Sweet Peppers in containers

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  1. Greenjeans

    Greenjeans Gardener

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    Will any of you who grow peppers in the greenhouse, in containers, please fill me in on size of containers, additions for good growth.......any tricks you use to have this be successful. I'm about to attempt it for the first time and would appreciate direction.:scratch:
     
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    Mine were in about 9" pots last year. They aren't terribly big plants.

    A grow bag, cut in half, each half stood on end as "pots", would do well :)

    I feed as per Tomatoes. But I have a gravel tray near them, which I keep full, to increase the humidity near them.
     
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    Thank you Kristen. I have pots that size and I'll pot my peppers up tomorrow. Do tomatoes not like it moist like peppers do? So I shouldn't water the floor of the greenhouse and keep it humid for everything growing in there? Would that give the tomatoes problems?

    I have tomatoes growing big and with fruit well on the way so I don't want to do anything to make them unhappy.
     
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    I'm sure the Tomatoes will be fine with damping down the floor. Just don't run the greenhouse "dry" otherwise Peppers (and Cucumbers) won't be happy.

    I put my Cues and Peppers at the back of the greenhouse, and the Toms nearer the door
     
  5. Greenjeans

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    Got it! I have forced air heat in the greenhouse so I suppose it would be dryer than the norm (mind now that spring is moving forward nicely the heat doesn't come on much anymore so that begins to eliminate that problem)
     
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