ALBERTO's LOCOTO (below) from Real Seeds is proving to be my favourite chilli so far this year. It's a ROCOTO chilli from South America, and I'm hoping will add some spice to a few Peruvian dishes later this summer. The fruits are already in place, having been hand-pollinated indoors.
SHABU SHABU from Victoriana Nursery Gardens has grown prolifically. A few chillis have set and many more to come. The website suggests growing inside for extra heat. This won't be possible for me, so I'm hoping the patio will prove warm enough later on.
NOSFERATU also from Victoriana has black leaves and promises black fruits turning blood red. It's only today that I've noticed the upper leaves are mostly green. I'm not sure if this is a throwback or if they will slowly change colour later. The first flowers are now showing.
PEITO DE MOÇA from Victoriana has grown very tall, already the height of my living room windows, so it needs to go outside soon! There is a bit of droop in the upper stems, so I will water, repot or support soon. No flowers have emerged yet, and it has been attacked by greenfly which I am treating with diluted detergent. I'm also getting some help from this ladybird. I hope he has some friends...
Finally I've got two unknown chillies. No matter how carefully you label or write up notes in a gardening journal, there's always some labels that go astray. Very annoying, but I will be watching those fruits grow very carefully. They both look like they could be cayenne types. (NB, in mid-June the first chilli developed fruits that look Padron-like, the second picture is of a Rocoto Chilli. As of mid-June, no fruits yet, so it is either an Alberto's Locoto or a Chocolate Rocoto)
Oca, two varieties red & white, 8 pots of each. I've learnt in the past they are difficult to separate if planted together, but I have matched up small and large in each pot here.
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