gerbil Posted February 16, 2006 Anyone interested in some more seed of this? From the same mother as last time How'd the last batch of seed go from people who grew it out, any fruits? Am harvesting seed tomorrow, should be ready not long after. The mother bush is getting massive after a big trim early summer. Will put pics up tomorrow probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted February 20, 2006 dunn bout u but i have chill seed coming from every orifice its going to take me 10 years to grow all the ones i have now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted February 25, 2006 umm...cool?...Your point being? lol You've probably got more cacti seed than you can handle also, so you're not going to collect any more? sorry mate, I don't understand the point of your post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted March 9, 2006 sorry no idea why i posted must have been late at night or sumthin i would be interested if you had the yellow or orange variant - i have access to the red 4 free an it still dies in the frost just bichun cos a cool tolerant chiili means shit in a frosty climate 4 me however if youa are coastal nsw or vic, even sa and wa - this is a good chiili for u a it will grow to a shrub and live sevaral years great taste too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted March 9, 2006 sorry no idea why i posted must have been late at night or sumthin i would be interested if you had the yellow or orange variant - i have access to the red 4 free an it still dies in the frost just bichun cos a cool tolerant chiili means shit in a frosty climate 4 me however if youa are coastal nsw or vic, even sa and wa - this is a good chiili for u a it will grow to a shrub and live sevaral years great taste too lol no worries Sorry i've not got the yellow or orange, just the red. I take it you get heavier frosts than the southern states?? Maybe i've been lucky in that Vic hasn't had severe frosts for a long time, I should learn my geography better, I'd normally assume further north the better, but being more inland must be the killer? Just finished up drying a batch of smoked rocoto, only have a hot smoker so I did 2 hot smokes spaced a few hours apart and sun dried for a few days. They smell quite good, quite a sweet fleshed chilli. Used Euc. regnans as sawdust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted March 19, 2006 I'd normally assume further north the better, but being more inland must be the killer? i assumed once too but now i know better its bloody complex. microclimate is everything you even get frost in far north queensland, yet as you say melbourne can be frost free its about air movement, maritime influence, canopy and so many variables i think in my town some people have 4 year old chilli bushes yet across the street they die every year i am yet to discover my new microcimate this winter i have in bananas, chillis, basil, passionfruit, dragonfruit, cherimoya, citrus etc so it will be telling what does what most have mild frost tolerance and as the trees grow they stop it settling on the undergrowth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Cadaver Posted March 19, 2006 I've got the yellow and red (red apple and red pear shaped) plus fruit just set on the orange rocoto bush. smoked rocotos sounds good gerbil a nice fleshy chilli like jalapenos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted March 19, 2006 (edited) Would you like some of them darcy (smoked ones)?? Not sure what is left, so i'll have to do a final run with whats ripe on the bush. You've prob. up to your neck in them ;) but if you want any i'll make you some. They're no where near the quality of yours of course! my first trial run on a longer pepper I put in a cherry just because...the flavour really penetrates everything, made the chilli quite sickly sweet, not my liking but interesting none the less. Edited March 19, 2006 by gerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
