Any Aswad fans?

gorbelly · July 22, 2016

This is one of the varieties I'm growing this year. As expected, it's late, and it's a HUGE plant and very sturdy. But it looks like it's going to be pretty prolific. It's producing a lot of flowers and in small clusters (unlike mitoyo, which produces mostly single flowers) and in clusters in which all flowers have a thick pedicel capable of thickening to support fruit (unlike Thai long green, which produces lots of flowers, often in clusters, but only a few have a thick pedicel). I have at least one fruit already set and growing on all three plants. Largest two are tennis ball size. The rest are mostly golf ball size and still mostly hidden by the calyx. Anyone have experience with it? Trying to get a feel for what to expect in terms of taste and production.

July 22, 2016	#1
gorbelly Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,069	Any Aswad fans? This is one of the varieties I'm growing this year. As expected, it's late, and it's a HUGE plant and very sturdy. But it looks like it's going to be pretty prolific. It's producing a lot of flowers and in small clusters (unlike mitoyo, which produces mostly single flowers) and in clusters in which all flowers have a thick pedicel capable of thickening to support fruit (unlike Thai long green, which produces lots of flowers, often in clusters, but only a few have a thick pedicel). I have at least one fruit already set and growing on all three plants. Largest two are tennis ball size. The rest are mostly golf ball size and still mostly hidden by the calyx. Anyone have experience with it? Trying to get a feel for what to expect in terms of taste and production.