Hello Good People,
Well, here we go!
Things have seriously escalated this year
It's a slippery slope!
I live quite far up north so of course there will be a bunch of Rocotos here. Most of them are already started and are anywhere between the 1st pr of true leaves (most of them) -- 5-6 pr of leaves (only one of them) stage. This one is a particularly hairy one:
Here's my Giant Rocoto that has already been eaten up by thrips when it had just 2 pairs of true leaves, lost those 2 pairs of leaves, but now seems to be growing it out:
and a closeup:
I'll also grow a couple of F1 & F2 crosses (chinense, frutescens x chinense and chinense x baccatum) that have been generously provided by forum members on here and through facebook. I'm particularly excited about
the
Naga Suomi x PDN
[Bhut x TSM] x Guwahati Bhut
TSM x Bhut crosses from "Spicegeist" Charles,
the
Coco Reaper (CAP 502 x Carolina Reaper)
Fatalii x Aji Fantasy
Fatalii x Aji Golden
BOC x Aji Pineapple crosses from "Chilitunari" Jukka,
and Tick's CAP 691 x Bhut and Bhut x Bradley Bahamian crosses.
And I have a lot more. I said it has exploded this year.
Further highlights would be Fruxim (a supposed frutescens x eximium cross), galapagoense (thank you Charles), CGN 19198, Blue Mystery, and Pimenta Lisa/Elisir from different sources. If my selections seem random, well, ... actually it's not my list that's random. I am
Here's my Galapa as of 4 days ago:
and here's how it started (I was mesmerized by that furry hook coming up slowly):
And a lot more, but let's take it stepwise because frankly I freaked out today when I recorded a short video of my young plants and really realized how many I actually have. I need time.
More pictures will follow soon. I'm not a particularly organized person, so no neat list and things like that. They'll come in the order as I feel like taking a pic of them
Happy growing!
PS. Oh, what happened with that tag rocotorocopicawilds... okay...
Well, here we go!
Things have seriously escalated this year
It's a slippery slope! I live quite far up north so of course there will be a bunch of Rocotos here. Most of them are already started and are anywhere between the 1st pr of true leaves (most of them) -- 5-6 pr of leaves (only one of them) stage. This one is a particularly hairy one:
Here's my Giant Rocoto that has already been eaten up by thrips when it had just 2 pairs of true leaves, lost those 2 pairs of leaves, but now seems to be growing it out:
and a closeup:
I'll also grow a couple of F1 & F2 crosses (chinense, frutescens x chinense and chinense x baccatum) that have been generously provided by forum members on here and through facebook. I'm particularly excited about
the
Naga Suomi x PDN
[Bhut x TSM] x Guwahati Bhut
TSM x Bhut crosses from "Spicegeist" Charles,
the
Coco Reaper (CAP 502 x Carolina Reaper)
Fatalii x Aji Fantasy
Fatalii x Aji Golden
BOC x Aji Pineapple crosses from "Chilitunari" Jukka,
and Tick's CAP 691 x Bhut and Bhut x Bradley Bahamian crosses.
And I have a lot more. I said it has exploded this year.
Further highlights would be Fruxim (a supposed frutescens x eximium cross), galapagoense (thank you Charles), CGN 19198, Blue Mystery, and Pimenta Lisa/Elisir from different sources. If my selections seem random, well, ... actually it's not my list that's random. I am
Here's my Galapa as of 4 days ago:
and here's how it started (I was mesmerized by that furry hook coming up slowly):
And a lot more, but let's take it stepwise because frankly I freaked out today when I recorded a short video of my young plants and really realized how many I actually have. I need time.
More pictures will follow soon. I'm not a particularly organized person, so no neat list and things like that. They'll come in the order as I feel like taking a pic of them
Happy growing!
PS. Oh, what happened with that tag
rocotorocopicawilds... okay...
Simply fantastic pics!
, this time with soapy water with some oil added (organic soap, not chemical detergent). The plants seemed to take it better than the Pyrsol but now, four days later, I can see many of them got burnt again. The newest leaves. I don't know if this young seedlings (2-3 pairs of leaves) can recover from "chemical topping". Well.. if they can't, I won't sow again... 
