What size pots for pepper plants?
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Comments (3)I agree with the others: one plant per pot. My friends generally grow in 2 - 3 gallon containers. This size is especially good for the smaller, more ornamental peppers - like Thai chilis, for example. My brother grew a Thai chili in a 5-gallon container last year, and it out-performed the peppers in the smaller containers. I grew a Japanese Red Pepper in a .71 gallon container last year - it was given to me in August (by a friend who discovered the joy of peppers late in the season), and I harvested some very bland pods at Christmas-time. It worked, but not well... and the crop consisted of 17 pods, only half of which were edible. Josh...See MoreMy potted bell pepper plants are covered in ants. What now?
Comments (1)Set a liquid ant bait pack (Terro makes them) next to the pot. It's perfectly safe & will only take a day or so to rid the area of ants. Copy/paste to your browser to see: http://www.terro.com/products.php?product=liquid_ant_bait Al...See MoreNet Pot size for Tomato/Peppers
Comments (8)I don't know about others, but I do not lump them all together. With "peppers" and tomatoes, you have got at least 10.000 varieties of each. Growing tomatoes and bell peppers in one setup and with one nutrient isn't the worst you can grow together, though. Bell- and hot peppers (generally speaking) are not unlike tomatoes, best grown with high Potassium and relatively low Nitrogen formulas. Well, tall bell pepper plants are often growing fast and can use more Nitrogen than their smaller relatives. And, most hot peppers (c. chinense, c. baccatum, frutescens and pubescens are much happier with lower nutrient concentration but don't mind somewhat more Nitrogen (in respect of lower concentration) as tomatoes. PH is compatible anyways, all in all - no big deal to grow them together, as long as you follow these rules that aren't a big secret anyway. ;-) Btw: your Cajun Tabascos should be capsicum frutescens, and in case, they grow slowly and build up quite a structure before going to blooming and fruiting stage (what you aim for in fact) - and hence they will take several month to mature and grow best with low nutrien concentration and high potassium content (as seen earlier). The good thing about them is that they are quite robust and forgiving, if treated decently... Btw: Capsicum frutescens is what grows best here in Thailand and in this "rough" climate....See Morepotting peppers: ideal growing medium and container size
Comments (31)BUMP Plant out time is here. I like the older threads rather than starting a new thread. There are already some useful information there. This thread dates back to 2011. Since then there has been quite some changes in container growing medium concept. In the past MG potting (and similar brands) used to be the potting soil option. They are mostly pet moss based. Al (Tapla) has made a significant contribution by developing and introducing 5-1-1 mix, It is 5 parts pine/fir bark fine , 1 part peat moss and 1 part perlite. The amount of peat moss really depends on the structure of the pine bark one uses. I, myself, get finer pine bark that does not need any peat moss. So I skip PM and instead I add DE (floor dry) for better moisture retention. DE also facilitates drainage after it is saturated. I have experimented and found out that one pound of dry DE absorbs one pound of water. So my 5-1-1 is 5 parts pine bark, 1 part DE and 1 part perlite. ABOUT CONTAINER SIZE As mentioned bigger pot is better. That is especially true if you have a long growing season, like in CA and FL where growing season can be 8 to 9 months. But in our PNW practical pepper growing season is about 5 months. Last year I used pots ranging from 2.5 to 5 gallons. Most did ok. This year I will use no smaller than 4 gallon nursery pots (= 5 gallon liquid). I got some of those for free from a landscaping crew in my neighborhood.. I also got reusable grocery shopping bags which also are 4 gallons in volume. I prefer these 4 gallon containers over the 5 gallon HD /Lowes buckets which are not very nice looking. Those buckets actually hold no more than 4 dry gallons. Are you ready to pot up ? Seysonn...See Moreesox07 (4b) Wisconsin
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