Giant Marconi

Tomstrees · August 24, 2007

Was our first time with this hybrid variety ...
Tastey, productive, and BIG, they are def. coming
back as an all purpose "fryer/stuffer" peps next season ...

~ Tom

Giant Marconi (these are about 9 inches long)

shelleybean · August 24, 2007

Very impressive! Time for sausage and peppers! I only grew one fryer variety this year, Melrose, but I've been really happy with it. It'll be back next year.

svalli · August 25, 2007

I wish I had grown Giant Marconi's this year. They are one of my favorite sweet peppers. I have not had luck with bell peppers, but I have found these frying peppers being even sweeter than bells.

I have plenty of seeds, so next season (where ever that will be) I hopefully have a place to grow both Giant Marconis and Yellow Marconis.

This is what I had last year (the small one must be Bounty Hybrid):

tjg911 · August 25, 2007

hi tom,

giant marconi is an excellent pepper. i have not grow very many different peppers but gm and corno di toro red are very very similiar - 5' tall plants, large peppers like 9", very sweet, lots of fruits, i like both very much. if you like gm try cdt red next year. i use crw cages for these 2 varieties with 18" diameter.

tom

obispo45 · August 27, 2007

I second the opinions on Giant Marconi and Corno di Toro. Have grown them both, though neither this year, and have always had many wonderful dinners over a long season. For one reason or another vast majority of my sweet peppers this year were bells...kind of out of the ordinary for me since I've always been drawn to the non-bells. Stuff has grown splendidly this year, with few if any probs and the discovery(new ones to me anyway) of several just excellent bells I anticipate growing for many years. That said I really miss some of non-bells and frying peppers especially Giant Marconi, Giant Aconcagua, Jimmy Nardellos and the sweet pepper that ultimately got me hooked on all things pepper Corno di Toro.

Adenn1 · September 26, 2007

I grew Giant Marconi this year...big peppers and the plant itself is a monster...mine is now over 5' tall. This is coming back next year for sure...

Worth1 · December 17, 2007

This giant marconi pepper at 5 feet tall, do you need support for it?

I will be growing it this year and would like to know.8)

((((((Now that I look again Tom used CRW cages.))))))
Worth

feldon30 · December 17, 2007

I use those "Wal-Mart tomato cages" for my sweet peppers.

I am growing Carmen, Jimmy Nardello, Pepperonici, and Golden Marconi next year. Lots of sweet peppers.

Tomstrees · December 18, 2007

Actually, I tied some to my tomato cages (that were near by), and others were tied to wooden stakes which worked really well.

Give em plenty of sunshine, food, water and space, and they'll grow plenty of large and in-charge frying / stuffing peppers - we were really wowed by them ~ They lasted all the way to frost as well ...

AAA+ pepper!

~ Tom

Worth1 · December 18, 2007

I think I will just go down and buy a bundle of those surveying stakes I think I can get them around 4 feet tall.

I also have a large supply of net goat fence that is doing nothing.

Worth

Tomstrees · December 18, 2007

Also, I'm getting from Totally Tomatoes a new black variety of sweet pep called Mavras ... can't wait !
The stakes and goat fence will work perfet Worth ~

Tom

August 24, 2007	#1
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Giant Marconi Was our first time with this hybrid variety ... Tastey, productive, and BIG, they are def. coming back as an all purpose "fryer/stuffer" peps next season ... ~ Tom Giant Marconi (these are about 9 inches long) __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale Last edited by Tomstrees; December 18, 2007 at 09:50 AM.

August 24, 2007	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Very impressive! Time for sausage and peppers! I only grew one fryer variety this year, Melrose, but I've been really happy with it. It'll be back next year. __________________ Michele

September 26, 2007	#6
Adenn1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 559	I grew Giant Marconi this year...big peppers and the plant itself is a monster...mine is now over 5' tall. This is coming back next year for sure... __________________ Mark

December 17, 2007	#8
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I use those "Wal-Mart tomato cages" for my sweet peppers. I am growing Carmen, Jimmy Nardello, Pepperonici, and Golden Marconi next year. Lots of sweet peppers. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

December 18, 2007	#9
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Actually, I tied some to my tomato cages (that were near by), and others were tied to wooden stakes which worked really well. Give em plenty of sunshine, food, water and space, and they'll grow plenty of large and in-charge frying / stuffing peppers - we were really wowed by them ~ They lasted all the way to frost as well ... AAA+ pepper! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 25, 2007	#3
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	I wish I had grown Giant Marconi's this year. They are one of my favorite sweet peppers. I have not had luck with bell peppers, but I have found these frying peppers being even sweeter than bells. I have plenty of seeds, so next season (where ever that will be) I hopefully have a place to grow both Giant Marconis and Yellow Marconis. This is what I had last year (the small one must be Bounty Hybrid):

August 25, 2007	#4
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	hi tom, giant marconi is an excellent pepper. i have not grow very many different peppers but gm and corno di toro red are very very similiar - 5' tall plants, large peppers like 9", very sweet, lots of fruits, i like both very much. if you like gm try cdt red next year. i use crw cages for these 2 varieties with 18" diameter. tom

August 27, 2007	#5
obispo45 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SE Minnesota Zone 4.51a Posts: 139	I second the opinions on Giant Marconi and Corno di Toro. Have grown them both, though neither this year, and have always had many wonderful dinners over a long season. For one reason or another vast majority of my sweet peppers this year were bells...kind of out of the ordinary for me since I've always been drawn to the non-bells. Stuff has grown splendidly this year, with few if any probs and the discovery(new ones to me anyway) of several just excellent bells I anticipate growing for many years. That said I really miss some of non-bells and frying peppers especially Giant Marconi, Giant Aconcagua, Jimmy Nardellos and the sweet pepper that ultimately got me hooked on all things pepper Corno di Toro.

December 17, 2007	#7
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	This giant marconi pepper at 5 feet tall, do you need support for it? I will be growing it this year and would like to know.8) ((((((Now that I look again Tom used CRW cages.)))))) Worth