Dolce di Minervino and Mareko Fana - Page 4

Fred Hempel · May 17, 2011

Cages can help with both. They can be up to 5 ft tall under the right conditions.

lurley · July 9, 2011

My dolce plants are starting to produce but the fruit on one is fatter and more blunt than pointy like the rest of the plants. is this normal?

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Fred Hempel · July 10, 2011

Peppers seem to have more outcrossing. We often see variants in our rows.

It is one reason we don't do any pepper crosses. We just collect the ones that occur naturally.

The first two plants are Dolce di Minervino. The last one is probably a hybrid from an inadvertent cross.

lurley · July 10, 2011

Fred, Thanks for answering. It could always be an error on my end, I do try to be very careful though. The dolce di minervo are starting to produce great, I'm going to wait for the first to turn and then fry up ripe and green. Yummers. Don't know what the oddball will look like (color wise) or taste like, will post photos when it has some color and let you know what I think of taste. If it's anything you'd like I'll send the seeds of it back to you.

Fred Hempel · July 10, 2011

My suggestion is to pick off the green fruit from the Dolce for a couple weeks (to let the plant get larger) and then wait until they are deep red. It is when Dolce is ripe red that it stands above other southern Italian frying peppers.

lurley · July 11, 2011

Thanks for the advice, I'll pick the green ones today. I am so excited to try these though, waiting is longer will be hard.

wmontanez · July 11, 2011

Very nice plants and looks very productive! Mine are starting to form fruit now

Mark0820 · August 27, 2011

Thanks for sharing the Mareko Fana seed. I just tried my first one, and it is awesome. It has a little more heat than I expected, but that is okay with me. I will definitely be growing this pepper in my garden every year.

I cut one open to save seeds, and the aroma is incredible. Every time I walk by the seeds, I have to stop and smell them.

I'm still waiting on my first Dolce di Minervino.

Ruth_10 · August 31, 2011

Anybody got photos of the fruits to post? Would love to see them.

Mark0820 · August 31, 2011

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Originally Posted by Ruth_10

Anybody got photos of the fruits to post? Would love to see them.

Fred has a link to a photo and description in the first post of this thread. The photo of the Dolce isn't very clear. Both peppers look somewhat similar. The Dolce is red and a sweet pepper, and the Mareka is brown and is a mild/hot pepper.

fortyonenorth · August 31, 2011

I don't have any ripe ones today, but I'll try to post shortly.

For me, they're quite different. Dolce is like Jimmy Nardello on steroids - similar in many respects, but much larger. Mareko is much smaller - about 4" x 3/4" with beautiful leathery skin and a wonderful spicy, not-to-hot, taste. Both very nice.

If this sounds wrong, somebody let me know!

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Originally Posted by Mark0820

Fred has a link to a photo and description in the first post of this thread. The photo of the Dolce isn't very clear. Both peppers look somewhat similar. The Dolce is red and a sweet pepper, and the Mareka is brown and is a mild/hot pepper.

Fred Hempel · August 31, 2011

Dolce di Minervino look alot like Jimmy Nardello.

I think they taste better.

fortyonenorth · August 31, 2011

I would agree. And, in my brief experience, given a choice raccoons will take Dolce over Jimmy any night of the week.

BTW, thanks Fred. Both peppers have done well for me this year. We've been picking Dolces for about a month and Mareko Fana is just starting to ripen.

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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel

Dolce di Minervino look alot like Jimmy Nardello.

I think they taste better.

Ruth_10 · September 3, 2011

I could put this in the Wanted section, but here might be more efficient: does anyone have a few seeds of Mareko Fana to spare? I have many tomato varieties but not too much in the way of pepper seed to offer (Trinidad Perfume, Aji Colorado are a couple I have). Please PM me if you do and I will send a SASE.

Both peppers sound very interesting. I particularly like the mention of Mareko Fana being used in powdered form. I like to dehydrate peppers and make pepper powders and flakes.....

Mark0820 · September 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruth_10

I could put this in the Wanted section, but here might be more efficient: does anyone have a few seeds of Mareko Fana to spare? I have many tomato varieties but not too much in the way of pepper seed to offer (Trinidad Perfume, Aji Colorado are a couple I have). Please PM me if you do and I will send a SASE.

Both peppers sound very interesting. I particularly like the mention of Mareko Fana being used in powdered form. I like to dehydrate peppers and make pepper powders and flakes.....

Send me a PM with your address, and I will send them to you.

July 11, 2011	#52
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Very nice plants and looks very productive! Mine are starting to form fruit now __________________ Wendy

August 31, 2011	#54
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Anybody got photos of the fruits to post? Would love to see them. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

September 3, 2011	#59
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	I could put this in the Wanted section, but here might be more efficient: does anyone have a few seeds of Mareko Fana to spare? I have many tomato varieties but not too much in the way of pepper seed to offer (Trinidad Perfume, Aji Colorado are a couple I have). Please PM me if you do and I will send a SASE. Both peppers sound very interesting. I particularly like the mention of Mareko Fana being used in powdered form. I like to dehydrate peppers and make pepper powders and flakes..... __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

May 17, 2011	#46
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Cages can help with both. They can be up to 5 ft tall under the right conditions.

July 10, 2011	#48
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Peppers seem to have more outcrossing. We often see variants in our rows. It is one reason we don't do any pepper crosses. We just collect the ones that occur naturally. The first two plants are Dolce di Minervino. The last one is probably a hybrid from an inadvertent cross.

July 10, 2011	#49
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	Fred, Thanks for answering. It could always be an error on my end, I do try to be very careful though. The dolce di minervo are starting to produce great, I'm going to wait for the first to turn and then fry up ripe and green. Yummers. Don't know what the oddball will look like (color wise) or taste like, will post photos when it has some color and let you know what I think of taste. If it's anything you'd like I'll send the seeds of it back to you.

August 27, 2011	#53
Mark0820 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 907	Thanks for sharing the Mareko Fana seed. I just tried my first one, and it is awesome. It has a little more heat than I expected, but that is okay with me. I will definitely be growing this pepper in my garden every year. I cut one open to save seeds, and the aroma is incredible. Every time I walk by the seeds, I have to stop and smell them. I'm still waiting on my first Dolce di Minervino.