In article , Charlie wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:41:41 -0700, Billy Rose
wrote:
Cow horns??? I got me "Corno di Toro" (Bull's Horns) but they are
supposed to be sweet, as are the Giant Aconcagua, Yellow Wax,
Friggitello, Szgedi , and of course the Cal Wonder. Then I have nine
ja-lap-pin-nos and a habanero. Just trying to figure out what I like and
where it grows best. Doing the same with the tomatoes: Striped German,
Mortgage Lifter, Brandywine, Rose, San Marzano Redorta (late season),
Carmello, Green Zebra (mid-season), Peche de Jaune, Marmande, and
Stupice (early season). One each planted in two different locations
(early Sun vs. afternoon Sun) on the hillside. Then there are a few
volunteers, Juliets, I think.
Good planning and testing. I do the same. You should like the Corno
di Toro and the Anconcagua, I did anyway. Had them last year. Always
have Cal Wonder, Buran and Napoleon. I would suggest, for a really
sweet pepper, Golden Marconi, late season, large peppers and large
yields,large plants. We have Red Ruffled Pimientos approaching color.
They are large and thick walled, hopefully a replacement for the Figaro
Pimientos we used to raise. Jimmy Nardello is a smaller sweet, early
frying type pepper that we really like. Two jalapenos and two tabasco
peppers. After reading the thread on Jalapenos, I picked the largest
ones tonite and chawed into opne raw and roasted a couple. Pretty hot,
nice flavor, but no sweat, just some nice burn on the lips. Maybe I am
becoming accustomed to the heat, but it wasn't that hot.
Don't know what you have going for cukes, but we are having great luck
and absoeffinglutely the best tasting cukes with the Japanese
varieties: Japanese Climbing, Japanese Long and Suyo Long. I like the
Suyo best, Lovey like the Climbing best. Climb a trellis easily,
vertical is probably good for you too.
We are eating cukes three times a day, plus in between. None of them
are causing any belching, something "regular" cukes do with me. THe
skins are tender and are not the least bitter, I don't peel them.
Last week I got the urge for Crab Rangoon and went and picked up a
dozen. We had them with hot mustard, wasabi, and cuke
slices......heaven.
But mild ja-lap-pin-nos. It's just not right. Mine seem to be just
right. Any hotter and I'd have to cut them with somethin' and I really
like the flavor when they are roasted. The cayenne and your cow-horns
have thick or thin skin? If I just wanted heat, I'd only grow habaneros.
Now I'm going to go risk my neck hanging a pot from one of the oaks. You
know, the extension ladder and uneven ground thing. Oy.
Hope your knees are better than mine....going up is sorta
ok......coming down is sorta not ok. BTW......how the hell are you
gonna water whatever is in the pot? Stay off the ladder!
Charlie
Oh my first idea was to hang the pot off of this oak but the spot that I
picked would have left it drippin' over the path and probably on me,
since it is next to the water spigot I most often use. Five feet higher
and it would hang over the dwarf citrus and strawberry patch. So up I
went, lashing the ladder to the tree as soon as I could reach it. So the
basket, itself, isn't really up that high but where the chain attaches
to the oak it is. Use chain because my cute little squirrels, with their
great sense of humor, will eat right through nylon cord. I have two
flower pots hangin' off tress now and two each on the 2 trellises.
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Billy
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