Offering the plain answer within the first seconds of a video is such a refreshing thing to witness. Thanks for refraining from cliffhangers! Stayed for the rest of the video as well of course!
I literally came down to the comment section to tell him to turn that monitor off!! The whole time I thought that plant was producing orange peppers. Nice clarity on the monitor!! LOL
@@Chichilovee I use a mix of 50% store bought soil with 25% of perlite and 25% vermiculite, for pots it works nicely, in grow bags it's not a good idea (have to water too often).
@@foxguyday that's so great, where I live, there is nothing like that. People keep asking me, why do I plant peppers only and why peppers of all things lol
Hey Pepper Geek, thanks for all your pepper videos, very informative. Only drawback of grow bags is they often produce very large plants, and when they get too big the fabric pots sometimes slump or fall over easy. Obviously easy to control with some supports, but it is a thing to be aware of. I've also found by clustering grow bags together they take slightly longer to dry out, so if you're soil is staying too moist, add some space between bags, and if your soil is drying out fast, push them right up against each other to help slow the process.
How do you check? I watered my 10 gal grow bags every day and yet the tomatoes did poorly in comparison to the ones in the ground in growth and yields. They looked sick and not bushy at all. I have so many growbags and hesitating to use them this year.
Yay! So excited! I was one that had asked for some help on container size based on different peppers. I have 30 pepper plants growing and this helps so much!
I used fabric pots last year, I have 40 of them and they were fantastic! Great success, you just have to water them more as they lose moisture in sun fast but the roots breathe better... I will have 70 plants this year and 46 of 70 will be fabric. Cheers from Canada
I can tell you from experience that those fabric grow bags are fantastic for zucchini and yellow squash. They drain amazingly well so I would imagine they'd be great for peppers that require good drainage.
I definitely love this video. Unfortunately being on a very very small budget i got some decent sized pots but had to settle with dirt, not soil, not even close, but dirt from my yard for all of my plants. Most of them are doing great despite that but im bargain shopping for soil. Anyway i always appreciate ur videos man and keep em comin
@@mrprince5934 Kinda, depends on the ground where you live, it might contain more sand than a soil mix for example, and soil mixes are usually pre-fertilized, but that you can fix on your own.
I grew that pepper you showed on screen. Here in Canada, I'm north of Toronto, Zone 5 close to zone 4, our nursery had a little purple plant called "Purple Peach Ghost Pepper". I bought it for it's unique colour to add to my garden, and was trying super hot peppers for the first time (3 Carolina Reapers). It was gorgeous, fruitful and hot. Want to plant again! I pruned it, and 2 of the Reapers, leaving 1 reaper not pruned to 'experiment' with results. I like results from pruning. One pruned Reaper I put right into my garden bed, and it was extra prolific, although the others were phenomenal -grown in very large pots, outdoors. We can't buy seeds here, and to ship from the USA is very costly, but my local nursery brought some seedlings in. This year I'll try saving the seeds.
I’ve always used 5 gallons and produced tons of peppers that lasted in my freezer for up to 1 year even after I have some away! By the way the variety I had was habernero and scotch bonnet.
1:35 I have 3 sizes of that exact pot, and after one growing season I've found that you were right about the 10 inch pots. You could do 8, but it has a massive effect on your plant size and harvest.
This was super helpful, my Bell Peppers are ready to go into their final pots and I was very confused about what size pot to buy! Thanks from the UK (and our ridiculously short growing season 🤣) 🇬🇧
We love fabric pots, but haven't tried them for peppers yet! We found last year that we really could pack in the peppers in our raised beds, but we have so many starts this year we might need to use fabric pots too! 💚🫑🌶
Great info I grow mines in 5 and 7 gal grow bags and get really great harvest. I think the key to the grow bags are keeping like a inch of water in the bottom. I actually keep mines in a kiddie pool or a modified kiddie pool and it works but watering grow bags from the top you just don't get a good watering b cuz the water leaks out the sides before it can get down to the roots using more water. Imo your grow bags will do awesome if you water from the bottom making sure you start off with 2 inches of really wet soil on the bottom so it can wick up and potting mix is a must. Sorry so long but I've tested it and I wanted others to know why some ppl are not getting the best results in their grow bags. Ive learn alot about peppers from you guys so keep up the great work. Thank you
First off, I tried the grow bags last year and I absolutely love them. So much in fact I have been cycling out my plastics and replacing them with various sizes of the bags. I am in love with the concept that the roots get airflow and thus it lowers the chance of root rot ( or so they said). I even just directly seed start in them and have had huge success. I have had more tomatoes and bell peppers than my family could eat, plus I didn't want my canning shelf to just be peppers, and have had to give some away to avoid waste. I live on 7 acres, 6 of which is all wooded, so I can just grab my garden cart and move them if i see some aren't getting the sun they should. No more digging, it's so much less work and more time to enjoy my plants and of course sit back and watch nature happen. Yes I have even grown root veggies and watermelons (vertically) in them! Think trellis + pantyhose. Secondly, I spotted the mistake I probably have made. I planted jalapeños and put the bags in my greenhouse for the winter. It is not quite completely set up with a heating system ( yes I got excited and impatient) so I "jimmy rigged" some heat in there but we had a chill I believe out-powered the heat, so I may have lost them, but I am waiting to see. This video made me say "ahhh okay", so let's try this again...
So happy, literally just purchased those very pots , great star to my first pepper growing season . Thank you for all your info it's been great help in my pepper growing adventure
I look forward to seeing your fabric pot plants progress. I have used fabric pots for several seasons and the root mass is unbelievable. More roots equals more fruits. I hope that will be your experience as well. Happy growing.
@@PepperGeek and Craig One thing to keep in mind with the fabric pots is that they do tend to dry out quicker because they are able to breathe so the moisture does tend to evaporate more quickly. Mulching can slow this down a little bit, but definitely keep an eye on that.
Great info, thank you! Really good point about larger pot = longer time to maturity = longer season needed. I live in WA State (zone 7b) and always hear people say they cannot grow hot peppers. We can still very much grow most varieties, you just have to start them inside and know the season is short!
Right! It is amazing how much time they can take if you let them get huge. You really need a spot inside to help them get a strong start. Good luck this year and thanks for watching :)
A couple years ago, I put 4 jalapeno plants in a 1 liter soda bottle. All 4 produced 1 pepper and they were about an inch long. I can't eat pepper due to rheumatoid, but from what I was told, they were a couple times hotter than a normal jalapeno.
I like to use quite small containers for my pepper breeding program. This way I get seeds for the next generation earlier. I only need a few fruits for taste testing after all...
Ive been using the bags for a while now. A few things to know about the bags - Need to water a little more often or longer to ensure even watering due to them drying out faster than other style pots - The roots will not go thru the bags - its good to put them on something that puts air around the entire bag to allow for good drainage and air flow, an upside-down crate is perfect - they are easy to move and I use a few indoors for year round tomatoes.
I'll also add if you grow with fabric pots on top of grass or soil they will grow through the bottom of the bag into the ground and get massive... So once they get settled you don't want to move them if that's the case. You can move them a bunch when they're smaller tho
We went from "problem" peppers in a raised bed to 5 gallon food grade buckets, and then 7 gallon fabric bags five years ago. We always plant two next to each other even when we were doing it in raised beds. We get high yields from almost all of our pepper plants and they stay healthy until our first frost in zone 4. But I have often wondered if they would do even better one to a bag? We have 50 varieties this year so probably not the time to try it. Thank you for all your informative videos and seed links.
Thanks for sharing, great to hear that you plant 2 to a pot and have good results, lots of people asking about this! We're going to try it this year on a few plants too.
@@PepperGeek I will be excited to hear your results. A really dear old hispanic friend told us to plant them that way 25 years ago and we have never tested his advice.
I even avoid clay pots in my area because they dry out so fast, I don't think I could keep up with fabric. During peak summer I often resort to putting all of my pots into 5ft kiddy pools and fill them with 3-4 inches of water which gets me 2-3 days depending on how many pots I have packed into each pool.
What a coincidence I have been wondering how to transplant my capsicum seedlings and what size pots I need because I don't have many big pots Thanks a lot for your great suggestions👍👍👍😄😄😄
I am brand new to pepper growing, and I was wondering if you guys have made or will make a guide for new pepper growers including things like varieties that are easiest, and some of the basic supplies needed. Thanks!
We'll definitely create a full guide to growing peppers at some point, but we will be using this year's plants to gather the footage necessary for it to be complete. Stay tuned, and for now check out this page on our website: peppergeek.com/gardening
Thanks, you saved me from planting a jalapeno in a large container (just because it's pretty and I wanted it by my front door). The seedling I bought can hardly be called a seedling anymore, and while it has lots of flowers on it, I don't have much time left for it to start to produce before winter comes around.
Great video, I gave away some plants to friends last spring and it was obvious by the yields who cheated out on both soil and pots. This year since I’ll be doubling my plants I ordered a skid (100) of the Home Depot 5 gallon buckets. I find not only are they way cheaper than most pots but they provide a more stable base for windy days when plants are top heavy with fruit. Once I have them all set up in my driveway I’ll send a pic to HD head office to let them see all the free advertising they’re receiving lol. All the best with your grow season and I look forward to your next video.
Hah! Yeah, buckets are definitely an ultra cheap way to go for potted plants. I'd like to see a picture of all those HD pots too, if you have insta use #peppergeek so we can check it out. Good luck growing!
A beginner question: what happens after the actual fruits are produced? Do pepper plants from ordinary seeds (from Walmart and the likes) actually survive and blossom again? Is there a way to predict how long it would take them to get to a second harvest if you keep them indoors 24/7?
This was helpful information! I am partial to fabric grow bags, so this video helping me determine which size bags to use was valuable. I plan to grow cayenne peppers in a couple of different style grow bags as soon as the weather warms up.
@@PepperGeek Found a pretty decent grow lamp on Amazon. High walled cubicles, should be ok. It’ll be the 5th plant on my desk alongside a Philodendron, Aloe Vera, Golden Pothos, and Lucky Bamboo.
I like fabric pots because they greatly reduce the chances of problems with "wet feet." They really do breathe and drain better. Of course that also means that if you're in a hot dry area, you'll have to pay close attention to watering.
@@PepperGeek have fun! It's interesting to see how different soil mixes work in grow bags in your specific environment. . You may find you need more water-retaining amendments like coco or vermiculite... or maybe not.
Awesome info. I plan on planting 12 pepper plants (Jimmy Nardello and Numex paprika) in five gallon fabric grow bags, trying to get some germination going now mid Feb. in NH. If I have luck and they grow being early I'll try topping them to slow them down until they can go outside. I'm trying 4 seeds or so just to see if I can get them growing and fine tune all that before mid March or so before I'm under the gun. I'm on round two now with no luck and I'm even using a heat mat and humidity dome. they're frustrating for me to get germinated. The growing I'm good at but seeng anything pop up, not so much.
Great video. I watched a couple others, they were great. But what really sold me on subbing is your delivery upfront with no bs. So refreshing I stayed to the end
Growing last year in zone 5a. I thought the grow bags did well as long as you monitor how much water the plants receive as the soil dries out a little more than plastic pots. Not a problem if you put a hot pepper in a 5 or 10 gallon grow bag and mulch it up. Also, I overwintered a lot of pepper plants hot and sweet pepper inside my house in grow bags and a lot did not make it because the soil dried out. I will try again next winter in plastic pots and see the results.
I know this video is older, but just wanted to add my experience/experiments for this year. In a 7 gl. grow bag with roughly 5 gl. soil (it compacted more than expected) I am growing 1 Biquinho pepper + 1 sunflower. The pepper is only about a foot tall, but bushing outwards, and is loaded with peppers. The sunflower is about 3 ft. and days away from flowering. They both appear very happy. Then in two 15 in. plastic pots, I’m growing 2 Big Jims in one, and 2 Santa Fes in the other. Each pot also had a Kiku melon growing in it. The plants grew so many leaves, I couldn’t see what was happening. When I pruned them, I found a ton of Santa Fes, and a handful of Big Jims. Two weeks later, I picked my first BJ, & it was 8 in. long. It’s now another 2 weeks later, and I have 1 BJ that is almost 10 in. long, and over a dozen more coming on. There are over 2 dozen SFs. All for plants are roughly 2 ft. tall, jf that. I’m not doing anything special except watering every day. Oh! And the melons have flowers! All that to say, Yes, you can definitely grow 2 plants in the same container! 👍🏼
@@Chichilovee Just cheap potting soil from a big-box store. I did add some Osmocote (slow release fertilizer), but nothing special. I imagine they would have been even better if I’d taken extra steps. But I’m a rather neglectful gardener.
I'm growing all my peppers in 5 gallon buckets being as I'm a painter and have access to lots of free buckets. I'm in zone 8b on the gulf coast of Alabama
Nice! Lots of warm weather there for a nice long season. If it gets *really* hot, you may want to give them some afternoon shade to keep them cool. Good luck!
Thanks for the video..Growing jalapeño for first time and got the exact answer from you..question: Can i combine more than 1 plant in a 5 or 7gal grow bag.
Most jalapeños can grow to be pretty large/bushy so I wouldn’t recommend more than 2…it might increase overall yield slightly to have 2 if you want to try it
Hello, I'm growing peppers inside with LED grow lights. I first started them on March 3rd, and they are growing very slowly. They're growing their third and fourth set of true leaves but they're skinny (healthy skinny not the white sluggish skinny, but not like yours on the prune video (large)). My temps inside are always between 20-22ºC day and night.
As long as they have enough nutrients, water and light, they will take off in time. We find that the plants really grow exponentially faster as they grow larger and have more leaves photosynthesizing. The only other probably reason for poor growth is in the soil - lousy potting mix can ruin a container garden in a hurry! Keep it up and I'm sure the plants will grow well!
Can you do an update on how you liked the fabric pots? I found them hard to water in but I learned from one of the previous videos on your channel I was probably letting the soil get too dry which led to hydrophobic soil. 😂
I would venture a guess that most C. Baccatum peppers require even larger pots than C. Chinense. There are quite a few C. Baccatum peppers I have come to love (Sugar Rush is at the top of my list), and they can easily reach 5 to 8 feet tall. Back to C. Chinense -- it is not just bush size that makes them require larger pots; they typically have a much larger root system than comparably sized C. Annuum cultivars, and most C. Chinense cultivars and crosses have broad leaves that take up a lot of space. (I primarily use containers in the early spring, before planting out or to give extra plants away, so I rarely go above the gallon size).
Yes! I agree about baccatum, I should have covered this in more detail in the video. We have a 'sugar rush striped' plant going in a 7 gallon grow bag so we'll see how large it gets this season...
I used to use the fabric pots. Its is too hard getting all the soil moisten when watering. I found 5 gallon buckets to be the best and its not tapered.
I often wonder how to create the proper soil composition for my pepper plants. I have not found a single reliable source to mixing the proper soil needed for pepper plants. A video on this subject matter would be amazing! Also for those interested feel free to DM me your pepper plant soil mixtures!
Great suggestion! We have to do more experimenting with different custom mixes before we can do this, but in the future we will definitely share our findings :)
Got my grow bags ready! 🤘 Can't wait to transplant. Pot size really does make a difference. Keep up the great information. Followed some of your advice with great success.
What do you think about using worm castings mixed in or on top of soil of my pepper plants, I’ve heard it makes bigger yields?...I also use liquid fertilizer with 7-9-5 NPK....
Thanks! We actually have what was *supposed to be* a Thor's Thunderbolt growing in our Aerogarden right now. However, the pods are....questionable. It is basically just a super unstable purple pepper 🤷
With the idea that bigger must be better my husband planted 2 Bell Pepper plants per 10 gallon grow bags. We live in zone 5a, so a growing season of maybe 4 months. Aftter listening to your video i am wondering if planting in too big a bag negates it's root pruning benefit as the roots are unlikely to grow out that far? Other disadvantages of too big a bag?
So glad I discovered your channel. I have a black cobra pepper plant, and I wasnt sure if I needed to increase the pot size again, so I'm glad to know I shouldn't lol. I have some bell pepper seedlings waiting for a transfer and I might just invest in grow bags and cheat the space lol
I'm going to give grow bags a try this year. I'm also going to use Blumat classic (Jr.) Automatic watering stakes. I wonder if I will have to water in addition to that? They say they're hard to keep hydrated on the hot days.
Check out Refining Fire Chili's for some different types. I've been growing stuff from him for 8 years or so, but I'm still interested in learning more about growing peppers.
I have those growbags, haven't used them yet. Zone 4 short season. Seedlings for Black pearl, chillies, sweet banana, mad hatter, purple bell, orange bell started in March. Could I put 2 of the same plant in 1 growbag?
We might actually do this with some smaller annums! If they are the same pots (7 gallons/12" diameter) then it should be able to support two relatively small plants. Let us know how it turns out!
I heard that peppers like to have pepper buddies to grow next to. What are your thoughts of growing 2 serrano in a 5 gallon and 2 bell peppers in a 7 gallon container vs. by themselves?
I say try it out and see if your harvests improve. We are testing this theory this year with a couple of marconi plants in a single 3 gallon pot. Will be interested to see how each individual plant produces.
My first time as well growing with bags. I have about 100 peppers growing in 3 and 5gal grow bags. I'm curious to see the difference verses plastic pots. Currently, I have a purple Dragons breath growing. I may isolate and see if I can retain the purple trait.
I have several of those pots from Home Depot. I like them because they are cheap and simple and they have drip trays that pop off. On the other hand I hate them because they are top heavy and the base is too narrow so they get knocked over waaaaaaaay too easy. In fact it makes me nervous thinking about it....
Would love to! We're experimenting with making some of our own soils this year, but we can recommend FoxFarm's Happy Frog if you're looking for something pre-mixed. We'll definitely share some garden tours later in the season here and on Insta!
Debbie here from Wa 👩🌾 I’m in need of help,,I have a peach sugar rush pepper I over wintered...it is about 12 in, tall and is sooooo bushy...can you show us how to prune a super bushy pepper? Do I clip the branches in the center? Or any branches going to the center?
@@PepperGeek Cause I never had success with more 'anual' species like chinense or annum, I tried to find permaculture chilis, ended up with only a few: Rocoto orange / red and Baccatum Apricot Apple. And surprisingly one Rhomboideum germinated. Thanks to your channel, I have my first little success in growing peppers.
You should take pictures of peppers and post them on your website so people can download them as wallpaper. I recommend images of 16:9 aspect ratio and 16:10.
Here's a question: Will a pepper plant shoot roots from the stem if planted deeper in a new pot, like tomatoes? I've got some rather slender plants who needs bigger pots, and I wonder whether to cut away some leaves and top it with soil, or to place them on top of the new soil.
It's a little late, but yes peppers can grow roots from the stem. They don't always, though. You can add soil up around the stem and it won't rot or cause disease, but it may or may not grow roots.
They are good, but do tend to dry out easier. The skinny ones also fall over easier than bigger versions, so keep that in mind. If you live in a very dry climate, might be better to go with a more traditional pot
What is the update on the grow bags? First time growing sweet and hot peppers. My experience with growbags for tomatoes has been but very disappointing though i made sure to water every day.
Thanks, will do! I assume by mud soil you mean soaking wet soil? If so, no, highly saturated soil is not good for peppers. They like to have evenly moist soil, all the time, but never soaking wet. The roots require oxygen to breathe.
I love and watched all your videos. But I have a question about the shape of the pot instead size, like mine is 3 and 5 gallons rectangle will it grows the same? Thanks
Offering the plain answer within the first seconds of a video is such a refreshing thing to witness. Thanks for refraining from cliffhangers! Stayed for the rest of the video as well of course!
:) Thanks!!
YES, THANK YOU!!!
Thank you!!!!!
Absolutely! Thanks for not making this an infomercial. Great information. Just got a new subscriber
I respect that he gave the answer within 20 seconds
Am I the only one that thought the orange peppers were hanging from the plant on the desk until he cut to a closeup?
Lol. Yes, I thought the same.
Exactly what I was just going to say 🤣
Same
I did too and was very impressed hahahah
I literally came down to the comment section to tell him to turn that monitor off!! The whole time I thought that plant was producing orange peppers. Nice clarity on the monitor!! LOL
Great information! Key Phrase: "as long as you have a growing season long enough to achieve that size" :) Very true for northern climates!
I never thought there were so many people who love pepper plants and grow them almost exclusively, I thought I was alone. Awesome channel
What type of soil do you use?
@@Chichilovee I use a mix of 50% store bought soil with 25% of perlite and 25% vermiculite, for pots it works nicely, in grow bags it's not a good idea (have to water too often).
Tons of pepper heads! We have a chili pepper festival in our hometown every year
@@foxguyday that's so great, where I live, there is nothing like that. People keep asking me, why do I plant peppers only and why peppers of all things lol
He answered the question within the first few seconds?! I love this man. I watched the rest of the video out of pure respect.
Exactly. He got right to the point. I have a 12 inch pot and I wanted to know if I can plant my jalapenos in it.
Hey Pepper Geek, thanks for all your pepper videos, very informative.
Only drawback of grow bags is they often produce very large plants, and when they get too big the fabric pots sometimes slump or fall over easy. Obviously easy to control with some supports, but it is a thing to be aware of. I've also found by clustering grow bags together they take slightly longer to dry out, so if you're soil is staying too moist, add some space between bags, and if your soil is drying out fast, push them right up against each other to help slow the process.
I’m just starting to grow peppers for the first time. I cannot thank you enough for the videos to help me with this!
Absolutely, glad you're growing them, its fun!
welcome🌶
How did it go?
I’ve used grow bags for years. They are amazing, just really have to watch they don’t dry out.
How do you check? I watered my 10 gal grow bags every day and yet the tomatoes did poorly in comparison to the ones in the ground in growth and yields. They looked sick and not bushy at all. I have so many growbags and hesitating to use them this year.
Yay! So excited! I was one that had asked for some help on container size based on different peppers. I have 30 pepper plants growing and this helps so much!
Awesome! Glad we could help. That's a lot of peppers, would love to see the plants!
I'd like to see 👀
I used fabric pots last year, I have 40 of them and they were fantastic! Great success, you just have to water them more as they lose moisture in sun fast but the roots breathe better... I will have 70 plants this year and 46 of 70 will be fabric. Cheers from Canada
Nice! 70 plants, wow, you have more than us this year! Excited to see how our fabric pots will perform, most comments about them seem positive :)
Very much agree on them losing more water to evaporation! Plants seem to love them though
(surface dress) them with peat or Coco. They hold water better. When you water them, let the water come out the bottom.
I can tell you from experience that those fabric grow bags are fantastic for zucchini and yellow squash. They drain amazingly well so I would imagine they'd be great for peppers that require good drainage.
Favorite pepper channel on UA-cam 🥺
Awesome! Glad you enjoy :)
Growing peppers for the first time this year and this channel has helped me so much already, big thanks 🤙
Glad to hear that!
I definitely love this video. Unfortunately being on a very very small budget i got some decent sized pots but had to settle with dirt, not soil, not even close, but dirt from my yard for all of my plants. Most of them are doing great despite that but im bargain shopping for soil. Anyway i always appreciate ur videos man and keep em comin
wait i thought dirt and soil were the same thing?
@@mrprince5934 Kinda, depends on the ground where you live, it might contain more sand than a soil mix for example, and soil mixes are usually pre-fertilized, but that you can fix on your own.
I’ve been using fabric pots for years. Air pruning is wonderful.
I grew that pepper you showed on screen. Here in Canada, I'm north of Toronto, Zone 5 close to zone 4, our nursery had a little purple plant called "Purple Peach Ghost Pepper". I bought it for it's unique colour to add to my garden, and was trying super hot peppers for the first time (3 Carolina Reapers). It was gorgeous, fruitful and hot. Want to plant again! I pruned it, and 2 of the Reapers, leaving 1 reaper not pruned to 'experiment' with results. I like results from pruning. One pruned Reaper I put right into my garden bed, and it was extra prolific, although the others were phenomenal -grown in very large pots, outdoors. We can't buy seeds here, and to ship from the USA is very costly, but my local nursery brought some seedlings in. This year I'll try saving the seeds.
I’ve always used 5 gallons and produced tons of peppers that lasted in my freezer for up to 1 year even after I have some away!
By the way the variety I had was habernero and scotch bonnet.
Sounds great! Those are some great varieties to have tucked away all year.
Great, that you're giving the short answer at the start
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1:35 I have 3 sizes of that exact pot, and after one growing season I've found that you were right about the 10 inch pots. You could do 8, but it has a massive effect on your plant size and harvest.
Oh my god you gave me the information in the first 20 seconds of the video. Instant follow.
Awesome! Thank you ☺️
This was super helpful, my Bell Peppers are ready to go into their final pots and I was very confused about what size pot to buy! Thanks from the UK (and our ridiculously short growing season 🤣) 🇬🇧
We love fabric pots, but haven't tried them for peppers yet! We found last year that we really could pack in the peppers in our raised beds, but we have so many starts this year we might need to use fabric pots too! 💚🫑🌶
Great info I grow mines in 5 and 7 gal grow bags and get really great harvest. I think the key to the grow bags are keeping like a inch of water in the bottom. I actually keep mines in a kiddie pool or a modified kiddie pool and it works but watering grow bags from the top you just don't get a good watering b cuz the water leaks out the sides before it can get down to the roots using more water. Imo your grow bags will do awesome if you water from the bottom making sure you start off with 2 inches of really wet soil on the bottom so it can wick up and potting mix is a must. Sorry so long but I've tested it and I wanted others to know why some ppl are not getting the best results in their grow bags. Ive learn alot about peppers from you guys so keep up the great work. Thank you
Thanks for the info, that does make a lot of sense. We will experiment with this sort of thing this year and see if it helps with water retention.
First off, I tried the grow bags last year and I absolutely love them. So much in fact I have been cycling out my plastics and replacing them with various sizes of the bags. I am in love with the concept that the roots get airflow and thus it lowers the chance of root rot ( or so they said). I even just directly seed start in them and have had huge success. I have had more tomatoes and bell peppers than my family could eat, plus I didn't want my canning shelf to just be peppers, and have had to give some away to avoid waste. I live on 7 acres, 6 of which is all wooded, so I can just grab my garden cart and move them if i see some aren't getting the sun they should. No more digging, it's so much less work and more time to enjoy my plants and of course sit back and watch nature happen. Yes I have even grown root veggies and watermelons (vertically) in them! Think trellis + pantyhose. Secondly, I spotted the mistake I probably have made. I planted jalapeños and put the bags in my greenhouse for the winter. It is not quite completely set up with a heating system ( yes I got excited and impatient) so I "jimmy rigged" some heat in there but we had a chill I believe out-powered the heat, so I may have lost them, but I am waiting to see. This video made me say "ahhh okay", so let's try this again...
I love the grow bags! They’re easy move.
So happy, literally just purchased those very pots , great star to my first pepper growing season . Thank you for all your info it's been great help in my pepper growing adventure
Great point about grow bags shipping small, inexpensively, and with minimal packaging!
I look forward to seeing your fabric pot plants progress. I have used fabric pots for several seasons and the root mass is unbelievable. More roots equals more fruits. I hope that will be your experience as well. Happy growing.
Good to hear that! We will be sharing many updates here on the channel as thing progress.
Thanks for your comment. I'm going to try a few in fabric pots to see how they go.
@@PepperGeek and Craig
One thing to keep in mind with the fabric pots is that they do tend to dry out quicker because they are able to breathe so the moisture does tend to evaporate more quickly. Mulching can slow this down a little bit, but definitely keep an eye on that.
Great info, thank you! Really good point about larger pot = longer time to maturity = longer season needed. I live in WA State (zone 7b) and always hear people say they cannot grow hot peppers. We can still very much grow most varieties, you just have to start them inside and know the season is short!
Right! It is amazing how much time they can take if you let them get huge. You really need a spot inside to help them get a strong start. Good luck this year and thanks for watching :)
A couple years ago, I put 4 jalapeno plants in a 1 liter soda bottle. All 4 produced 1 pepper and they were about an inch long. I can't eat pepper due to rheumatoid, but from what I was told, they were a couple times hotter than a normal jalapeno.
Don't understand the correlation
THANK YOU,do you know how many videos by other youtubers I've watched to finally get the correct answers from you! Wish yours came up first!
Happy that we could help ☺️
I like to use quite small containers for my pepper breeding program.
This way I get seeds for the next generation earlier. I only need a few fruits for taste testing after all...
Yep! Another great reason to grow in small containers, quick turnaround
Ive been using the bags for a while now. A few things to know about the bags - Need to water a little more often or longer to ensure even watering due to them drying out faster than other style pots - The roots will not go thru the bags - its good to put them on something that puts air around the entire bag to allow for good drainage and air flow, an upside-down crate is perfect - they are easy to move and I use a few indoors for year round tomatoes.
Don’t forget to add the fact that fabric pots air prune roots, for more root capacity.
I'll also add if you grow with fabric pots on top of grass or soil they will grow through the bottom of the bag into the ground and get massive... So once they get settled you don't want to move them if that's the case. You can move them a bunch when they're smaller tho
I think this depends on the type of fabric, the non-woven fabrics don't really let roots get through
We went from "problem" peppers in a raised bed to 5 gallon food grade buckets, and then 7 gallon fabric bags five years ago. We always plant two next to each other even when we were doing it in raised beds. We get high yields from almost all of our pepper plants and they stay healthy until our first frost in zone 4. But I have often wondered if they would do even better one to a bag? We have 50 varieties this year so probably not the time to try it. Thank you for all your informative videos and seed links.
Thanks for sharing, great to hear that you plant 2 to a pot and have good results, lots of people asking about this! We're going to try it this year on a few plants too.
@@PepperGeek I will be excited to hear your results. A really dear old hispanic friend told us to plant them that way 25 years ago and we have never tested his advice.
I even avoid clay pots in my area because they dry out so fast, I don't think I could keep up with fabric. During peak summer I often resort to putting all of my pots into 5ft kiddy pools and fill them with 3-4 inches of water which gets me 2-3 days depending on how many pots I have packed into each pool.
What a coincidence I have been wondering how to transplant my capsicum seedlings and what size pots I need because I don't have many big pots Thanks a lot for your great suggestions👍👍👍😄😄😄
Good luck!
Thanks for metric system values!
No problem!
I am brand new to pepper growing, and I was wondering if you guys have made or will make a guide for new pepper growers including things like varieties that are easiest, and some of the basic supplies needed. Thanks!
We'll definitely create a full guide to growing peppers at some point, but we will be using this year's plants to gather the footage necessary for it to be complete. Stay tuned, and for now check out this page on our website: peppergeek.com/gardening
Thanks, you saved me from planting a jalapeno in a large container (just because it's pretty and I wanted it by my front door). The seedling I bought can hardly be called a seedling anymore, and while it has lots of flowers on it, I don't have much time left for it to start to produce before winter comes around.
Ive become a pepper creek!!! Ill have 20 different varieties this year. Containers is what ill be using containers for most of them.
Awesome! Glad to have you on board :)
Great video,
I gave away some plants to friends last spring and it was obvious by the yields who cheated out on both soil and pots.
This year since I’ll be doubling my plants I ordered a skid (100) of the Home Depot 5 gallon buckets. I find not only are they way cheaper than most pots but they provide a more stable base for windy days when plants are top heavy with fruit.
Once I have them all set up in my driveway I’ll send a pic to HD head office to let them see all the free advertising they’re receiving lol.
All the best with your grow season and I look forward to your next video.
Hah! Yeah, buckets are definitely an ultra cheap way to go for potted plants. I'd like to see a picture of all those HD pots too, if you have insta use #peppergeek so we can check it out. Good luck growing!
A beginner question: what happens after the actual fruits are produced? Do pepper plants from ordinary seeds (from Walmart and the likes) actually survive and blossom again? Is there a way to predict how long it would take them to get to a second harvest if you keep them indoors 24/7?
This was helpful information! I am partial to fabric grow bags, so this video helping me determine which size bags to use was valuable. I plan to grow cayenne peppers in a couple of different style grow bags as soon as the weather warms up.
I’m buying up all the stuff to grow a Thai Chili plant on my desk at work. I can’t wait.
Nice! The only challenge may be adequate lighting indoors. Your desk neighbors may need sunglasses 😁
@@PepperGeek Found a pretty decent grow lamp on Amazon. High walled cubicles, should be ok. It’ll be the 5th plant on my desk alongside a Philodendron, Aloe Vera, Golden Pothos, and Lucky Bamboo.
I like fabric pots because they greatly reduce the chances of problems with "wet feet." They really do breathe and drain better. Of course that also means that if you're in a hot dry area, you'll have to pay close attention to watering.
Yes, couldn't agree more! Can't wait to see how it works out for us this year.
@@PepperGeek have fun! It's interesting to see how different soil mixes work in grow bags in your specific environment. . You may find you need more water-retaining amendments like coco or vermiculite... or maybe not.
My go too channel, starting seeds in a month
Can’t wait!
I subscribed because you answered the question quickly.
Awesome info. I plan on planting 12 pepper plants (Jimmy Nardello and Numex paprika) in five gallon fabric grow bags, trying to get some germination going now mid Feb. in NH. If I have luck and they grow being early I'll try topping them to slow them down until they can go outside. I'm trying 4 seeds or so just to see if I can get them growing and fine tune all that before mid March or so before I'm under the gun. I'm on round two now with no luck and I'm even using a heat mat and humidity dome. they're frustrating for me to get germinated. The growing I'm good at but seeng anything pop up, not so much.
Great video. I watched a couple others, they were great. But what really sold me on subbing is your delivery upfront with no bs. So refreshing I stayed to the end
Growing last year in zone 5a. I thought the grow bags did well as long as you monitor how much water the plants receive as the soil dries out a little more than plastic pots. Not a problem if you put a hot pepper in a 5 or 10 gallon grow bag and mulch it up. Also, I overwintered a lot of pepper plants hot and sweet pepper inside my house in grow bags and a lot did not make it because the soil dried out. I will try again next winter in plastic pots and see the results.
I know this video is older, but just wanted to add my experience/experiments for this year. In a 7 gl. grow bag with roughly 5 gl. soil (it compacted more than expected) I am growing 1 Biquinho pepper + 1 sunflower. The pepper is only about a foot tall, but bushing outwards, and is loaded with peppers. The sunflower is about 3 ft. and days away from flowering. They both appear very happy. Then in two 15 in. plastic pots, I’m growing 2 Big Jims in one, and 2 Santa Fes in the other. Each pot also had a Kiku melon growing in it. The plants grew so many leaves, I couldn’t see what was happening. When I pruned them, I found a ton of Santa Fes, and a handful of Big Jims. Two weeks later, I picked my first BJ, & it was 8 in. long. It’s now another 2 weeks later, and I have 1 BJ that is almost 10 in. long, and over a dozen more coming on. There are over 2 dozen SFs. All for plants are roughly 2 ft. tall, jf that. I’m not doing anything special except watering every day. Oh! And the melons have flowers! All that to say, Yes, you can definitely grow 2 plants in the same container! 👍🏼
What type of soil? Just regular bagged dirt?
@@Chichilovee Just cheap potting soil from a big-box store. I did add some Osmocote (slow release fertilizer), but nothing special. I imagine they would have been even better if I’d taken extra steps. But I’m a rather neglectful gardener.
thank you for annotations with normal units
I’ve been working my way through your library of pepper videos. Excellent videos.
Much appreciated 😊
I am trying them this year also. I heard a great benefit is air pruning with the fabric pots. Stronger roots equal stronger plants
I'm growing all my peppers in 5 gallon buckets being as I'm a painter and have access to lots of free buckets. I'm in zone 8b on the gulf coast of Alabama
Nice! Lots of warm weather there for a nice long season. If it gets *really* hot, you may want to give them some afternoon shade to keep them cool. Good luck!
Thanks for the video..Growing jalapeño for first time and got the exact answer from you..question: Can i combine more than 1 plant in a 5 or 7gal grow bag.
Most jalapeños can grow to be pretty large/bushy so I wouldn’t recommend more than 2…it might increase overall yield slightly to have 2 if you want to try it
Hello, I'm growing peppers inside with LED grow lights. I first started them on March 3rd, and they are growing very slowly. They're growing their third and fourth set of true leaves but they're skinny (healthy skinny not the white sluggish skinny, but not like yours on the prune video (large)). My temps inside are always between 20-22ºC day and night.
As long as they have enough nutrients, water and light, they will take off in time. We find that the plants really grow exponentially faster as they grow larger and have more leaves photosynthesizing. The only other probably reason for poor growth is in the soil - lousy potting mix can ruin a container garden in a hurry! Keep it up and I'm sure the plants will grow well!
I grew santaka pepper's last year ❤️ I grew them in grow bags and they did wonderful.
Awesome, tasty little peppers!
Can you do an update on how you liked the fabric pots? I found them hard to water in but I learned from one of the previous videos on your channel I was probably letting the soil get too dry which led to hydrophobic soil. 😂
I would venture a guess that most C. Baccatum peppers require even larger pots than C. Chinense. There are quite a few C. Baccatum peppers I have come to love (Sugar Rush is at the top of my list), and they can easily reach 5 to 8 feet tall. Back to C. Chinense -- it is not just bush size that makes them require larger pots; they typically have a much larger root system than comparably sized C. Annuum cultivars, and most C. Chinense cultivars and crosses have broad leaves that take up a lot of space. (I primarily use containers in the early spring, before planting out or to give extra plants away, so I rarely go above the gallon size).
Yes! I agree about baccatum, I should have covered this in more detail in the video. We have a 'sugar rush striped' plant going in a 7 gallon grow bag so we'll see how large it gets this season...
I used to use the fabric pots. Its is too hard getting all the soil moisten when watering. I found 5 gallon buckets to be the best and its not tapered.
You two grow beautiful peppers. 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Much appreciated
I often wonder how to create the proper soil composition for my pepper plants. I have not found a single reliable source to mixing the proper soil needed for pepper plants. A video on this subject matter would be amazing!
Also for those interested feel free to DM me your pepper plant soil mixtures!
Great suggestion! We have to do more experimenting with different custom mixes before we can do this, but in the future we will definitely share our findings :)
Got my grow bags ready! 🤘 Can't wait to transplant. Pot size really does make a difference. Keep up the great information. Followed some of your advice with great success.
Awesome! Thank you! Super excited to try the grow bags out and see how well they clean up after a season of growth.
What do you think about using worm castings mixed in or on top of soil of my pepper plants, I’ve heard it makes bigger yields?...I also use liquid fertilizer with 7-9-5 NPK....
Worm castings are great
Awesome job guys! I was wondering to myself if that was a Thors Thunderbolt
Thanks! We actually have what was *supposed to be* a Thor's Thunderbolt growing in our Aerogarden right now. However, the pods are....questionable. It is basically just a super unstable purple pepper 🤷
With the idea that bigger must be better my husband planted 2 Bell Pepper plants per 10 gallon grow bags. We live in zone 5a, so a growing season of maybe 4 months. Aftter listening to your video i am wondering if planting in too big a bag negates it's root pruning benefit as the roots are unlikely to grow out that far?
Other disadvantages of too big a bag?
Great videos man! Perhaps a tapered bag would be ideal the straight bags are really hard to remove plants from to transplant!
Thanks! That is a good point. We'll only be using bags for a final planting location so shouldn't be a problem for us personally
Time to pot up some peppers!!
Good thing i came across this video.
So glad I discovered your channel. I have a black cobra pepper plant, and I wasnt sure if I needed to increase the pot size again, so I'm glad to know I shouldn't lol. I have some bell pepper seedlings waiting for a transfer and I might just invest in grow bags and cheat the space lol
I'm going to give grow bags a try this year. I'm also going to use Blumat classic (Jr.) Automatic watering stakes. I wonder if I will have to water in addition to that? They say they're hard to keep hydrated on the hot days.
Yes, even in our 10" pots we were watering daily during the hottest part of the days here in CT.
As always very informative video. Can you make a video on how to trellis or stake pepper plants for better support? Thanks
Thanks! Absolutely, we will be showing how to support peppers in a future video for sure.
Love your videos! I'm coming to you for all my pepper growing questions
Check out Refining Fire Chili's for some different types. I've been growing stuff from him for 8 years or so, but I'm still interested in learning more about growing peppers.
I have those growbags, haven't used them yet. Zone 4 short season. Seedlings for Black pearl, chillies, sweet banana, mad hatter, purple bell, orange bell started in March. Could I put 2 of the same plant in 1 growbag?
We might actually do this with some smaller annums! If they are the same pots (7 gallons/12" diameter) then it should be able to support two relatively small plants. Let us know how it turns out!
I heard that peppers like to have pepper buddies to grow next to. What are your thoughts of growing 2 serrano in a 5 gallon and 2 bell peppers in a 7 gallon container vs. by themselves?
I say try it out and see if your harvests improve. We are testing this theory this year with a couple of marconi plants in a single 3 gallon pot. Will be interested to see how each individual plant produces.
My first time as well growing with bags. I have about 100 peppers growing in 3 and 5gal grow bags. I'm curious to see the difference verses plastic pots. Currently, I have a purple Dragons breath growing. I may isolate and see if I can retain the purple trait.
Cooool cool. We have a purple reaper going that is new to us, so it is likely a similar plant. Can't wait to see a purple pepper with a tail 😈
OH MY GOD, THIS VIDEO IS A LIFE SAVER
Thanks so you just realized my morning
I have several of those pots from Home Depot. I like them because they are cheap and simple and they have drip trays that pop off. On the other hand I hate them because they are top heavy and the base is too narrow so they get knocked over waaaaaaaay too easy. In fact it makes me nervous thinking about it....
Right, that was a minor concern for us last year, especially when they were dried out and top heavy with fruits. But otherwise they are great.
Great video. Can you do a potting mix for containers pepper and is it possible if you can show us your garden of pepper plants. Thanks man !!
Would love to! We're experimenting with making some of our own soils this year, but we can recommend FoxFarm's Happy Frog if you're looking for something pre-mixed. We'll definitely share some garden tours later in the season here and on Insta!
Debbie here from Wa 👩🌾 I’m in need of help,,I have a peach sugar rush pepper I over wintered...it is about 12 in, tall and is sooooo bushy...can you show us how to prune a super bushy pepper? Do I clip the branches in the center? Or any branches going to the center?
I thought the peppers on his monitor were on that plant until he moved it! LOL!
Good information thank you. I have a question about my cerano pepper plants,they’re almost third set leaves,should I top them?
How about rocoto and baccatum?
Both can grow to be huge as well, though baccatums are more tall than bushy. I'd go larger with either if you want big plants
@@PepperGeek Cause I never had success with more 'anual' species like chinense or annum, I tried to find permaculture chilis, ended up with only a few:
Rocoto orange / red and Baccatum Apricot Apple. And surprisingly one Rhomboideum germinated. Thanks to your channel, I have my first little success in growing peppers.
You should take pictures of peppers and post them on your website so people can download them as wallpaper. I recommend images of 16:9 aspect ratio and 16:10.
If I put my jalapeño and cayenne peppers indoor over the winter, will they survive and when will they produce more peppers?
Here's a question: Will a pepper plant shoot roots from the stem if planted deeper in a new pot, like tomatoes? I've got some rather slender plants who needs bigger pots, and I wonder whether to cut away some leaves and top it with soil, or to place them on top of the new soil.
It's a little late, but yes peppers can grow roots from the stem. They don't always, though. You can add soil up around the stem and it won't rot or cause disease, but it may or may not grow roots.
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I planted two different pepper seeds and I didn't mark them. Now I have no clue which one is which XD And I need to choose the pot to replant.
Thank you for CM :)
So how did the grow bags work out in the end? I’m about to transplant to final containers and was considering those as well
They are good, but do tend to dry out easier. The skinny ones also fall over easier than bigger versions, so keep that in mind. If you live in a very dry climate, might be better to go with a more traditional pot
What is the update on the grow bags? First time growing sweet and hot peppers. My experience with growbags for tomatoes has been but very disappointing though i made sure to water every day.
It's been years since I used 3 gallon pots. A few since I've used 5 gallon buckets. 15 gallon bags are my smallest now. 90% are chinense
are you growing 1 plant in those 15 gallon bags?
@sd0ugh yes. The yield is the best from about 15 gallon bags. That seems to be the point of diminishing returns in my climate
Hello pepper geeks, keep up the good work. I have question: how about mud soil for peppers? Do they grow well in that soil too?
Thanks, will do! I assume by mud soil you mean soaking wet soil? If so, no, highly saturated soil is not good for peppers. They like to have evenly moist soil, all the time, but never soaking wet. The roots require oxygen to breathe.
always love the info, thanks guys!
Do you need to pollinate indoor grown peppers? If so, how?
To guarantee pollination, use a brush and get the pollen from the small outer parts to the thin center, there are some videos about this on youtube
At the very least, provide some 'wind' with a fan, but you can also do what Satoshi says to mimic what pollinators do outdoors.
I love and watched all your videos. But I have a question about the shape of the pot instead size, like mine is 3 and 5 gallons rectangle will it grows the same? Thanks
Thanks! Yes rectangle is totally fine we've grown in square pots