THANKS A MILLION for starting this channel, for your intense knowledge about peppers. I have been trying to grow from seed for years now, every year just squeaking by and actually having plants that produce peppers. Squeaking by- because the plants barely make it to the stage where I plant them. You videos changed EVERYTHING for me. Now I'm growing beautiful plants - first year ever. Had my garden soil tested and it is good for the second part of their life. I was missing the fertilization at the beginning and you really educated me. THANK YOU so much!!!
I started some way too early this year and ended up putting some of them in gallon sized pots. I really learned a lot this spring, that hotter peppers take a lot longer to grow than the larger pepper varieties do. You'd think it'd be the opposite! I am happy to say that as of yesterday though, all of my pepper plants are in the ground outside!
Great topic! Out of practicality and because of their low cost, I often use transparant plastic cups for the double cup method. I wrap the outer cup in dark paper or aluminium foil to keep the light out. A bonus benefit of this that I've found is that you can observe the root system developing, giving you a heads-up for when it's time to transplant.
i just dumped out my 5 gallon grow bags from last years peppers and it definitly helps grow perfect roots. they had very even growth throught the whole volume with no big roots near the edge
Thanks for the very helpful totorial . Even though I have been gardening for over thirty-five +years I can make mistakes and I do , They say helpful information is valuable information .I value info such as those , like yours , that brings awareness to seasoned gardeners , like myself. Keep up the good tutorials , there are people like myself who watch your you tube on channel on and on learn from it.
The thing I find about pepper plants is they take ages to grow so starting them early is probably better than starting to late as if you was to start seeds say April they can still be a little on the small size by June
Superb channel, please keep producing this helpful style of content on chillies! I live in the north with a very short growing season, so I've developed my own grow tents with watering system and led lights. My problem is that it's now the end of May and the weather outside is still to cold, so many of my chillies are extremely root bound. I hope to get then out this week coming, so fingers crossed and with your tips I can get them back on track. One outcome from my grow tents is that many of my chilli plants have become hydroponic. I have an automated watering system that circulates water/fish emulsion through a pump and catch tank and the roots have grown down into the tank which now has a fishtank filter to add oxygen and the results have been really good, they have also been hardened off and go out next week, fingers crossed that they adapt to the shift over to soil based growing. I'm happy to add updates/info if you or other people are interested!
Sounds like an interesting setup, gotta do things your own way to have fun! Hydro seems like a great idea for getting plants off to a quick start in a colder climate. Good luck!
We have had a unusually cold summer here in Northern Europe. The night temperature still isn’t hot enough for the plants to stay outdoors all night. And it still seems like that is a few weeks away. My plants were out more than a month ago last year. So I’m planing on replanting one seedling of each verity to be a pepper in a can (though not officially part of the challenge due to not following the rule), just to be sure I actually get any kind of harvest and som isolated seeds to plant next year. Because if it’s a cold/early fall aswell I don’t know how much harvest I’ll get out of my plants in big pots. So this is prefect timing, as I’ve been quite concerned with just how extremely root bound I’m expecting the pepper in a can peppers ought to become. But this made me a bit less stressed. And that maybe it’s a good idea for my potential problem. I’m planning on doing a experiment where a few of the cans are punched with a bunch of small inward and outward facing holes all along the sides and bottom of the can, inspired by the air-pot design. Same idea with air pruning as with fabric bags as I understand it. Im planning on cutting into the cans and comparing my weird cans with tons of small holes all over, to the more sensible cans with a few drainage hole on the bottom, and see if that makes any difference at the end of the season. Anyway thanks this video had perfect timing
@@furious32ninja yes, I’ve been wanting try that. But the last two seasons I was busy during the end of the season and lost them to early frost before I got to preparing them for overwintering. All the other plants I got to in time, but pepper plants are pretty delicate. It’s one of my main goals this season, to actually finally overwinter a hot pepper plant
It's been taking ages for the weather to warm up this year so my peppers have been in their containers way longer than I wanted and some of them are extremely root bound. Like, worse than any you showed in this video. Hopefully I can salvage them.
Another way to not get rootbound plants is if you put them on a tray of hydroleca (clay pebbles). The roots just go into the Leca. Saved a few of my plants this year.
How did you avoid root binding in the pepper you grew in the can? Or is it just inevitable with any pepper in a small container? Edit: nevermind I should have just finished the video. Thanks for all the info!
Pepper G, can you please make video in future of how to sale our pepper pods or sauces at farmers market I got ahead of myself and am growing 25 plants different varieties this became addiction so fun real FAST ‘!!!!
Hah! We haven't sold at farmer's markets yet, but I don't think it is too hard, you'll probably need a permit to sell food, and pay the fee for a spot, though it'll likely change based on your location. Good luck!
I started some Aurora, sheepnose, and Alma peppers this year. about 12 each. after planting outside, Half of the Aurora are doing great, same with the alma. the other half and every sheepnose have been stunned at about 4in. its been 4 weeks since transplant, and I dropped some organic veggie food in the holes. Im in Ky and our season has been cooler than normal and last 2 weeks way more rain than usual. Im not sure why some did good and others are just blah. any input would be much appreciated ✌❤
Cold temps and extra rain are a bad combo! However, I would guess that those that were stunted have poor drainage compared to those that are doing well. Could be a number of other things too. Hope the weather improves and all your plants take off soon!
I started using fabric pint and quart size fabric pots to upsize from soil blocks. All my plants are doing amazing this year and they are not root bound due to air pruning. I also found my plant have not had any transplant shock at all during transplantation to their final pots and ground this year. I’ve seen the results from the clear fabric pots you shown in the photo and the results were not good. The roots grew through the bags and the roots needed to be trimmed to remove the plants from the bags. Those bags said the bags were biodegradable but the are made from plastic so I think that statement is totally inaccurate. I bought 12-18 month bags and the plants slide completely out easily. I think the bags will last many years because I will only use them for 1-2 months before transplanting and the bags can be used over and over again.
Sadly root binding is the one issue I've invariably run into when growing my chinense phenotype project in containers (usually around August once they're in excess of 2 feet tall) and eventually goes full pot bind. They're wonderfully stout, almost comically wide plants with very even pepper distribution but their root ball is usually in excess of 3x any other variety I grow so 10-15 gallons just isn't enough. I'm hoping the 25 gallon size works out or else it'll have to be a strictly raised bed/ground planting ordeal.
@@PepperGeek They're surprisingly stubby and bifurcate very low and early...but the stem is usually at least as thick as my thumb :D. Usual ground dimensions are roughly 2 1/2' by 3 1/2'+ wide with many leaves in excess of 9" not including the stem.
@Pepper Geek Any ideas on how to get rid of spidermites indoors? I've tried spraying the soil and plant with neem oil, soap and water but they're still there
Indoors is tough. If the plants are still small, you can do a dunk, though it is pretty traumatic. We showed it briefly in our video about the bonsai pepper plant we brought indoors
I bought root bound pepper seedlings and they r already producing peppers. Should I pick off the peppers and the flowers to promote more growth in the plant?
If the plants are tiny, I would say yes. Otherwise if they're already pretty large, you can let them fruit and they should eventually rebound and fruit again.
Hi, I have 12 varieties this year. I have a question about cross-pollinating pepper plants. do I have to separate different varieties of pepper plants in my garden to avoid cross-pollinating? if yes? what is your strategy ? and how can it be done successfully. my goal is to maintain the same heat and flavour profile for all 12 varieties.
If you have a manageable amount of flowers, you can use your finger to pollinate the the flowers with the same variety, so that you get them pollinated before bees mix them. I haven't had problems on a balcony yet, even though the space is small, but obviouly there's also less pollinators.
Thanks for this info. I know the feeling of planting too soon. I may just keep my root bound plants for my indoor grow room and just buy some for outside. Will a root bound plant resume growing to normal size when transplanted or will it stunt the final size of the plant?
I've got some prairie fire growing this year, it's still to cold to put them outside, they are not potbound but have started flowering, any ideas? They are only 7inches tall
If it is just a matter of a few weeks, I would just wait it out. Not the end of the world if it becomes root bound, just plant a bit later next year (or at least try :D)
Sorry to hear that everyone is in the same boat. I had hoped I'd planned perfectly and with my DIY grow tents I'd stolen back 2 - 3 months growth but it's been too cold for the past 6 weeks to plant them out but everything is rootbound and all 50 plants are reliant on the led grow lights to survive indoors!
My problem is not having root bound plants, but the opposite... my root system doesn't seems to grow... some of my hots and super hots are 2 and a half months, some in 9 Oz solo cup and some in 18 Oz... is it normal? Thanks!
Hm, it could be any number of issues. They should have a robust root system after that long. Nutrients, soil drainage, and light are the most important for strong healthy roots.
If you were to keep a pepper plant indoors in a smaller container intentionally, will you have to root prune it regularly? And will it produce all year long or will it still stop producing for a while after some time?
I imagine after a year or so you may want to root-prune or re pot the plant, but we haven't kept any plants alive for multiple years (yet). However, I know pepper plants can live for many years and produce fruits regularly.
I have a tobacco pepper plant on my kitchen counter it’s growing peppers. Can I still garden it off and move it outside or is that an issue since it’s already growing peppers?
Dang, I'm new to peppers, and have some going in two 1'x4' concrete planters on my back porch, I kinda just planted a bunch of hot varieties all together, and now I have a ton of sprouts and I'm not too sure, if I can transplant them to another container or if I should just pluck them. Idk
if you're gentle, you can pick out the individual sprouts and keep the root intact. from there, you can definitely transplant them to their own container and they should grow.
Hello I've been following your channel and ventured myself to start my pepper garden, after several months of taking care of my peppers the plants finally started growing peppers but all of a sudden the plants withered, have no idea what happened maybe u can help me ? I live in mexico city the peppers I tried where carolina reaper, ghost pepper and trinidad escorpión
Yikes! It could be a number of things. If the soil dries out completely, they'll wilt, or if the plants become infected with a pathogen. It could also be excessive heat, but the plants shouldn't just wilt and die unless it is 100°F+ for a long time...
@@PepperGeek thank you for taking your time to reply, the plants where not under direct sunlight, partial shade, soil was humid not damped, the leafs just went soggy, changed them to a cooler section, checked the moisture, but still couldn't save the plants, same thing happened to my bell peppers, can't figure out what am I doing wrong with just the peppers.
Some of my peppers started to flower before I could transplant them and I plucked them off. When would be a good time to let the flowers mature? (Zone 6b)
@Pepper Geek HELP! I had affids(sp?) for the first time this year and they loved my green Bell peppers. I treated the plants while still indoors then moved to raised bed 1is thriving while the other 1 all leaves fell off, and is now just a green stem. Can this plant recover? Or it is a lost cause? Should I remove it to plant something else in the raised bed?
Hm, did they fall off from aphid damage? Or did something eat the leaves? Look closely at the leaves to see if there are any bite marks. Either way, the plant could recover. The only case it might not is if it had disease..
I have root bound small fabric bags. Roots look good but the top is curling. My extras. Also my overwintered plant is starting to curl at the top. I've been harvesting a month already. Do you think I could transplant up or will that affect harvesting? I was afraid to because when it started to flower I transplanted it up and it dropped over 100 flowers.
Ouch..but I’m sure it came back and flowered again eventually right? I’m not sure what I’d do in that case..if you’re harvesting actively I would probably keep it in the pot it is in
@@PepperGeek I think when I transplanted it up it switched to growing roots dropping it's flowers until it was happy. I gave it liquid mycorrhizae and that responded well. Now it's going crazy but the wind actually blows it over because it's so big compared to the pot. There is a couple of the top leaves curling making me wat to transplant it up but I'm not experienced enough to know what will happen. I also want to put 1 in a bonsai pot while harvesting it but afraid of what might happen if I do. I'm thinking of growing a bunch of bonchi to keep alive for years but not sure how to start that process.Thoughts?
THANKS A MILLION for starting this channel, for your intense knowledge about peppers. I have been trying to grow from seed for years now, every year just squeaking by and actually having plants that produce peppers. Squeaking by- because the plants barely make it to the stage where I plant them. You videos changed EVERYTHING for me. Now I'm growing beautiful plants - first year ever. Had my garden soil tested and it is good for the second part of their life. I was missing the fertilization at the beginning and you really educated me. THANK YOU so much!!!
Thanks for the kind words, that means a lot :). I’m glad your plants are coming along and that we could be helpful!!!
I started some way too early this year and ended up putting some of them in gallon sized pots. I really learned a lot this spring, that hotter peppers take a lot longer to grow than the larger pepper varieties do. You'd think it'd be the opposite! I am happy to say that as of yesterday though, all of my pepper plants are in the ground outside!
Nice! Congrats on getting them outside - it is a great feeling. Now it is time to let nature do its work.
Great topic! Out of practicality and because of their low cost, I often use transparant plastic cups for the double cup method. I wrap the outer cup in dark paper or aluminium foil to keep the light out. A bonus benefit of this that I've found is that you can observe the root system developing, giving you a heads-up for when it's time to transplant.
i just dumped out my 5 gallon grow bags from last years peppers and it definitly helps grow perfect roots. they had very even growth throught the whole volume with no big roots near the edge
Good to hear :)
Thank you for explaining and showing pot bound plants compared to a normal root system. This helps me a lot!
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Thanks for the very helpful totorial . Even though I have been gardening for over thirty-five +years I can make mistakes and I do , They say helpful information is valuable information .I value info such as those , like yours , that brings awareness to seasoned gardeners , like myself.
Keep up the good tutorials , there are people like myself who watch your you tube on channel on and on learn from it.
Wow! That is a lot of experience, I'm sure we can learn a lot from you as well. I'm glad you find our channel helpful :)
55 bell pepper plants here :-) looking good! Thanks for the video
The thing I find about pepper plants is they take ages to grow so starting them early is probably better than starting to late as if you was to start seeds say April they can still be a little on the small size by June
Yep. In my climate we usually plant in January to get produce ready before autumn gets too cold :D
Superb channel, please keep producing this helpful style of content on chillies! I live in the north with a very short growing season, so I've developed my own grow tents with watering system and led lights. My problem is that it's now the end of May and the weather outside is still to cold, so many of my chillies are extremely root bound. I hope to get then out this week coming, so fingers crossed and with your tips I can get them back on track. One outcome from my grow tents is that many of my chilli plants have become hydroponic. I have an automated watering system that circulates water/fish emulsion through a pump and catch tank and the roots have grown down into the tank which now has a fishtank filter to add oxygen and the results have been really good, they have also been hardened off and go out next week, fingers crossed that they adapt to the shift over to soil based growing. I'm happy to add updates/info if you or other people are interested!
Sounds like an interesting setup, gotta do things your own way to have fun! Hydro seems like a great idea for getting plants off to a quick start in a colder climate. Good luck!
This is really useful to know for myself cause im planning to keep pepper plants indoors and didnt want them over ablut 1 foot
Thanks for the video! Ran into this problem myself this year. Going to transplant today!
Great video as always guys. Love the fish pepper plant too so unique.
Yeah, I started too many pepper plants and ran out of room, so some 8 week old plants get left in 2.6 inch pots 😬
Haha, clearly we're not the only ones :D
We have had a unusually cold summer here in Northern Europe. The night temperature still isn’t hot enough for the plants to stay outdoors all night.
And it still seems like that is a few weeks away.
My plants were out more than a month ago last year.
So I’m planing on replanting one seedling of each verity to be a pepper in a can (though not officially part of the challenge due to not following the rule), just to be sure I actually get any kind of harvest and som isolated seeds to plant next year.
Because if it’s a cold/early fall aswell I don’t know how much harvest I’ll get out of my plants in big pots.
So this is prefect timing, as I’ve been quite concerned with just how extremely root bound I’m expecting the pepper in a can peppers ought to become.
But this made me a bit less stressed. And that maybe it’s a good idea for my potential problem.
I’m planning on doing a experiment where a few of the cans are punched with a bunch of small inward and outward facing holes all along the sides and bottom of the can, inspired by the air-pot design.
Same idea with air pruning as with fabric bags as I understand it.
Im planning on cutting into the cans and comparing my weird cans with tons of small holes all over, to the more sensible cans with a few drainage hole on the bottom, and see if that makes any difference at the end of the season.
Anyway thanks this video had perfect timing
Thanks for sharing, glad our vid helped. Yep, root bound is nothing too major to worry about
IQzminus I'm in the same situation in Northern Europe with 35 root bound plants. Have you tried overwintering the best of your chillies?
@@furious32ninja yes, I’ve been wanting try that.
But the last two seasons I was busy during the end of the season and lost them to early frost before I got to preparing them for overwintering.
All the other plants I got to in time, but pepper plants are pretty delicate.
It’s one of my main goals this season, to actually finally overwinter a hot pepper plant
It's been taking ages for the weather to warm up this year so my peppers have been in their containers way longer than I wanted and some of them are extremely root bound. Like, worse than any you showed in this video. Hopefully I can salvage them.
In _severe_ cases I will sometimes cut off the bottom 1/2” of roots entirely
Another way to not get rootbound plants is if you put them on a tray of hydroleca (clay pebbles). The roots just go into the Leca. Saved a few of my plants this year.
How did you avoid root binding in the pepper you grew in the can? Or is it just inevitable with any pepper in a small container?
Edit: nevermind I should have just finished the video. Thanks for all the info!
😂 yeah we can’t wait to look at those roots..
Awesome
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Thanks, we’ll try that
nice
I second the mycroryzae, hip hip
Pepper G, can you please make video in future of how to sale our pepper pods or sauces at farmers market I got ahead of myself and am growing 25 plants different varieties this became addiction so fun real FAST ‘!!!!
Hah! We haven't sold at farmer's markets yet, but I don't think it is too hard, you'll probably need a permit to sell food, and pay the fee for a spot, though it'll likely change based on your location. Good luck!
My jalapeño plant is showing its rootball is that good or bad
I started some Aurora, sheepnose, and Alma peppers this year. about 12 each.
after planting outside,
Half of the Aurora are doing great, same with the alma. the other half and every sheepnose have been stunned at about 4in. its been 4 weeks since transplant, and I dropped some organic veggie food in the holes.
Im in Ky and our season has been cooler than normal and last 2 weeks way more rain than usual. Im not sure why some did good and others are just blah.
any input would be much appreciated ✌❤
Cold temps and extra rain are a bad combo! However, I would guess that those that were stunted have poor drainage compared to those that are doing well. Could be a number of other things too. Hope the weather improves and all your plants take off soon!
I think typically my habaneros are particularly bad in also wonder if I need to water more
I started using fabric pint and quart size fabric pots to upsize from soil blocks. All my plants are doing amazing this year and they are not root bound due to air pruning. I also found my plant have not had any transplant shock at all during transplantation to their final pots and ground this year. I’ve seen the results from the clear fabric pots you shown in the photo and the results were not good. The roots grew through the bags and the roots needed to be trimmed to remove the plants from the bags. Those bags said the bags were biodegradable but the are made from plastic so I think that statement is totally inaccurate. I bought 12-18 month bags and the plants slide completely out easily. I think the bags will last many years because I will only use them for 1-2 months before transplanting and the bags can be used over and over again.
A year later can you put a medium container pepper plant in a bed for the second year? Any particular things I can do to help it? Big fan by the way.
Sadly root binding is the one issue I've invariably run into when growing my chinense phenotype project in containers (usually around August once they're in excess of 2 feet tall) and eventually goes full pot bind. They're wonderfully stout, almost comically wide plants with very even pepper distribution but their root ball is usually in excess of 3x any other variety I grow so 10-15 gallons just isn't enough. I'm hoping the 25 gallon size works out or else it'll have to be a strictly raised bed/ground planting ordeal.
Wow, 25 gallon should lead to a _massive_ plant!!
@@PepperGeek They're surprisingly stubby and bifurcate very low and early...but the stem is usually at least as thick as my thumb :D. Usual ground dimensions are roughly 2 1/2' by 3 1/2'+ wide with many leaves in excess of 9" not including the stem.
@Pepper Geek Any ideas on how to get rid of spidermites indoors? I've tried spraying the soil and plant with neem oil, soap and water but they're still there
Indoors is tough. If the plants are still small, you can do a dunk, though it is pretty traumatic. We showed it briefly in our video about the bonsai pepper plant we brought indoors
Hi! Quick question, Can I transplant my pepper plant from seedling tray to its final pot? Let's say 3-5 gallon pot? Thanks for your answer
"A gente massage of the root ball"
hi i have problem of chilie pepper shrink leafs, no aphites and is growing on the ground
I bought root bound pepper seedlings and they r already producing peppers. Should I pick off the peppers and the flowers to promote more growth in the plant?
If the plants are tiny, I would say yes. Otherwise if they're already pretty large, you can let them fruit and they should eventually rebound and fruit again.
If you don’t use mycorrhizae, you should. If you’re worried about root bound plants, don’t add it too early.
Why does everyone have tips for the expert?
Hi, I have 12 varieties this year. I have a question about cross-pollinating pepper plants. do I have to separate different varieties of pepper plants in my garden to avoid cross-pollinating? if yes? what is your strategy ? and how can it be done successfully.
my goal is to maintain the same heat and flavour profile for all 12 varieties.
If you have a manageable amount of flowers, you can use your finger to pollinate the the flowers with the same variety, so that you get them pollinated before bees mix them. I haven't had problems on a balcony yet, even though the space is small, but obviouly there's also less pollinators.
How about overwintered pepper plants? Technically pepper plants arent annuals...
Have you any experience using hard plastic air pruning pots, either for seedings or full size plants?
Not yet - I’ve seen them and they look really funky, kind of ugly to be honest. Still, heard they work great
Thanks for this info. I know the feeling of planting too soon. I may just keep my root bound plants for my indoor grow room and just buy some for outside. Will a root bound plant resume growing to normal size when transplanted or will it stunt the final size of the plant?
It may stunt. If it is very root bound, you should either loosen or cut some of the root ball to encourage new root growth
How long are seed viable my grandfather used grow these potent little peppers and unfortunately he passed and only seed around house are 7 years old
This year I sprouted some seeds that were 6 year old. Only one germinaded out of around 20 seeds
You should try germinate them anyways, you never know!
Should work, maybe lower percentage, but certainly give it a try! You might want to try the paper towel method
Give them a shot! I would do everything you can to give them their best chance at sprouting (warmth, moisture, etc.)
I've got some prairie fire growing this year, it's still to cold to put them outside, they are not potbound but have started flowering, any ideas? They are only 7inches tall
If it is just a matter of a few weeks, I would just wait it out. Not the end of the world if it becomes root bound, just plant a bit later next year (or at least try :D)
Sorry to hear that everyone is in the same boat. I had hoped I'd planned perfectly and with my DIY grow tents I'd stolen back 2 - 3 months growth but it's been too cold for the past 6 weeks to plant them out but everything is rootbound and all 50 plants are reliant on the led grow lights to survive indoors!
My problem is not having root bound plants, but the opposite... my root system doesn't seems to grow... some of my hots and super hots are 2 and a half months, some in 9 Oz solo cup and some in 18 Oz... is it normal? Thanks!
Hm, it could be any number of issues. They should have a robust root system after that long. Nutrients, soil drainage, and light are the most important for strong healthy roots.
If you were to keep a pepper plant indoors in a smaller container intentionally, will you have to root prune it regularly? And will it produce all year long or will it still stop producing for a while after some time?
I imagine after a year or so you may want to root-prune or re pot the plant, but we haven't kept any plants alive for multiple years (yet). However, I know pepper plants can live for many years and produce fruits regularly.
@@PepperGeek Ok, thanks!
I have a tobacco pepper plant on my kitchen counter it’s growing peppers. Can I still garden it off and move it outside or is that an issue since it’s already growing peppers?
You can definitely still move it outside! It'll probably enjoy the fresh air, just be sure to harden off gradually
Got a small plant with lil flowers, can I still top them? They came with rootbound sensed to me.. directly planted it into a bigger pot
I might skip pruning at this point, it is getting to the turning point where pruning may not be beneficial
Dang, I'm new to peppers, and have some going in two 1'x4' concrete planters on my back porch, I kinda just planted a bunch of hot varieties all together, and now I have a ton of sprouts and I'm not too sure, if I can transplant them to another container or if I should just pluck them. Idk
if you're gentle, you can pick out the individual sprouts and keep the root intact. from there, you can definitely transplant them to their own container and they should grow.
Hello I've been following your channel and ventured myself to start my pepper garden, after several months of taking care of my peppers the plants finally started growing peppers but all of a sudden the plants withered, have no idea what happened maybe u can help me ? I live in mexico city the peppers I tried where carolina reaper, ghost pepper and trinidad escorpión
Yikes! It could be a number of things. If the soil dries out completely, they'll wilt, or if the plants become infected with a pathogen. It could also be excessive heat, but the plants shouldn't just wilt and die unless it is 100°F+ for a long time...
@@PepperGeek thank you for taking your time to reply, the plants where not under direct sunlight, partial shade, soil was humid not damped, the leafs just went soggy, changed them to a cooler section, checked the moisture, but still couldn't save the plants, same thing happened to my bell peppers, can't figure out what am I doing wrong with just the peppers.
How do we get seeds from pepper geek ?
We don’t sell seeds, but we have an exciting announcement coming soon that can maybe scratch that itch..😁
Some of my peppers started to flower before I could transplant them and I plucked them off. When would be a good time to let the flowers mature? (Zone 6b)
You can let them mature about 2-3 weeks after they're in a final pot/growing spot.
@@PepperGeek ok, thank you so much!
Are you also a Speedcuber?
Not speedcuber, just casual
Hey, what zone are you guys in?
6a
@Pepper Geek HELP! I had affids(sp?) for the first time this year and they loved my green Bell peppers. I treated the plants while still indoors then moved to raised bed 1is thriving while the other 1 all leaves fell off, and is now just a green stem. Can this plant recover? Or it is a lost cause? Should I remove it to plant something else in the raised bed?
Hm, did they fall off from aphid damage? Or did something eat the leaves? Look closely at the leaves to see if there are any bite marks. Either way, the plant could recover. The only case it might not is if it had disease..
I have root bound small fabric bags. Roots look good but the top is curling. My extras. Also my overwintered plant is starting to curl at the top. I've been harvesting a month already. Do you think I could transplant up or will that affect harvesting? I was afraid to because when it started to flower I transplanted it up and it dropped over 100 flowers.
Ouch..but I’m sure it came back and flowered again eventually right? I’m not sure what I’d do in that case..if you’re harvesting actively I would probably keep it in the pot it is in
@@PepperGeek I think when I transplanted it up it switched to growing roots dropping it's flowers until it was happy. I gave it liquid mycorrhizae and that responded well. Now it's going crazy but the wind actually blows it over because it's so big compared to the pot. There is a couple of the top leaves curling making me wat to transplant it up but I'm not experienced enough to know what will happen. I also want to put 1 in a bonsai pot while harvesting it but afraid of what might happen if I do. I'm thinking of growing a bunch of bonchi to keep alive for years but not sure how to start that process.Thoughts?
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Awesome, your prize is a fresh ripe Carolina Reaper that you must eat right now, enjoy.
@@rapinbatches bring it on >:)
@@kylemcmahon9868 I'm trying one next week for the first time. Have a ripe one coming in finally. Hope I don't die, lol.
@@rapinbatches yes my moruga scorpion plant has about 15 ripe on it now. I’m scared to pick them
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