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Posted: Feb/06/2009 3:24 AM PST
I have 4 poor pepper plants that are crowded into 1 pot that's hardly big enuff for 1 of them, so i desperately need to repot them. my problem is 2fold. 1st, i don't think i've ever successfully repotted/transplanted anything. and 2nd, 2 of the plants have peppers growing, and i don't want to jepordize (sp?) my humble harvest unless its the only way to save the plants themselves. oh wait, one more thing, they're also really close together, so i don't think i could separate them if i tried... any advice? Attachments:  |
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Posted: Feb/06/2009 5:33 AM PST
Done it a couple times , but No guarantee, here is what I did, also wait for some more ideas and let's both of us learn more tricks. I took several crowded plants from a gallon can and placed them in a big tub slowly added water(warm not cold or hot) to about 6" over plants, I moved them slowly back and forth to soak and separate them trying not to damage root as little as possible, as soon as I seen the they had separated I quit the moving process, then planted then in a big container. I dug a hole 1" deeper than they were planted before, I placed a little potting soil around the bottom of the roots poured about quart of miracle grow water(mixed)in the hole and placed potting soil to my desired plant height, poured a little more miracle grow around them. Remember do this like your holding a new Baby (you are)try to loose as little roots as possible, they will droop for two days and then start to stand up and grow, Later & Good Luck Guilt Trip Attachments:   |
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Posted: Feb/06/2009 6:35 AM PST
id think jus put the whole pot in a bigger container thats what im prolly gonna do with the peppers an that in my mug --i have a regish sized mug some of yall have seen it has like 4 or 5 pepper plants growin in it they look great rightnow have like no drainage are in seed starting mix have added some mariclegrow pellet time release stuffs thay have like 6 leaves on some an are hmm like 3-4ish in tall tho were started with window light then moved to by the aerogarden theres a little zinnia an some outher things in there too |
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Posted: Feb/06/2009 7:39 AM PST
Be careful not to give them too much nitrogen. You'll get a lot of leaves and little fruiting. Good luck. Let us know which method you choose, and its success. |
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Posted: Feb/06/2009 9:48 AM PST
spread out plastic or a work area, tap the pot on the bottom, lay the rootball out flat, Now, Take a watering can, with warm water and gently wash the soil off the roots, untangling them as you go. I think you'll have success, A friend of mine started 50 plants in a basket, and then called for help, they were almost the same size as the ones you pictured, possibly bigger, we had 90% success...a few were in bad shape before we did this, alternately, if you have the facilities, wash the roots apart under a warm water faucet.  then repot in individual containers, using fresh potting medium |
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Posted: Feb/07/2009 10:13 PM PST
thank you! good ideas all around. much better than what i was thinking i'd have to do. do u think that the peppers growing right now would survive something as traumatic as repotting? cuz for months at first, if there was a dramatic temp change when i had it outside, or i forgot to water it for awhile, the flowers and buds would dry up and fall off. would the plant "eject" the peppers just for survival's sake? also, in regards to nitrogen, the miracle grow i've got is 20-20-20, and it actually wasn't until after i'd fed it with that for the first time, that the first flower actually started making a pepper. do u think that'll do for transplanting? |
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Posted: Feb/08/2009 5:59 AM PST
It was probably because the middle number was 20. Try to find one that has low first and last numbers and a big middle number. That is what helps with the growth of roots and flowers--not the leaves. |
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Posted: Feb/09/2009 4:03 AM PST
first, I would not feed them anything after I transplanted them, wait a week to 10 days. Secondly, yes, swings in water or temperature will all effect fruiting and flowering causing them to abort the blooms, indoors, pollination may be another issue, although peppers have "perfect" flowers (Both male and female components) they sometimes lack vigor indoors, fruit may set, then wither and fall off. |
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Posted: Feb/09/2009 7:10 AM PST
imma overrun this now LOL i have the mug with some pepper plants like 5ish but little ones thinkin i should take whats in there an seperate them soonish this week or next i can get old pics but not really new ones unless i use the olympus the 3.2 megaspixel camera soo yea now should i #@!$ my moom off an move them to cutup sport waterbottles (ice mountain ones) or should i seperate them an move them to the container the abricola was in like a 12" plastic pot fer indoor stuffs --id *like* if the peppers started fruiting before summer an if i could put them outside during summer get more fruiting from them an yea theres purple pepper catilina gypsie an some outher sweet ones i think but my labeling could be messed up an all --oh side LOL i can see some roots in the mug how it is i was gonna wait till its like a mess of roots but maby not LOL depends i know my mom will have a fit so why worry what shees thinkin? the sink has had soil in it before an its jus fine |
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Posted: Jun/14/2009 5:55 AM PST
Great Pix! I'm entering the world of container gardening this year due to some major yard work..regrading, soil replacement, levelling, etc. So far so good. Yours looks very healthy. |
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