Peppers are on the move!

Well just a quick update, just stuck my nose in the propagator to check on the peppers and noticed 2 shoots from 2 separate pots granted there only tiny but there coming

 

Another update, got 8 shoots now, very pleased with myself.

 

I'm growing red peppers this year for the first time, Capsicum 'Denver' I think they are, without checking. At present they are in my electric propagator but no signs of life yet. It'll be good to compare notes dandanuk.

 

Yeah, that would be good, as I'm a total novice at gardening myself, the peppers I have on the go at the moment are, razzmatazz peppers, cayenn peppers, and mini mix peppers or that's what it says on the packet, good luck with yours.

 

I'm having a go at peppers I'm growing sweet pepper colour rainbow

 

Yeah the mini mix peppers I got on the go are a sweet variety , good luck dan tha man!

 

And you mate I've got a load of chilli peppers going too I've got haberno jalapeño cayenne and Anaheim so should be interesting seeing how they get on

 

There is no point in me growing the hot peppers, I can't eat them and my family are not that bothered.

I started a thread a while back on red peppers but there wasn't much posted there, not many members seem to grow them.

 

What's the best after care for peppers, once transplanted into a bigger pot, are they a plant that requires a lot of water extra feed ?

 

Don't overdo the "bigger pot". Best to pot on into successively larger pots (increase by somewhere between 1" and 2" diameter each time, once you get up to 6" diameter you can increase by more correspondingly each time - if that makes sense). Reason for this is that if you put a small plant into a large pot it won't be able to drink the water available in the soil when you water the plant, and it will "drown". Also, potting-on makes a tight rootball in the current pot, then sends out roots into the new 1" of soil in the next larger pot, again making a dense rootball, so when you get to the final pot it will be jam-packed with roots. If you go straight to a large pot the roots will head for the outside, and the middle won't have a good amount of root.

Peppers need heat. Greenhouse / conservatory ideal. Outside they will struggle unless we have a good summer. Feed with a "Tomato fertilizer" once the first flowers have set (there is a little fruit forming behind the flower - its its still there, or if not then the bit that the flower fell off from)

 

Great info thanks

 

Well I thought I'd keep you all upto date on the peppers and there there progress so here's a pic from the propagator

When would be the time to transplant them into a bigger pot from this stage ?

These peppers were planted on the 2nd march, and ha in the propagator since.

 

They are leaning to the left 'coz that's where the light is, and because they aren't getting enough (which is also elongating them and making them tall - so called "leggy"). leggy seedlings will become weak, and weak seedlings are less able to protect themselves from disease etc - and less able to stand upright!!

You need to get them into brighter light. Conservatory best, Windowsill perhaps? If a windowsill get something reflective behind them so the light reflected onto the back of the plants. A sheet of polystyrene has really good reflectivity, as does flat white paint (so can old bit of board that is white ). I've used kitchen foil but since read it isn't as good at reflecting light.

 

Oh right there's me thinking they were coming on great, I'll get on it asap thanks Kirsten

 

"Tall is good" eh? Smart thing you did was to upload a photo

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