 pods on that plant and counting.
Aji Oro is the most productive and heat tolerant variety.

Comptine · Jul 3, 2016

az1000 said:
The size of pot is 5,5l I think.
My plant has the same grow pattern like yours but is larger.
I think I have more than 20 pods on that plant and counting.
Aji Oro is the most productive and heat tolerant variety.

It's crazy how big this one got, I did not expect that. So far I've been really happy with the growth and pod setting, I might have close to 20 pods as well, varying sizes though. I'm giving this one liquid fertiliser with every watering and the pod size got larger after that. We have not had extreme heat for a while now, so it's hard to say about the heat tolerance. Our days are around 18-22 degrees at the moment. I have fruits on my Rocoto Mini yellow too, but they are quite small still, it only started flowering recently. I have one more flowering but I'm not sure which variety that one was.

moruga welder · Jul 3, 2016

all is , looking good ! nice selection , some aji pineapple next grow for me also .

az1000 · Jul 3, 2016

Comptine said:
It's crazy how big this one got, I did not expect that. So far I've been really happy with the growth and pod setting, I might have close to 20 pods as well, varying sizes though. I'm giving this one liquid fertiliser with every watering and the pod size got larger after that. We have not had extreme heat for a while now, so it's hard to say about the heat tolerance. Our days are around 18-22 degrees at the moment. I have fruits on my Rocoto Mini yellow too, but they are quite small still, it only started flowering recently. I have one more flowering but I'm not sure which variety that one was.

Here the temperature is 35-37C and will stay like this for 2 months.
My Mini Rocoto just started to flower,but I don't think will set .

Comptine · Jul 3, 2016

az1000 said:
Here the temperature is 35-37C and will stay like this for 2 months.
My Mini Rocoto just started to flower,but I don't think will set .

Wow, that's quite a difference. We don't get temperatures over 30 really. So when selecting rocotos to grow I picked ones that can grow in any climate, just to make sure I'd get some fruit.

Trident chilli · Jul 5, 2016

All looking good Alana ... I grew the Aji Oro a few years ago and it certainly grew big. Pods hung like yellow pendants in the end I had to continuously support the plant. Do you have the yellow or red variety

Comptine · Jul 5, 2016

Trident chilli said:
All looking good Alana ... I grew the Aji Oro a few years ago and it certainly grew big. Pods hung like yellow pendants in the end I had to continuously support the plant. Do you have the yellow or red variety

Cheers John! I haven't had to support it yet, but the branches hang down on the table so it isn't so bad. I believe I should have the yellow variety, but a lot of the pepperlover seeds I got from that batch have been a little off. At least the general shape looks about right.
Did you like the taste of them? I've never had a rocoto before, so I don't know what to expect.

Comptine · Jul 6, 2016

Pot Size = Plant size.

The difference isn't that big between the pots, but the plants are very different in size.

Baby Bear aka Zimbabwe Bird

Mama Bear aka Chinese Pot

Papa Bear aka Prik Kee Nu Suan

Trident chilli · Jul 6, 2016

Comptine said:
Cheers John! I haven't had to support it yet, but the branches hang down on the table so it isn't so bad. I believe I should have the yellow variety, but a lot of the pepperlover seeds I got from that batch have been a little off. At least the general shape looks about right.
Did you like the taste of them? I've never had a rocoto before, so I don't know what to expect.

Hope you don't mind me posting my photography of the "Oro" as you can see they are thick walled .... crunchy to the bite I would say a medium heat - sweet taste

Comptine · Jul 6, 2016

Trident chilli said:
Hope you don't mind me posting my photography of the "Oro" as you can see they are thick walled .... crunchy to the bite I would say a medium heat - sweet taste

Those look really yummy! Mine are pubescents though, so I imagine the seeds would be black? They were when I planted them. Is it possible we have two different Aji Oro's? http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/heal-leve/hot-very-hot/aji-oro-rocoto-detail This is the one I'm growing.

Thegreenchilemonster · Jul 6, 2016

Comptine said:
Those look really yummy! Mine are pubescents though, so I imagine the seeds would be black? They were when I planted them. Is it possible we have two different Aji Oro's? http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/heal-leve/hot-very-hot/aji-oro-rocoto-detail This is the one I'm growing.

The aji oro I'm growing is a Pubescens with black seeds and purple flowers as well. Extremely productive plant for a Pubescens that likes to grow horizontally. I prune the branches when it starts to get too wide, forcing it to put some vertical shoots. I got my seeds from AZ1000.

az1000 · Jul 6, 2016

My Aji Oro is from PL .
Definitely has black seeds and purple flowers.

Comptine said:
Those look really yummy! Mine are pubescents though, so I imagine the seeds would be black? They were when I planted them. Is it possible we have two different Aji Oro's? http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/heal-leve/hot-very-hot/aji-oro-rocoto-detail This is the one I'm growing.

I think this is a different variety.
Definitely not a Pubescens.