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Posted by trancegemini_WA Aust (My Page) on Mon, Aug 22, 05 at 12:30
| does anyone have any recommendations for heirloom capsicum varieties? I was thinking of getting some california wonder from eden seeds, has anyone grown those? are there any must have favourites or are they all much the same? I mostly use green capsicums so Id like something that I can pick when green |
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| I grew Chinese Giant - they were big but not in great numbers. Also grew Marconi which yielded OK but not large. Corno di Torro (sic) were long and had good numbers of fruit also. |
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- Posted by Mabb Melbourne, Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 23, 05 at 9:15
| I've grown Chinese Giant two years in a row now and intend to plant them again this year, with some California Wonder as well. The CG were great the first year and also bore well I thought. They are thick-walled with skin that peels off very easily after roasting and do really well the way I marinate them with balsamic and a very little oil. Thinner-walled caps don't last as long under this treatment I've found. Last season we had a bad attack of aphids and the crop was badly affected, so we got very few. The cold summer also meant that they took for ever to mature to red so this year we'll be mucho vigilante on the pest control with lots of companion planting plus I've weeded assiduously to get rid of plants that harbour these buggers over winter. Cal Wonder are meant to be hardy too, so we thought we'd try them out. |
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| thanks lomatia and mabb for the info, it's good to hear first hand info about the differences between them |
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| Mabb, Cal Wonder are really my main crop. Always reliable but dont get very large. The benefit is that they last longer when the colder weather arrives. |
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