Chilli plants

[Reks]

Hi all,
My 4 chilli plants in indivudual small pots are around 8 inches tall now. Can I transplant all 4 into a 10 inch wide pot? or do they have to transplanted and potted up individually. Also has anyone planted chilli plants on allotment?

[onefivenine]

I am not sure that a 10" pot would be big enough for 4.
But I'm only going by my hot cayennes which are in 7" pots and still growing - the tallest one, on the right, is now 3' tall measured from the seed leaves.



What kind are yours anyway?

In any case it would be much better to gradually increase the pot size by a couple of inches diameter each time you pot on, until you reach the final pot size. I went from 3" to 5" to 7".

[Reks]

I am not sure that a 10" pot would be big enough for 4.
But I'm only going by my hot cayennes which are in 7" pots and still growing - the tallest one, on the right, is now 3' tall measured from the seed leaves.



What kind are yours anyway?

In any case it would be much better to gradually increase the pot size by a couple of inches diameter each time you pot on, until you reach the final pot size. I went from 3" to 5" to 7".

Hi onefivenine mine are also hot Cayennes. See attached pics. Your looks lovely.

[basketcase]

I've got chilli envy...

[Two_Sheds]

I plant mine on the lotty. They crop better than the ones on my patio ... no downsides that I can think of (they do really well)

[onefivenine]

Hi onefivenine mine are also hot Cayennes. See attached pics. Your looks lovely.

Cheers Reks

Where are your pics - I'll check em out.

I've got chilli envy...

I plant mine on the lotty. They crop better than the ones on my patio ... no downsides that I can think of (they do really well)

I have a plant from the same seedling batch growing outdoors, and it's only a foot tall and just now getting some flower buds.
It looks OK I think, healthy enough, just not quite as masjestic as the indoor ones. It's got annoying curved/spiral leaves due to pests but I think it's going to crop well.

[Reks]

Cheers Reks

Where are your pics - I'll check em out.







I have a plant from the same seedling batch growing outdoors, and it's only a foot tall and just now getting some flower buds.
It looks OK I think, healthy enough, just not quite as masjestic as the indoor ones. It's got annoying curved/spiral leaves due to pests but I think it's going to crop well.

sorry...here are the pics

[onefivenine]

They look nice and healthy! When did you sow them?

The wee one at the front could use a bit of support I reckon!

I pot mine on with the compost right up to the seed leaves.
To be honest I wouldn't increase the pot size by much potting those on, just another inch or two at most, but plant them in deeper, up to the seed leaves.

[Florence Fennel]

They look nice and healthy! When did you sow them?

The wee one at the front could use a bit of support I reckon!

I pot mine on with the compost right up to the seed leaves.
To be honest I wouldn't increase the pot size by much potting those on, just another inch or two at most, but plant them in deeper, up to the seed leaves.

Will that not rot the stem 159? My chillies are nowhere near that size so I must be doing something wrong!

[Reks]

I think mine were sown end of Apr. Yes one of them has a twisted stem. I have kept aside some yoghurt pots to transplant them , so will be deep and yes will plant them deep.

Florence Fennel - chillip plant grows roots from the stem just like tomatoes, so plating them deep is a good idea especially when they r growing tall. Mine were indoors up utill last 2 weeks and then I moved them out as the weather got warm. Next week looks like night temp is arnd 13-14 degrees where I live, so not sure if I should bring them in. But the fact that Two_sheds has planted these on lottie means I could leave them outside in my open green house.

[Incy]

My chillies did mucjh better in my open greenhouse last year than they did in the house the year before. I suspect there is better pollination out there

[Florence Fennel]

Mine are in the open blowaway. This weekend I'll make it my project to sink them like I did with the tomatoes. I'm sure someone advised me not to do this, but it could have been peppers? Then again, gardeners do sometimes have conflicting opinions. A nosy neighbour hung over my fence last night, told me I was doing well, but my tomatoes should be in white pots!! I chose not to argue with him.

[teakdesk]

Florence, as far as I am aware you are correct that peppers and chillis should not be potted-on deeper than they were originally.

I've never noticed mine producing roots from the stem so I agree with you that the stem could rot if too wet.

I'd guess that you could plant a little deeper but not more than half an inch.


I'd wait and let others add their opinions before re-potting (and I'll do a search later to see if I can find any evidence one way or the other!!).

[Incy]

I don't pot mine any deeper. Just add a cane if they grow too tall or are bendy.
They seem to do fine. Those plants look fine to me. A cane for the wiggly one and watch them grow

[teakdesk]

Well I've just googled around a dozen online guides to growing chilli and all but one makes no mention of potting on deeper than before suggesting do not plant deeper.

However, there was one guide that said they grew roots like tomatoes so I could be wrong.

At the moment my research would suggest 11 to 1 odds against going deeper.



Now I'm going to have to furtle my chillis to see where the roots are growing!!!!