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Britta Stenmanns starts with ... As it comes from the Andes, can it handle the frost? http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Perennialveg/rocoto.htm
| About the Author Britta Stenmanns Moss Vale, NSW 27th July 2007 8:46am #UserID: 179 Posts: |
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Correy says... Yes the Rocoto Tree Chilli will handle mild frosts but not a huge one. In the case that you do get a huge frost it would be great to preempt and cover it with a sheet. Here is a fantastic site that is going to tell you everything you need to know about this hot perennial. http://www.rocoto.com/overwinter.html | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 28th July 2007 12:06pm #UserID: 3 Posts: View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... My Rocoto has gone berserk! Amazing since it arrived as sick as can be, covered in red spider mites (undiagnosed for weeks) but came back after a spray of home made white oil (bottle of water with a tea spoon of vegetable oil and a drop of detergent a la Peter Cundall).
| About the Author MaryT Sydney 7th October 2011 5:46pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ManishU Brisbane 7th October 2011 6:21pm #UserID: 5934 Posts: View All ManishU's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 7th October 2011 6:37pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 7th October 2011 8:05pm #UserID: 154 Posts: View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 7th October 2011 8:46pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 8th October 2011 7:53pm #UserID: 154 Posts: View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 9th October 2011 8:33am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Now that I know that fruit flies love my rocotto and every fruit has been stung I have been taking them off and nuking them in the microwave before putting them in the compost. Now another huge crop appears and AGAIN they were stung - should I pull it out and forget about growing rocottos or should I leave it as 'bait' for fruit flies as someone has suggested? | About the Author MaryT Sydney 22nd January 2012 10:14am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MiLK_MaN says... I have a Rocoto Chilli tree that is 3 years old, and about 2.5 metres in height. I keep pruning it, and it keeps growing back! They handle a light frost without an issue, as we get them a couple of times a year in northern suburbs of Melbourne. They start to look a little tired and sickly towards the end of winter, but as soon as the sun and warmth arrive in Spring, they perk up and go absolutely nuts with flowers + fruit. Had the hailstorm on Christmas Day not hit my house hard, I would of had over 200 pods on the one plant this year. | About the Author MiLK_MaN South Morang, VIC 23rd January 2012 9:08am #UserID: 4085 Posts: |
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MaryT says... At last I have one nearly perfect Rocoto Chilli (had to bag them due to their being fruit fly favourites). Julie as soon as the seeds dry I will post them to you. By the way the fruit is sweet and fragrant but not without heat. I like it!
| About the Author MaryT Sydney 4th April 2012 8:36am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 4th April 2012 3:13pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 4th April 2012 3:31pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 4th April 2012 9:09pm #UserID: 154 Posts: View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 4th April 2012 9:59pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 4th April 2012 11:55pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 5th April 2012 12:24am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Ady 5th April 2012 11:25pm #UserID: 5181 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 5th April 2012 11:42pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 8th April 2012 6:28am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 8th April 2012 9:13am #UserID: 1947 Posts: |
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MaryT says... I would say it's moderately hot, Brendan. I can eat it raw with nothing else; at first it's sweet, fragrant and spicy but then there's quite a kick to it afterwards. Also they're not consistent; some are hotter than others though they're from the same bush. I think its value is more in its being fleshy and juicy. I have enough crazy hot chillies so this one is a great addition. It's good to use for making sauce to add colour without adding too much heat. I make a relish with ginger and garlic and you see too much white if I only use small hot chillies. Yes, email me if you want some seeds. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 8th April 2012 9:54am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 8th April 2012 9:38pm #UserID: 182 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 8th April 2012 9:41pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jason Portland 8th April 2012 11:33pm #UserID: 637 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 9th April 2012 12:02am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 9th April 2012 8:45am #UserID: 1947 Posts: |
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MaryT says... Wow; I'm glad you survived Brendan. I am constantly worried that some kid would pick one and eat it because my 'garden' is the carspace right outside my front door. I probably should get rid of it but it is so cheerful. It seems that the symptoms of burning when you eat chillies are phantom - more a trick to your nervous system than real burns so they usually diminish in time without causing real problems. Please correct me if I'm wrong. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 9th April 2012 12:40pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... My brother has very hot dark globe chillies and I don't know their name.Rocotos sound like a chilli I would use as the bhut jolokia has ripe fruit and I'm not game to use them, retreating to birdseyes and thai chillies.If my moruga scorpion seedlings survive I doubt I'll ever use those.What can you do with 2 million scovilles, but it is the champ. Is it true that rocotos get tree-like? | About the Author Mike 9th April 2012 9:14pm #UserID: 6829 Posts: |
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snottiegobble says... Mike, its taken nearly 6 months for the only 2 seedlings to germinate (Trinidad Scorpion butch T) to flower & there is only one green fruit to date with many of the flowers dropped off! Conclusion:- Not bloody worth it! Reason:- Can no longer claim worlds hottest chilli & who the hell would be game enough to cook with them anyway?? It would be like breeding the world`s most vicious pit bull & unable to risk petting it!! Mike we are crazy, mate! | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 10th April 2012 12:07am #UserID: 3468 Posts: |
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MaryT says... Mike my rocoto is 'tree like' but its branches are lanky and brittle compared to 'real' trees. Maybe it's because I have it in a pot. The fruit is huge compared to the branches so they get weighed down. It has purple flowers; very pretty when in bloom (and it seems to be constantly in bloom now). I will send you some if you like. My visitors gave me a chilli yesterday; they don't know what it is. Not sure how hot either. Too scared to try; maybe a pit bull. I should add that a strawberry guava given to me by my friends tasted more like a chilli guava because it was carried in the same take away box. Scary.
| About the Author MaryT Sydney 10th April 2012 4:00am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Rocoto on 'tree'. Mine is still bushy. The branches breaks easily like other chillies. The fruit on mine is atypical as Brendan suggests and compared to other images online. Obviously its parent had been promiscuous.:) I don't mind its relative mildness as mentioned above. It came from Daleys.
| About the Author MaryT Sydney 10th April 2012 4:21am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 10th April 2012 8:07pm #UserID: 182 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 10th April 2012 8:11pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruitetiquette says... MaryT, the pic is a brown or chocolate Habanero, Capsicum chinense. They are brown because they turn from green to red, but dont lose the green chlorophyll. There are probably a few different brown C.chinense types around. Rocoto is C.pubescens, has black seeds, generally the seeds and core is hot, but the outer flesh not so hot, so can be used as "mild" types,BUT some plants can have hotter fruit. | About the Author jakfruitetiquette 10th April 2012 8:19pm #UserID: 6820 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 10th April 2012 8:22pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Ady 10th April 2012 8:43pm #UserID: 5181 Posts: |
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MaryT says... Ady - it's amazing to me that the temperature has such influence on the heat of the chillies. Pity my summer ones were all spoilt by fruit flies (I ended up bagging them would you believe); they might have been the hot ones. The last batch of seeds are gone but more will be available in a couple of days so will send those when they're ready. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 11th April 2012 6:38am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 13th April 2012 10:53am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Mike Cairns 13th April 2012 4:41pm #UserID: 6829 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 13th April 2012 5:07pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi Mike & MaryT, I've watched the videos online about people eating the world's hottest chillies. Let's say there'd be about a tablespoon of flesh/seeds etc that they eat. I'm absolutely positive there's no way in the world they could eat a tablespoon of MY birdseye chillies! They are 'only' supposed to be heat 9 (out of 10), but they are super hot! My brother made some sambal with these, we gave a t-spoon (he insisted), to a friend who happens to be an international airline pilot, and he nearly died I'm sure! He started sweating profusely, his face turned beetroot red colour, tears streamed from his eyes, he then got bad hiccups, rushed to the toilet of the pub we were at and bought-up his just eaten counter lunch plus the chillies! I can still see the look on his face when he emerged, he looked very crook! We warned him it was super hot, but he said he's tasted the hottest chillies from all around the world, and swore ours to be the hottest thing he'd ever tasted! Go figure? | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 14th April 2012 8:36am #UserID: 1947 Posts: |
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| About the Author Mike 14th April 2012 8:44am #UserID: 6847 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th April 2012 8:49am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Mike 14th April 2012 8:55am #UserID: 6847 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th April 2012 11:33am #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Mary have you ever heard someone say, no food is too hot for them and they can eat birdseyes like smarties? You tell them even if they are hardcore steer clear of the jolokias.I have seen this scenario play out several times with an inevitable outcome that is only funny on reflection.I should hold such people back with more vigour. I think moruga has jumped so far ahead of the pack that it is all over now and rivals couldn't stand the heat.Surely there won't be another in the 2 million club. | About the Author Mike 14th April 2012 7:04pm #UserID: 6847 Posts: |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th April 2012 8:16pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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