Grew the medium sized green ones for the first time last year. I had two of the same kind and placed them two feet apart, like my tomatoes.
While both flowered, one filled up with little husks and one didn't. (We joked that it was a hot air balloon plant, because that's what all the little husks looked like.) It was almost like one plant became the female and one became male. The "male" only set three fruits the entire season. I have no idea if that is normal or not.
The plants ended up a lot larger than I thought. Mine were over five feet wide and about 3 1/2 feet tall. I personally didn't care for the taste by themselves, but they were fantastic in a salsa. they need to be pulled off when the husk splits, but before they fall off. Once they fell off, they were too mealy for me.
This year I'm growing them again from seeds I saved last year. They were a very useful, fun, pretty and tasty plant.
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