Are they looking pretty good? Unless I got pepper Joe’d then the 4 I just up potted to 5 gallon fabric pots are regular red ghosts. The two smaller ones are supposed to be kraken scorpion but they took several more weeks to germinate so that’s why such a huge difference in size. They are only on my porch because it’s been a VERY rainy couple of days
by No_Spread7721
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Way to big of pots, they’re going to spend the next few weeks growing their roots out before you notice significant growth in the plants.
It won’t hurt them just sets them back a bit
Let the games begin.
And it’s all about roots. Yeah, they may stall a bit w the transplant. Whatever. All good. Are they happy? Do they respond well to waterings/feedings? Are they soaking up some sun and getting ready to rock? Well then hell yeah!!! Let that booty riiiiiide.
looks great good job
They look great! Out of curiosity, which grow bags are you using? They look like they are very nice quality and well made. I decided I was going to only use regular pots this year, but I might grab a few of these if they’re available.
They’ll be fine. You can put a seedling in a 50 gallon container, you can start a seedling in a 50 gallon container. Watched pepper guru put a seedling in a pair of 50 gallon trash cans setup like a double cup and that plant was a beast by the time it was done growing.
You still have to watch excess water in grow bags. They do breathe better than pots, but if you amended your soil, the excess rain can wash all that work right out the bottom. You made a good call to move them out of the rain if it’s been going for a few days. I’ll let the rain give my plants a bit of water and then move the bags to where they won’t get flushed out.
Ideally you’d want 7-10 gallons for super hots, but 5 will work. Bigger bag = bigger plants is all and sometimes smaller yields are ok, especially if you find that super hots are a bit too hot. It’s better to deal with a few handfuls of peppers in that situation rather than a few hundred that won’t get eaten. The exception would be plants that produce really big peppers like bells. You want those to get as big as possible because a plant can only support so many peppers and it would suck to spend all that effort for a little plant that only produces 3-4 bells for the season.