As far as green chiles go, I like poblanos or jals.

Maybe you need to find what is causing the fruit to rot and go from there. Then you can grow whatever you want. How much sun do they get?

I like poblanos over bells or anaheims but thats just personal preference. They all have their uses. I have no bells now, but I would use them if I did.

How about jalapenos? They are green. I grow the purple variety cause it's tastier to me (even more so when red ripe).

-HabBob

HabBob,
The plants get plenty of sun. That's not the issue nor is the water. It has not been excessively wet here. It appears that the plants bell and pablanos have blight. I do grow jalapenos. Actually, I picked a couple pounds yesterday and plan to pickle them tonight.

The reason that I'm looking for a good anaheim is that one of my favorite foods in the world is green chile chicken enchildas. I don't like the canned green enchilada sauce. I used to buy full bags of green chiles when I lived in NM and would peel and freeze them for use in these enchiladas. I have enough for two big batches of enchiladas already in the freezer but was expecting a lot more. The biggest difference is the size of the chiles that I'm getting. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rick

I'm looking for the same type of chile for the same reason as you. This year I'm trialing Ancho San Luis and Numex Big Jim. The Ancho has set a couple of pods. The Big Jim has set no pods yet. I'm thinking I should have planted Numex Joe Parker, which is supposed to be about 15 days earlier.

In my two or three attempts, I have had no success in producing a good crop of large, green chiles. I'm in a Northern location, but our fall weather is very mild well into October. Any advice is welcome.

Jim

Hot dog! Since posting that last message, I visited the garden and discovered a number of small pods on the two Numex Big Jim plants. That is exciting! There have been lots and lots of small blossom buds for some time now. Some have yellowed and dropped off. I will be thrilled if half of the blossoms form mature pods.

Jim

joe e. parker has slightly smaller pods than big jim, but there are certainly more of them. if you want similar only hotter, try sandia.

my favorite greenies are any of the anaheim/nu-mex type, but most preferrably joe e. parker and guajillo. i just cant get enough guajillo.

SHELBYGUY----i was wondering how you use guajillos. i have several this year
because my bro-in-law said when he worked in a mexican resteraunt, the ladies in the kitchen demanded that guajillos were available. i was thinking they used them only dried, but i'd love to hear other ways to use them. thanks for any advice---bob

A non-anaheim green chile that is fairly large and not too picante is the chilaca.

I'm always surprised that they are everywhere in Mexico and US growers don't know about them.

Good suggestion on guajillos. I will definitely grow them next year. It sounds like they would be very useful in cooking.

Interestingly that chilacas and sandias should be mentioned. Two of the four chiles I am growing are chilacas, known as pasillas when ripe, and espanolas, which are derived from sandias. Both of these started producing quite early.

Jim