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Show Us Your Pubes! Group GLOG From The Rocoto Giveaway

I am starting this thread for folks who received some Pubescens seeds from me through the Pubescens giveaway. I figured it would be fun to see everyone's progress, plus have a general place to share any pics, growing techniques, and general Pubescens knowledge. I wish everyone great success in their gardens this year.

Even if you didn't receive seeds from me, and want to contribute info about your Pubescens plants this year, please feel free to share.
 
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CaneDog said:
Great pics Sinn!  Looks like your roc's have filled in nicely since potting-up a few weeks back - or did you just get to them now?  The yellow manz. in particular has really stepped it up.  And cool to see the RDS setting fruit.
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Yeah gave them new shoes a couple weeks ago I have never ate a rocoto I can't wait for that pod to be ready [emoji2]

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7 week update and all but one of my Manzano's look happy.
 
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Not sure why the one would have the pale foliage, they all get the same treatment.  Maybe it retains more water then the others?
 
It took forever and a day but the mini reds and the miraflores seeds sent to me by ShowMeDaSauce finally sprouted. Not much to look at right now but I'll post pictures once the are a bit bigger. I really hope it's not to late into year getting them started.
 
Great news FITN!   I don't think you'll be too late.  Most likely they'll start setting pods well as soon as the summer starts to cool off a little, which is probably about when they would have started setting well if they'd sprouted a month ago.
 
I have 2 varieties that just sprouted recently (1 of them just today) and I'm still hoping for my last variety to show, so I'm in the same boat.  Plus they won't ripen as quickly for me over on the west side as they will for you in Spokane.
 
CaneDog said:
Great news FITN!   I don't think you'll be too late.  Most likely they'll start setting pods well as soon as the summer starts to cool off a little, which is probably about when they would have started setting well if they'd sprouted a month ago.
 
I have 2 varieties that just sprouted recently (1 of them just today) and I'm still hoping for my last variety to show, so I'm in the same boat.  Plus they won't ripen as quickly for me over on the west side as they will for you in Spokane.
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That's great news, I appreciate it. Seeing as I've never grown pubes I have no knowledge of how long they take to mature and set pods.

Knowing that I live in Spokane and it's fairly hot and dry climate, what's your recommendation as far as sun exposure? I can put the plants in different locations depending on sun exposure, such as full sun, sun for half the day or full shade.
 
If possible, I'd recommend giving them eastern exposure for direct morning sun and putting them up against a fence, tree, house, bushes, or whatever so they get indirect or mottled sunlight through most of the remainder of the day, when your temperatures will climb.  See how they like that.  I think it can take a while to dial-in how to best grow pubes in your climate and conditions, but once you do they can be extremely productive plants.  Some climates they just don't seem to like, but I think they have the capability to do very well in Spokane, despite the heat.  There's a lot of good growers in this thread so I'm sure you'll see other's ideas too and that's really helpful.
 
Do you get bumblebees in your yard?  I find they are the best pollinators of rocotos in my area by a huge margin.  I plant purple flowered hyssop to keep them active around my plants.
 
CaneDog said:
If possible, I'd recommend giving them eastern exposure for direct morning sun and putting them up against a fence, tree, house, bushes, or whatever so they get indirect or mottled sunlight through most of the remainder of the day, when your temperatures will climb.  See how they like that.  I think it can take a while to dial-in how to best grow pubes in your climate and conditions, but once you do they can be extremely productive plants.  Some climates they just don't seem to like, but I think they have the capability to do very well in Spokane, despite the heat.  There's a lot of good growers in this thread so I'm sure you'll see other's ideas too and that's really helpful.
 
Do you get bumblebees in your yard?  I find they are the best pollinators of rocotos in my area by a huge margin.  I plant purple flowered hyssop to keep them active around my plants.
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Ya know, I think I've got the perfect spot. I've got a couple plants so I'll try a few different places around the yard. I really appreciate the help.

We don't have many bumble bees around but I do get a lot of honey bees so I would think that they would do just as good pollinating.
 
I've got a raised bed in the southwest corner of my yard. It will get morning sun from the East and a little afternoon sun. I have a Horse Chestnut tree that will shade it from noon on through the day and my fence will partially shade it in the evening. Hopefully that will suit the plants just fine.

I will say that the people on this forum have been a treasure trove of information. I've always been a spicy food fan but only got into growing peppers a few years ago and the people and information here have really helped me along. I may not have much by the way of experience to offer people but what little I do have, I try give back to others. Just wanted to say thanks! Hopefully soon I'll have some picture worthy plants to post up for everyone.
 
PaulG said:
Just for fun, two Peruvian Red Rocotos,
descended from peruvian market seed.
Both have been topped, the smaller one,
twice.
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Both in approx. 3-liter pots.
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I got a couple of those too...I would imagine that topping them might just make them flatten out more than they already do. I grew an Aji Oro a couple seasons ago that never got a foot tall but spread way outside it's row!
 
CaneDog said:
If possible, I'd recommend giving them eastern exposure for direct morning sun and putting them up against a fence, tree, house, bushes, or whatever so they get indirect or mottled sunlight through most of the remainder of the day, when your temperatures will climb.  See how they like that.  I think it can take a while to dial-in how to best grow pubes in your climate and conditions, but once you do they can be extremely productive plants.  Some climates they just don't seem to like, but I think they have the capability to do very well in Spokane, despite the heat.  There's a lot of good growers in this thread so I'm sure you'll see other's ideas too and that's really helpful.
 
Do you get bumblebees in your yard?  I find they are the best pollinators of rocotos in my area by a huge margin.  I plant purple flowered hyssop to keep them active around my plants.
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My house faces exactly north-south, with the north being back. At my latitude (46.98191° N) I get a month or more of direct sun on that deck for approx. two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening right up against the house itself. The Rocotos really seem to respond to that natural timing. We had a crap season last year for temps and moisture, and I was pretty negligent in maintenance, but ALL my Rocotos  survived to be overwintered. I'm going to have more than 36 Pubes this year, they're not all going to get the luxury of the deck, but those that do get containers will be mobile...
 
My first Rocotos were Aji Oros and Rocoto Amarillos, the Oros out in the full sun of the 8th acre. They did phenomenally, only the shortness of a zone 3 season kept me from a bumper crop.
 
I live smack dab in the middle of the city and I don't have a lot of space. My wife and I have gotten really good at finding ways to squeeze garden space into every nook and cranny of our place without taking away yard space for my kids to play. My backyard is south facing, I've got a detached garage, a horse chestnut tree and a 6 foot privacy fence all of which create a lot of shade. This is great for cooling us in the heat of the summer but it's hard to find good spots to place plants to get sufficient sunlight. Gotta get creative! Lol
 
One of the De Seda forking already.. 
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Yet it isn't the largest De Seda.
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And these mostly stay on the shelf below my tube shelf, where the Pubes all seem to be fine with the filtered light. I hit them for a bit with the LED spots every now and again, but mostly just filtered T12.

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I put one of the Big Apple Red's back up there after just a day or two under the Burple UFO, which it did not seem to appreciate. 
Thanks again for sharing these with me CD!   :metal: 



 
 
CraftyFox said:
One of the De Seda forking already.. 
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Yet it isn't the largest De Seda.
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And these mostly stay on the shelf below my tube shelf, where the Pubes all seem to be fine with the filtered light. I hit them for a bit with the LED spots every now and again, but mostly just filtered T12.

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I put one of the Big Apple Red's back up there after just a day or two under the Burple UFO, which it did not seem to appreciate. 
Thanks again for sharing these with me CD!   :metal: 



 
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The 'Dog shared those with me as well, the Big Apple are living up to their name, three times the size of everyone else at the same age. I might be building a special planter just for them...
 
CraftyFox said:
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I put one of the Big Apple Red's back up there after just a day or two under the Burple UFO, which it did not seem to appreciate. 
Thanks again for sharing these with me CD!   :metal:
 
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Glad they're doing well for you CF.  The big apple were a very touchy variety about heat/sun for me - more so than any others.
 
Really cool perspective shot of your grow area!
 
 
It is great to have these spring weather days showing up.  Hopefully they'll be getting around to everyone before too long. 
 
I'm trying to get as many outside as soon as possible here too, yet being cautious with the younger plants versus the hardier OW's.  Just put these Round II guys out into indirect light today and plan to pot them up shortly.  Clockwise from upper left these are Huallago, Gelbe Riesen, Tatiana, Ecuador Red (thx stetto), mini brown, and "aji lucento" or Luqutu (an interesting variety from Riobamba, Ecuador - backstory at https://kassenhoffgrowers.com/aji-lucento-pepper/)
 
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