Why I love Manzanos

[Nigel]

Great flavor, good heat and this. A 56g pepper!!!
 
 

 

[ThePepperManiac]

nice

 

[rebelgrower3]

Sweet looking pepper.

 

[Wustenfuchs]

Really nice!

 

[Vegas_Chili]

There's one that can get up to 200+ grams. It's a red one from Peru.

I should be getting seeds for those at harvest time from my friends in Spain.

, Walter

 

[Fremp]

The rocoto?

There's one that can get up to 200+ grams. It's a red one from Peru.

I should be getting seeds for those at harvest time from my friends in Spain.

, Walter

 
 
Can't wait for next season,as I have some Manzanos seeds,and rocoto. Keep hearing how great they taste! Thx for sharing Nigel!

 

[Vegas_Chili]

The rocoto?
 
 
Can't wait for next season,as I have some Manzanos seeds,and rocoto. Keep hearing how great they taste! Thx for sharing Nigel!

Yup, rocoto is just another name for the manzano or the other way around.

I'll try to post a pic of an actual one they harvested.

 

[willard3]

A premier market chile in Méjico........there must be a reason
 
 

 

[Pr0digal_son]

I don't care if I ever eat a different pepper again!!!! Might dethrone the frutescens as my fave. Only problem is that my plants can't keep up with my lustful mouth!

 

[smileyguy697]

I've never been lucky enough to try one. Everything i read makes them sound just wonderful!

 

[Nightshade]

I will be growing some this winter I love the growth habits of pubescens. I want to get seeds for the rocoto tree pepper.

 

[biscgolf]

frigging puppy pulled the first ripe one off of my orange manzano plant yesterday... she got through about half of it.

 

[buddy]

my favorite.  luckily I can pick them up in the grocery store as I have had terrible luck trying to grow them.  I get bunch of flowers, the mid-western heat kicks in, and all the flowers drop.  I gave up and gave away all of my manzano/rocoto seeds last year.

 

[mlh5953]

Whoa! I've got to try growing those next season.
Good thing I'm expanding the garden space!

 

[Nightshade]

Buddy thats the exact reason I'm growing them during winter. I'm hoping to buy a few more varieties of them. Can keep my greenhouse to the heat they will like during that then I should be able to keep getting fruit til the beginning of spring

 

[buddy]

Buddy thats the exact reason I'm growing them during winter. I'm hoping to buy a few more varieties of them. Can keep my greenhouse to the heat they will like during that then I should be able to keep getting fruit til the beginning of spring

Very nice.  Wish that I had a greenhouse - love these chiles!

 

[Nightshade]

I actually bought the greenhouse for these peppers because I came to the conclusion I couldn't grow them here in spring and summer but I am so interested in them and there growth.

 

[hottoddy]

Argh, those pics are killing me! I have 3 big manzano plants clustered next to each other. They have been full of beautiful purple flowers for months - but no pods! Out of 20+ varieties, they are the only one not podding up. The flowers are very hardy but they just sit there. Any ideas?

 

[Nightshade]

They are very heat sensitive

 

[Nigel]

Argh, those pics are killing me! I have 3 big manzano plants clustered next to each other. They have been full of beautiful purple flowers for months - but no pods! Out of 20+ varieties, they are the only one not podding up. The flowers are very hardy but they just sit there. Any ideas?

If it get`s too hot they flower fine, but don`t set any pods at all. By too hot, I mean over around 80-85°F day and 65-70°F night. I germinate during winter here in Southern Cal. leave them outside and they flower in late Feb/March and produce until about the end of June. Then they flower like crazy and set no pods until the end of September. Some are more heat sensitive than others and I think a few members here have found some less heat-sensitive varieties. 
 
I`m hoping to have the Brown Rocoto, White Rocoto and SuperPubes for the coming winter. We shall see.