Rooting cuttings and keeping your peppers indoors over winter is great for situations where MANY varieties are being grown close together, and the odds of accidental hybridization are high. Older pepper plants seem to be more productive, too! Great video 👏🏻
I didn't even know pepper cutting would grow roots. 1 branch was destroyed by my dog fell off from the plant. I felt bad so just plugged the branch into the ground. It has some leaves and a big pepper. Slowly all the leaves died and the chili turned red and died as well. A few days later. I saw small leaves coming out of the corner of the branches. 🦔 I was so happy. It was like a miracle!! 😚 I never ever thought a pepper branch would survive and turn into another plant if I put it on the ground! Not to mention, the weather was extreme as well. Many days were ~104F!! Miracle and marvelous! It breaks my heart to see the branch to went through such harsh condition and survived! Gotta take care of them better next time by placing them in nice weather! 😀
@@Growingthehomegarden Yeah it breaks my heart to see the branch suffered so much. I am not really a farmer nor a gardener so I always thought you grow pepper plant from seeds 😀
Nice video, it really helped me clear some doubts on pepper propagation. On a side note, those chiltepin pepper look really nice. Here in Sonora chiltepin grows naturally, and in its wild form (no one farms chiltepin here, it is always gathered) it is usually much more smaller and hard. I have been told that when chiltepin is provided with fertilizers and good growing conditions they grow bigger, and now I see what they meant. You should do an experiment on providing chiltepin with conditions simulating those in the wild. While I have never tried homegrown chiltepin, I have been told wild chiltepin is much better.
Honestly, you should worry about your literacy (the ability to read and write) more than cloning your plants. When you learn to properly read and write, you might be able to get a half decent job. With a better job you could afford some clone-x or any other rooting hormone. 🎉
Thank you for this video! I have been trying unsuccessfully to propagate pepper cuttings for weeks....I have MG rooting powder, one person told me to dip the cutting in the powder, then put in water. I was also told to use sterile soil, or rock wool..neither of these worked. I am going to try your technique and believe that it will work this time! 🙏🏽
You look like my old pastor but with more hair hahaha. Thanks for the video, exactly what I was looking for, great explanations that I jive with. Perfect pace for me. Will be coming back for more tips when I need them!
I've had success scraping the outer skin of the bottom half inch or so of the cutting, then dipping the cutting into a cut aloe vera stem to help minimize rot. I then dip it into the rooting powder and place it in coarse sand. The powder sticks to the aloe vera jelly like glue. I do all of your other steps (cut away extra leaves, remove small peppers or flowers, keep at least one node that will go into the sand, keep out of direct sunlight). Sometimes they do wilt a bit for a day or so but then they recover. Keep watering to maintain hydration. The sand ensures excellent drainage.
Hi, Im in New Zealand and its the first day of the last month of Fall. We have had a few nights of zero deg celsius and soon well get a hard frost. So I have probably left it too late for cuttings. My habanero, jalapeños and bell peppers are grown in a poly tunnel. I suppose my option this late in my growing season is to overwinter the plants I have already growing and let them go dormant ready for next spring?
Thanks for watching! I generally use the rooting powder with 0.1% IBA on the ingredient list. It's a typical kind you can find at nearly any box store or nursery. Here is an affiliate link to Amazon if you would like to go that route to the exact type I've been using: amzn.to/3Szx2WW
I am looking for say 6,500K 188lm led 12v light, so the plants can get light, right now I am using a shop light that is about 4000K 400 or so. as they are going to be indoors lighting is important right?
Hello! I have a jalapeño that just won’t produce flowers and it’s growth stunted, we may have overwatered it as well due to a monsoon. Can I do this to my plant? We are in zone 9b (AZ). Wondering if the propagated plant will survive the heat here.
Do you think a poblano plant would survive 50 degrees? 😅 freaking texas man, i had two amazing poblanos growing, then we hit 110+ for weeks and they just stopped growing, and turning red. So i plucked them off. Then all it did was just grow leaves and longer stems. Finally got cooler (90s) and it started blooming out the wazoo and put on 10 peppers. But the plant is so spindly and old leaves a lot of leaves fell off. I fertilized it to help it out and cut 5 of the peppers off. They seem to be growing more now. But now we are about to get a cold front in a few days and a ton of rain all week. 😩😩
50 degrees shouldn't be a problem! I have a few plants still here in Tennesse growing and we've hit the lower 40s. Frosts and freezes may kill them but 50s will just slow their growth a little.
Hi Steve, Peppers are perennials in tropical climates so you can take cuttings off of older peppers just fine provided it is recent first year growth. I use this method to take cuttings at the end of our growing season and look for healthy cuttings that tend to be from terminal growth (the branch ends essentially). When rooted the plant should act like a perfectly normal pepper plant and be able to produce new peppers. You don't have to do this at the end of the season though. You can increase your pepper plants through cloning instead of growing a bunch from seed. It's a good way to make more pepper plants from what may have been expensive or hard to find pepper seeds.
@@Growingthehomegarden Thanks for that information. The reason I ask is my pepper Plants are still produced lots of Bell Peppers, but they are all a lot smaller than the first peppers I harvested from them. I’m definitely going to start cloning my best Pepper,Eggplant and Tomato Plants.
@@mdlanor5414 If the first peppers were larger I suspect it has to do with the soil nutrients. Adding a good balanced organic fertilizer to the soil may improve things. It could also have to do with seasonal weather. If it's been dry the fruit may be smaller.
@@Growingthehomegarden Thanks for your advise, i will do to see. Some kinds of tree should be planted with pepers, i wonder if i should plant galic next to peper to repel insects?
As long as the stem is a little firm anytime should be fine. I wouldn't take from fresh growth right away but after it's had a short time to grow it would be fine.
Soil temp is critical.Rule of thumb is warm and wet.Too cold and the stems rot.Too hot and they cook.I keep the soil 75-80F and wet no drainage until roots form.
Probably treating it like the cuttings here would be the best way. You may need to cut the pepper back quite a bit to compensate for the loss of the root system.
I'm sorry you had trouble. I went back a rewatched the video and the sound was ok on my device. The background was full of cicada noises which may be what you were hearing.
the background music tells me , here is somone looking to have a profitable youtube channel as apposed to someone who loves gardening and wants to share their knowledge
@@Growingthehomegarden . While I am sorry I lashed out at you, I really do have a clue. TH-cams evolution has gone from professional gardeners looking to share and drum up additional business as well and few hobbiest sharing their thing with 480p cameras to an occupation for many . It is annoying how many copy and paste videos I now need to watch to brush up on old skills
I get it. This isn't a full time job at all. Just something fun that pays for new plants. 😉 I've helped in local children's gardens, community gardens, farmers markets. And other spots so I really do enjoy the gardening.
If anyone doesn't have rooting hormones. Use the gel from aloe vera plant, it works as a natural rooting hormone.
raw honey works better I believe, there's a video I watched on this though
Or Cinnamon, works on everything whereas aloe does not
Aspirin does the trick
Rooting cuttings and keeping your peppers indoors over winter is great for situations where MANY varieties are being grown close together, and the odds of accidental hybridization are high. Older pepper plants seem to be more productive, too! Great video 👏🏻
Very good points!
I didn't even know pepper cutting would grow roots. 1 branch was destroyed by my dog fell off from the plant. I felt bad so just plugged the branch into the ground. It has some leaves and a big pepper. Slowly all the leaves died and the chili turned red and died as well. A few days later. I saw small leaves coming out of the corner of the branches. 🦔
I was so happy. It was like a miracle!! 😚
I never ever thought a pepper branch would survive and turn into another plant if I put it on the ground!
Not to mention, the weather was extreme as well. Many days were ~104F!! Miracle and marvelous!
It breaks my heart to see the branch to went through such harsh condition and survived!
Gotta take care of them better next time by placing them in nice weather! 😀
Peppers are pretty tough plants in reality! They just can't handle the cold!
@@Growingthehomegarden Yeah it breaks my heart to see the branch suffered so much. I am not really a farmer nor a gardener so I always thought you grow pepper plant from seeds 😀
Happened to me once. I want it again.
Mighty fine. I will try this on a broken off branch from a 3 year old Bell Pepper plant. ❤🎉
You should find some great cutting material from that. It's great that you aren't letting a broken branch go to waste!
Nice video, it really helped me clear some doubts on pepper propagation.
On a side note, those chiltepin pepper look really nice. Here in Sonora chiltepin grows naturally, and in its wild form (no one farms chiltepin here, it is always gathered) it is usually much more smaller and hard. I have been told that when chiltepin is provided with fertilizers and good growing conditions they grow bigger, and now I see what they meant. You should do an experiment on providing chiltepin with conditions simulating those in the wild. While I have never tried homegrown chiltepin, I have been told wild chiltepin is much better.
ya i dun have any fancy stuff and im broke soo imma havbe to hope i can just do it wit ha glass of water
Honestly, you should worry about your literacy (the ability to read and write) more than cloning your plants. When you learn to properly read and write, you might be able to get a half decent job. With a better job you could afford some clone-x or any other rooting hormone. 🎉
@@the_flopper5tap water works just fine, I agree though it’s EXTREMELY hard to read
@@the_flopper5Naa you did him wrong 😂
Thank you much. I had a feeling it was like this but it's always nice to hear from a fellow gardner.
This is helpful. I will try it.
I love this! I want to clone as many plants as possible. Might even turn into a lucrative side hussle by selling established plants in the spring :)
It sure could! I used to raise plants and sell at a farmers market. It was fun and I was able to earn a little extra cash.
Thank you for this video! I have been trying unsuccessfully to propagate pepper cuttings for weeks....I have MG rooting powder, one person told me to dip the cutting in the powder, then put in water. I was also told to use sterile soil, or rock wool..neither of these worked. I am going to try your technique and believe that it will work this time! 🙏🏽
You're welcome! I have pretty good success this way. I need to so an update video and transplant the pepper cuttings to pots.
You look like my old pastor but with more hair hahaha. Thanks for the video, exactly what I was looking for, great explanations that I jive with. Perfect pace for me. Will be coming back for more tips when I need them!
Lol, give me a couple years and I might look just like him!
Great video! Super informative. I’m going to try with chiltepin ASAP!
Thank you this was a great video!
I've had success scraping the outer skin of the bottom half inch or so of the cutting, then dipping the cutting into a cut aloe vera stem to help minimize rot. I then dip it into the rooting powder and place it in coarse sand. The powder sticks to the aloe vera jelly like glue. I do all of your other steps (cut away extra leaves, remove small peppers or flowers, keep at least one node that will go into the sand, keep out of direct sunlight). Sometimes they do wilt a bit for a day or so but then they recover. Keep watering to maintain hydration. The sand ensures excellent drainage.
Thanks! My garden fIled last year so I am trying again!
Always keep trying! A true gardener kills many plants in their lifetime! I know I have!😆
Thanks for letting me know what bindweed is! I love the way those beautiful flowers smell
Awesome 🙏🏻 thanks!
Can you tell me how much is your succesful rate using this technique? And is it harder to stimulate rooting if I use bigger and older branches?
I haven't kept up with the rate but if I were estimating I would say 60 to 90% root. They root very well for the nost part.
I cover my propagation with a jar or zip lock bag to keep in moisture so it can root indoors.
That's a good way to keep humidity around the cutting.
Hi, Im in New Zealand and its the first day of the last month of Fall. We have had a few nights of zero deg celsius and soon well get a hard frost. So I have probably left it too late for cuttings. My habanero, jalapeños and bell peppers are grown in a poly tunnel. I suppose my option this late in my growing season is to overwinter the plants I have already growing and let them go dormant ready for next spring?
Hello. Thanks for the video. Is that root hormone a powder or do you make it into a paste? Thanks
It's a powder. I will sometimes wet the ends of the cuttings then dip it in powder to help it adhere better to the cutting. It's not always necessary
Just curious which rooting power you personally use? Thanks so much, fantastic video, extremely helpful!
Thanks for watching! I generally use the rooting powder with 0.1% IBA on the ingredient list. It's a typical kind you can find at nearly any box store or nursery. Here is an affiliate link to Amazon if you would like to go that route to the exact type I've been using: amzn.to/3Szx2WW
Thank you kind sir. Hope it works with my Serrano's. Do you need rooting powder?
Would a grow light keep it alive inside the house.ober the winter if I don't have a very sunny window?
It definitely would! If the pepper has enough light it may continue to produce through winter for you.
What about ghost peppers? Found some at a nursery. Can I somehow keep them inside during winter if my plants turn out okay?
Yes, definitely! You can dig them up and bring them indoors over the winter or take cuttings from them to make more and save them through the winter.
@@Growingthehomegarden amazing. Thank you! So cool how plants can do that!
I am looking for say 6,500K 188lm led 12v light, so the plants can get light, right now I am using a shop light that is about 4000K 400 or so. as they are going to be indoors lighting is important right?
Very important for production. You would want the equivalent of at least 8 hours of sun and maybe more
Hello! I have a jalapeño that just won’t produce flowers and it’s growth stunted, we may have overwatered it as well due to a monsoon. Can I do this to my plant? We are in zone 9b (AZ). Wondering if the propagated plant will survive the heat here.
It should survive just as well as the original plant once you have roots growing. It may need babied the first week or two after planting.
Thank you. About time to bring them in, here in Virginia Zine 11.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
robert jeffery if u are talking about overwintering here are some pics and info in case it helps... instagram.com/p/CFgD6jSAxp7/?igshid=15k2a2dgweznp
Do you think a poblano plant would survive 50 degrees? 😅 freaking texas man, i had two amazing poblanos growing, then we hit 110+ for weeks and they just stopped growing, and turning red. So i plucked them off. Then all it did was just grow leaves and longer stems. Finally got cooler (90s) and it started blooming out the wazoo and put on 10 peppers. But the plant is so spindly and old leaves a lot of leaves fell off. I fertilized it to help it out and cut 5 of the peppers off. They seem to be growing more now. But now we are about to get a cold front in a few days and a ton of rain all week. 😩😩
50 degrees shouldn't be a problem! I have a few plants still here in Tennesse growing and we've hit the lower 40s. Frosts and freezes may kill them but 50s will just slow their growth a little.
can i take a cutting from a pepper plant on its last legs or old?...will the new plant act old or produce like a new plant?
Hi Steve, Peppers are perennials in tropical climates so you can take cuttings off of older peppers just fine provided it is recent first year growth. I use this method to take cuttings at the end of our growing season and look for healthy cuttings that tend to be from terminal growth (the branch ends essentially). When rooted the plant should act like a perfectly normal pepper plant and be able to produce new peppers. You don't have to do this at the end of the season though. You can increase your pepper plants through cloning instead of growing a bunch from seed. It's a good way to make more pepper plants from what may have been expensive or hard to find pepper seeds.
Will these cuttings produce full size bell peppers?
They will be genetic clones of the original plant. That means it should produce just like the original plant did.
@@Growingthehomegarden
Thanks for that information. The reason I ask is my pepper Plants are still produced lots of Bell Peppers, but they are all a lot smaller than the first peppers I harvested from them. I’m definitely going to start cloning my best Pepper,Eggplant and Tomato Plants.
@@mdlanor5414 If the first peppers were larger I suspect it has to do with the soil nutrients. Adding a good balanced organic fertilizer to the soil may improve things. It could also have to do with seasonal weather. If it's been dry the fruit may be smaller.
Link to the rooting powder, please?
Chetepin peppers are abundant in Chihuahua Mexico, fields of them
awesome
Do you need to do it in any specific moon phase?
I don't keep up with moon phases. Should work fine during the growing season.
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Please advise what inside bottle is? It seems to help peper growing roots.
It's a rooting hormone. A powder you can use to help the roots to form faster. There are powders and gels that can both be used to speed rooting.
@@Growingthehomegarden Thanks for your advise, i will do to see.
Some kinds of tree should be planted with pepers, i wonder if i should plant galic next to peper to repel insects?
Garlic is a good choice. You could also do basil and other herbs.
@@Growingthehomegarden Thanks for your kindness.
Do you water them? Great vid!
Sure do! Don't let the soil dry out but don't keep it soggy either.
How mature does the plant need to be in order to trim off?
As long as the stem is a little firm anytime should be fine. I wouldn't take from fresh growth right away but after it's had a short time to grow it would be fine.
@@Growingthehomegarden thank you. Very helpful.
Soil temp is critical.Rule of thumb is warm and wet.Too cold and the stems rot.Too hot and they cook.I keep the soil 75-80F and wet no drainage until roots form.
My sweet pepper plant brok off at the root.how could I fix it
Probably treating it like the cuttings here would be the best way. You may need to cut the pepper back quite a bit to compensate for the loss of the root system.
Is it normal for it to wilt after doing this
Sometimes they do wilt a little. You may have too many leaves still. Leave only 1 or 2 and see if that helps.
@@Growingthehomegarden okay thank you for the insight. I hope mine make it
Where are you located I am in Alabama
I'm in the Maury County TN area, just north of Columbia.
I try to root my Carolina reaper cutting in water and failed. I didn't use rooting powder
I'm sorry Sam it doesn't always work. The good thing is you can try again. I've done a Bhut Jolokia this way.
Swear everytime I try it ends up never ripe
poor sound
I'm sorry you had trouble. I went back a rewatched the video and the sound was ok on my device. The background was full of cicada noises which may be what you were hearing.
I’m about to get seizure looking at that pepper
the background music tells me , here is somone looking to have a profitable youtube channel as apposed to someone who loves gardening and wants to share their knowledge
Or it could tell you I have a degree in music and actually enjoy what I do. You don't have to be a jerk online. Really. You have absolutely no clue.
@@Growingthehomegarden . While I am sorry I lashed out at you, I really do have a clue. TH-cams evolution has gone from professional gardeners looking to share and drum up additional business as well and few hobbiest sharing their thing with 480p cameras to an occupation for many . It is annoying how many copy and paste videos I now need to watch to brush up on old skills
I get it. This isn't a full time job at all. Just something fun that pays for new plants. 😉 I've helped in local children's gardens, community gardens, farmers markets. And other spots so I really do enjoy the gardening.
@@Growingthehomegarden You reacted very well to an uncalled for attack.