Pot size for chilli

[pepper1000]

I have a Carolina reaper and white ghost chilli, what final size of pot should these be in, the plants are about 40cm tall at the moment, thanks

[Aberdeenplotter]

40 cms? i.e. almost 40 inches? Last time I grew chillies, I put them in 8in rose pots, i.e. deep ones

[moreteavicar]

2.54 cm = 1 inch

[burnie]

I tend to use re-cycled rose pots or the long tom ones to give the roots room and plenty of compost to feed on.

[Snadger]

I use 7 or 8 inch pots.

[SimpleSimon]

Chillichump on YouTube knows a thing or 2 about growing chillis and he says never use a pot bigger than 10litres. 7 or 10 litre pots depending on the size of the plant. Fwiw I left one of my moruga scorpians in a 5 litre pot last year that had more ripe chillis on it than my other super hots. I think restricting it's root ball possibly caused it to fruit and ripen the fruit earlier. It had less chillis overall but all them ripened pretty much.

[Aberdeenplotter]

2.54 cm = 1 inch

whoops, apologies

[Dynamite]

I put mine in MFB’s. Never really had great crops. Could be the reason after reading this maybe?

Kind Regards..........Rob