Personally I’ve fit 5 in a 27 gallon storage container and they did fine, so yours should be good. You may just want to feed a bit more so they don’t compete for nutrients.
Sev-is-here
I’m a pepper breeder / farmer, and I plant 1sq ft apart in my row crops (50ft long by 3 ft wide for 150 plants per section!:
My more favorite plants I do in gradually larger pots. Habanero being one of my favorites I grow in 25-100g pots for *massive* plants
chrisslooter
Spacing seems cozy, but definitely adequate. The roots will have plenty of area. I’d do the exact same thing with that amount of space.
fresh_cable
Peppers need 1 sq ft you have plenty of space
WilliamOmerta
As they mature, I would consider purchasing a pack of Green Lacewings to put within them to hatch and keep pests out. Lacewings are predators and will kill off harmful insects. Mantis is another option, but for that small of an area, the mantis babies would very quickly out grow that area. My 2c.
Bitemynekk
Way too small for that many plants IMO if it were I me I would plant 4 max. Also why do you not have the bed filled up to the top? You are losing potential root space and not using your bed to its full potential.
Asleep_Onion
Looks good to me. I always plant stuff at the lower end of the recommended seed spacing listed on the seed packet. Pepper are usually listed 18-36″, so I usually do 18″. Anything more than 24″ seems downright excessive to me. Honestly sometimes I even do 10″, but don’t tell anyone, that’ll be our little secret.
I prefer my plants closer together for two reasons: more efficient use of real estate, and when the branches of different plants get tangled up they create a very sturdy structure that holds itself up really well, reduces the need for staking or cages.
dianesmoods
Looks perfect. I’ve planted 14 (in staggered rows of 3 and 4) in a similar space in previous years, but I grow many different varieties and can easily alternate bigger plants and smaller ornamentals.
Sufficient-Welder628
I did the same today with thai chili’s and scotch bonnets, what did you plant?
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I’m not an expert but I did something similar so curious what feedback you get! Best of luck, fellow gardener!
Looks fine to me. Their branches will start to grow into eachother but that helps stabilize them from the wind knocking them over.
In fertilize soil, this is far too close, but your soil will stunt the plants. They seem hungry.
Super close together but if you stay on top of it you can be successful. I probably would have went 3-4 plants in that space
They’ll be fine. They’ll definitely be touching but this is about how I space mine.
Hi, what are the box dimensions?
My scotch bonnet is reaching 3+ feet in all directions, but it’s also indoor so I dunno lol. She is massive
I spaced mine like this and as the got old they started holding hands and supporting eachother
I like to stagger my rows in beds like this, good results.
And get some french marigolds and dill/herb/basil to put around them.
They’ll start crowding each other soon but it’ll still work
Whats the dimensions of the bed? You didn’t even include a banana for scale…
All good. I plant 12” away in my row and they form a nice thick canopy
Peppers will be fine.
Ones in the middle and middle back may be hard to reach for harvest but that’s not really their problem lol
I was taught that peppers like to hold hands. One foot spacing is sufficient. Yours look good to me.
I’ve done square foot gardening with one pepper per square foot and they did just fine. Great even. I had 16 plants, 16 varieties.
Should be fine
Fortuitous you should ask the day after pepper geek had a video on it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8icuHNGCYk&ab_channel=PepperGeek](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8icuHNGCYk&ab_channel=PepperGeek)
Personally I’ve fit 5 in a 27 gallon storage container and they did fine, so yours should be good. You may just want to feed a bit more so they don’t compete for nutrients.
I’m a pepper breeder / farmer, and I plant 1sq ft apart in my row crops (50ft long by 3 ft wide for 150 plants per section!:
My more favorite plants I do in gradually larger pots. Habanero being one of my favorites I grow in 25-100g pots for *massive* plants
Spacing seems cozy, but definitely adequate. The roots will have plenty of area. I’d do the exact same thing with that amount of space.
Peppers need 1 sq ft you have plenty of space
As they mature, I would consider purchasing a pack of Green Lacewings to put within them to hatch and keep pests out. Lacewings are predators and will kill off harmful insects. Mantis is another option, but for that small of an area, the mantis babies would very quickly out grow that area. My 2c.
Way too small for that many plants IMO if it were I me I would plant 4 max. Also why do you not have the bed filled up to the top? You are losing potential root space and not using your bed to its full potential.
Looks good to me. I always plant stuff at the lower end of the recommended seed spacing listed on the seed packet. Pepper are usually listed 18-36″, so I usually do 18″. Anything more than 24″ seems downright excessive to me. Honestly sometimes I even do 10″, but don’t tell anyone, that’ll be our little secret.
I prefer my plants closer together for two reasons: more efficient use of real estate, and when the branches of different plants get tangled up they create a very sturdy structure that holds itself up really well, reduces the need for staking or cages.
Looks perfect. I’ve planted 14 (in staggered rows of 3 and 4) in a similar space in previous years, but I grow many different varieties and can easily alternate bigger plants and smaller ornamentals.
I did the same today with thai chili’s and scotch bonnets, what did you plant?
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