How to Pot Pepper Plants the Easy Way || Black Gumbo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In this episode, we grow pepper plants in small containers. Learn how to grow these plants easily in a small pot. We'll cover everything from filling the pot, prepping the soil, planting, and mulching. I will also speak about how to fertilize and where to place your plant for best performance. Sunlight is important to pepper success, and a good harvest requires forethought and a commitment to regular feeding, but fear not, its easy. This method is suited to all, even those with limited gardening space and limited gardening experience.
I will also demonstrate topping a pepper plant, which is a method to prune for more side-growth and a bushier plant. I'll show you an example of what it does, too. This is not always required, but sometimes helpful.
If you garden on a small scale, or just want to grow some hot peppers for salsa or some bell peppers for cooking, you can! This is an easy project for all.
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Cruising through your comments here, you are really helping out beginners, you've tapped into it, Scott. Congrats.
Thanks for the video Scott; I got two seeds from a store bought red pepper and germinated them within a week. They are now growing under a weak grow light and will be put outside in April on the rooftop garden at my apartment building in 2 gallon pots
I NEVER would have thought of topping a pepper plant...but after seeing the result...I get it. Thank you!
New subbie…I’m a novice gardener this is my first successful season, I’m still learning ~ I live in zone 10a/10b (San Francisco) so we get unusual weather mostly foggy ~ I purchased some jalapeño and cayenne pepper plants from Lowe’s….they both were already fruiting…so that was helpful ~ Now it’s late September (usually our summer) but per usual the weather is fickle ~ I just repotted the cayenne last night along with some other plants (sweet potato & some flowers) I put both peppers in the sunniest part of the yard 🙏🏾 I’m hoping to get another yield but we will see, I just yesterday got all my plants on the same watering/fertilizer schedule (I use water soluble fertilizer) fish emulsion 😩 but it works wonders ~ I’ll be trying the bark and lime you use ~ I’m so excited…This is a big deal for a city girl 👧🏿
I'm new to gardening and I learned more from your no nonsense video then the first 10 I watched. I feel like I can do this now. Thank you.
Thanks for your honesty. I really appreciate your video
Great content! You get to the point, you’re not redundant and you have a nice and easy manner. Such a pleasure to watch 👍🏼
I agree👏🏽
Hello Mr Gumbo!!!! You've solved all the mysteries that our grandparents took with them when they passed. I'm the eldest of 8 & the only grankid they taught how to 'dry ripe long hots' & prepare them, but never how to grow them. I KNEW NOTHING LOL! I bought COWHORNS from Home Depot last week, first time, got them home & butchered the poor things like they were tomatoes. I'm going back to get some more. Thanks to you I might yield some RIPENED ON THE VINE RED long hot/Cowhorn peppers for my siblings & children & their children.... I believe we can will finally enjoy the traditional Italian red dried long hots-lightly fried in oil so they PUFF up crunchy & preserved in EVOO! For decades I've been 'gambling' with the junk in the markets searching for a 'might turn red' pepper in a 'pile of greens'. You are a God-send, AMEN. Thank you from Boston
Hi, fan of Scott here, and saw your comment. I want to try doing the Italian reds that way, sounds delish!! My mouth is watering.
@@Latebloomershow HEY!! I know you got-ta have it!! Thank you for your interest :)
The seeds I yielded from store LONG HOTS didn't work out. My seeds, after germination never reached the quality like the nursery plants do. Even the rooting and nurturing didn't cut it. I had to give in, buy the Cowhorn plants and focus. I put 6 healthy plants in ONE plastic tub on a moving platform with wheels.
I lived in a 6 family basement apt, in Providence surrounded by stone and concrete. NO SOIL!!
My Cowhorn babies were HOME based in front of my car in the parking lot. They were wheeled around ALL day chasing 8 hours of sun.
I collected rain water from the apt rain spout, used rich fish fertilizer as directed, and treated for bugs with soap sprays. Clipping the abundance of buds is crucial to assure the yield of peppers were hardy and happy and the plant had a strong trunk. (Its so unnatural to keep the population down.. sad lol)
It was one of the most grueling ventures ever. Months and months of this but we persevered. I then harvested more than I could have wished for. The rewards keep coming as I still have 30 dried Cowhorns in big jars with dry raw rice to control humidity. They are just waiting for the last leg of the journey to crispy fry n store in oil. Oops I got ahead of myself.... excited!!
Watching a long hot GREEN pepper turn RED on the vine was ETHEREAL!
I ripened them in a room with a plant light, DEHUMIDIFIER AND after they were naturally red and soft they went to the DEHYDRATOR overnight.
Now, Grampas peppers are here again.
Funny how my sisters, brothers, & nieces, remember these gems.
As I am the eldest of 8, they hardly knew my Grampa like I did. So what a gift it is that it all worked out and I am the 'GRAMPA PEPPER' QUEEN! ♡
"You can never have enough peppers." No truer words were ever spoken. I'm sick with envy. I'll be VERY lucky to get my two plants to produce enough to satisfy me. Wow, I haven't thought of lime in such a long time and I don't know why. I'm ordering some today. I thought maybe you might soak that root ball before putting it in, but guess it doesn't matter. So funny the background FX when you clipped that stem (garbage can lid?). I love your style, Scott. So natural, and you seem like such an expert. You've got a great garden, and I'd love to meet you in person one of these days. You could give me a tour and we could do a collab. Okra, talk about okra, something else I'm going to miss out on this summer. Great video! Take care, my friend.
Thanks for the kind words, Kaye. Speaking of okra, I'll be growing some red okra this year. I might have to send you some. :-)
I love it , I'm cheap like that 😃 I'm enjoying your videos so much . I'm planting my first plants ever, tomatoes and peppers in pots . Thank you so much, we'll see what happens next and thanks for the smiles
I really appreciate these videos with potted plants, I live in a downtown city area and space is limited, so knowing how to properly plant and take care of my potted in plants is so great. I've got 5 pepper plants going right now myself!
Thanks for this video I have 8 pepper plants very informative!!
Hey Scott , very informative! Thanks keep em coming!
🌼 thank you for the advice and the sound effect 😀
Very helpful tips and demonstrations! Thank you
Good job preacher! Thanks for sharing.
I’ve watched this video over 3 times for the info and I truly enjoy your content!
Thank you! This was so useful and it is straight to the point and easy for beginners. Thank you!
Thank you. I always learn something.
Thank you! I'm brand new to planting- and this was on the best and concise video that I have found on peppers. I appreciate you stating there is no absolute formula- because I was watching peeps who thought they had the "one," and it gets too complicated and contradicting. Can't wait to learn more from you!
Glad it was helpful! Gardening is broad and we can all learn from each other.
Ouch, 7:47 is hard for plant lovers, but it does make a difference. Thanks for the valuable advice.
Thanks for sharing. I plan to start peppers come my spring, here down under, so this info has come in handy. Blessings
Thank you for the nice video! Very helpful and informative!
Loved this video as I have my pepper plant in partial shade. I'll be moving it in the morning.
I love your videos. Thanks so much.
Love your videos! Thank you!
That was a huge sound effect when you cut the plant lol
Did I hear you say 8 inches of rain last night? WOW! Awesome info ya gave here Sir! Peppers are a lot of fun to grow. I am with ya buddy! Keep it easy and simple is the way to go. Looking forward to seeing how these grow out for ya this season. Those maters in the background are kicking chicken I tell ya! Hope you have a great weekend!
Yeah it was a bit of an exaggeration but some areas here did actually get up to 8 inches the other day and we had serious flooding the day I filmed that pepper video. Lots of people with water in the house in the area. 6" deep in between my raided beds for a few hours, which are 7 inches high, lol.
Very very helpful!!! Thank you!
Great information! Thanks for sharing.
Nice straight forward explanation.
Boy was this video sooo great...I just got 4 pepper plants and this was what I needed to know about them....Thank you for it...
Pastor great information love it
Amazing. This is a great video. Very educational for me. I'm doing this for my mom's porch! loved it. God Bless you, Bertha
Hey thanks that was good info.
super vids bro keep em coming very helpful
Great channel, helped me a lot.
Thank you 👍🏼
I took you advice about cutting my pepper plants, even though it is scary. Especially for a new gardener lol! And literally in just a few days they have already gotten a lot bushier! It amazes me. I am LOVING gardening and seeing how things grow and learning how to make them better! You're info is so helpful and you're great at explaining things. Again, I thank you.
Glad its working for you. It is scary! But when we see the side-growth coming in it is satisfying for sure.
Yep he's awesome .. found alot of useful info from his video collection (y)
thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks for the tip. looks like Hop vines along your fence
Thanks 😊 love your videos
Thank brudda really helpful
Hi Scott thanks so much, I'm stating my garden this coming dry season in LIBERIA
Thank You so much , this is my first year planting peppers I have pequin, serranos and ancho , they were growing fast , now a bit sad and slowed down and this morning found flowers on them , mañana they are going to be better with your advise
My neighbor gave me some sweet pepper plants. I didn't know that they needed that much sunlight. I think I need to move them. Thanks for the info!
I like your channel Its very strait forward
Thanks so much I am growing peppers
I just planted some sweet green & red bell peppers for the first time. Thank you for your wonderful videos! I hope they’ll turn out good
Best of luck!
Ever try drilling loads of 3/8 inch holes in the sides of the pot to make it air pruning?
Also, I use an inverted glass bottle with water in it shoves into the ground.
Constant moisture and not overwatered.
If you want drier soil, then place the cap on the bottle and drill a 1/4" hole in the cap.
One could also add in 20% more perlite for better drainage and aeration.
Liked and Shared on Facebook and Twitter :) You're doing good!
Thanks so much! You are a real encourager.
8” of rain WOW we are lucky to get 2” a year in South Australia 😀
Trying my hand at some potted bell peppers and a red Fresno that I planted after I cut them up for cooking. Got some plants in red solos right now. This vid was exactly what I needed. Most videos they have 4-5 different ingredients they add to the pot. Nice to hear it’s not essential. Just gonna pot them in somepotting soil and givem miracle grow plant food and we’ll see how it goes. Nice video!
Hi Scott, do think if I put slow release fertilizer in the soil when I potted them I should refrain from the water soluable?
2-4-1 fish emulsion. Cool I'll have to look for it.
Nice video sir..!
Great Video . I like the information . I like to grow peppers cause I'm alergic to tomatoes .
iv always used turtle water from a baby seed and its great but needs sunlight to see great production thanks for the video
Thank you.i have 4 holy mole peppers to plant!
Like your lantern collection i see in the background
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to notice. I knew there were folks out there who enjoy lanterns. I'm going to be putting in a post on my patio in a week or two with a couple of lantern hooks just so I can look out there and see the warm glow. :-)
We would love to see that collection and i see that most of them have original glass globes
Unfortunly live in Tucson Az most of what I grow has to have filtered sun or they get fried
Hello, I’m growing in containers this season due to too much shade in my yard( maple and beech nut trees) at any rate I watched your pruning and potting videos, currently my plants are in 4” pots, I’ll transplant to large containers then see if pruning is in order. Most are about 5” tall. Thanks
Thanks for the upload I was circling a politics binge watch.
I felt bad when you pruned/choppedoff the pepper plant. But I hope it survives and give you the desired result. Thanks for great video though, I'm learning a lot ❤🇬🇧
i felt bad also ...hope it survived and gave you lots of peppers!
Scott nice video. You should show us how to grow lettuce I bet you grow the best heads ;)
LOL
New here! Great video!
Welcome!
Im in New Hampshire
Not sure I need the mulch on top although maybe wouldnt hurt.
Very interesting video.
I'm in central France, approx zone 7 or 8. For 16 years we had at least one week in winter with temperature down to -20°C but the last 4 years it's only got down to -7°C. I have an 18 metres long unheated polytunnel. Do you know if my peppers can stay in the tunnel over winter or should I bring them into the house?
Thanks for any advice, Jannie
This tutorial is an eye opener for beginners. How many times should one plant be pruned? Just once or prune every new branch?
I just prune once. The idea is to force out side growth when young.
I know what you mean about the rain not sure where in the south you are but here in northeast Texas we have had a ton of rain and I still have to plant melons and hoping I have enough time for them to ripen, just got my peppers in the ground this week hay being delivered to mulch with tomorrow
I'm between Houston and Galveston so the rain we have had is very similar.
Only3 of 12 sweet asiago peppers germinated.worst yet.must be old seed.im going to plant them in buckets soon.thanks for all you do
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Greetings
Newbie here. I am British but I live in the Carribean now. The verge summer temperature is 28 + Centigrade daily for 6 months per year and a bit less in our rainy winter.
Is 28c too hot for my peppers to take direct sunlight?
Thanks.
I love the video, btw
Peppers love heat, you should be set for lots of peppers.
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"Yeah, I'm cheap like that" 😀
I had a Serano pepper plant for three years It grew a lot of Peppers Every year I did not trim it grew about 3 feet tall
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Please let me know what month can i star to put the seeds better .
Thanks
Hi Mr Black Gumbo 👋
I'm in the northern part of Australia where we have sun pretty much all year (it's just dry or rain season here). So after I watched some of your presentations I ve started growing chilies from seeds, but some of them tend to grow too closely in my seedling tray, like 5 of them. Should I transfer them as a whole ortry to separate them ? I think the roots already tangled by now. Thanks for your time and love your other gardening vids too 👍
If I understand rightly, you have many seedlings growing too close together? I'd thin them by trimming the weakest of them at the soil level with scissors, and leave the one strong one. If I understand you, that's what I'd do.
@@ScottHead yep Sir that's it. Good idea , cutting it so I don't have to separate them, but if I leave it as it is are they going to suffer and not producing ? Thank you for the reply
A few of my seedlings are flowering before transplant like the one you showed in this video. My summer squash have been the most precocious, with multiple buds and flowers starting to open in the last week. I'm in New England so it hasn't been warm enough to transplant yet, I am still in the hardening off phase. Does the idea of pruning the early flowers to conserve the seedling's energy hold true for other plants besides peppers, like my summer squash?
No let he squash flower. They often get he male flowers out first and you want female and male at the same time, so let them go. :-)
I have 6 plants and they are doing well indoors . I live in Albvany
Depends on the size of the pots. I've grown two in a five gallon bucket and that seemed to work OK.
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Could you not use the base to lift of the ground for air
I suppose you could.
Have you ever tried making fertilizer from comfrey? Trying it this year
I have heard it is harder to grow here, but I've thought about it. No a lot of space to grow but its a good idea.
I’ve heard about using worm castings with some vegetables .....which would you suggest using that for?
Everything. Worm castings are fertility gold.
Appreciate this video. When I transplant the peppers I've been teasing the rootball a little. But you just go from the home depot container right into your pot. Am I messing things up by teasing the rootballs? Thank you!
No teasing is fine, on a very root bound ball its good practice. But the roots will take off on their own so I have not found it really necessary.
@@ScottHead Awesome. Thank you, Scott!
Hi Scott, I enjoy your videos! Can you tell me where do you get hardwood mulch and what brand is it? Thnx.
I get it at Home Depot, I don't remember the brand and its pouring down rain right now so when I can look, I'll try to get you a brand name. If you just look for the cheapest bag that says "Hardwood Mulch" you should be fine.
Okay thank you so much 😊
What brand of hardwood mulch do you use? Love your videos.
Never really looked at the brand, just the stuff at the Home Depot in a purple and black bag I think.
My mom would throw that in a glass of water and set it in a window to root. :)
Folks when you top your pepper plants like that, they will produce 3-4 times more peppers.
I have a bunch of pepper pants that are taking forever! I started them from seeds. Some are from grocery store mini peppers and some are old heirlooms. They are like 8 weeks old and only 4 inches. I just fertilized them for the 1st time and they greened back up. I didn't know about fertilizing yet.. Do you think they so small because of that out am I just being very impatient?
Pepper plants are often slow to grow, and they love heat. Be patient, fertilize them on a regular schedule, and when they start putting on fruit, back off on the fertilizers that is nitrogen-heavy. But yes, patience is key with peppers. The plants can make it through the winter in many cases and give you more than one year too. :-)
Thank u for your video..I just saw this for the first time. When u chopped off the top part of that flowering pepper plant, can u regrow that part? It seems so sad to throw it away!!!!
Unfortunately, I have not had any luck doing that but some people do it. Its real easy with tomatoes though.
@@ScottHead -Thank u for your replies!! :) I have saved SO MANY seeds from various peppers Ive eaten over the last few months..mainly green bell peppers and the red, yellow and orange peppers..but no hot peppers. I live in Miami, Fl. and have never planted my pepper seeds! From your videos, it seems they will grow easily..Should I just use potting soil for fruits and veggies, or do I also need fertilizer? I have just learned about worm tea...would that be good to use with potting soil, or do I need anything else? Thank u in advance for the info..
Hi. I have a specific pepper problem with my bell peppers. A good half of the newly forming buds are YELLOW in colour, and fall off the plant with the slightest touch, and they leave a CLEAN BREAK when the stem becomes detatched. When I sliced the tiny bud open, the flesh indside the flower is quite moist. Another problem is that baby peppers shortly after pollination start to become yellow and fall off.Please can you help me understand what is going wrong???!! Many thanks, Nathanael
What zone are you in? Mine do that in the heat of summer if I over or under water them.
What are you thoughts on using worm castings?
All my thoughts on worm castings are 100% positive. If I could, I'd be raising tons and tons of worms.
@@ScottHead I just realized you're in Texas! I am as well. East Texas zone 8b. Small world. 😊
Greetings I have 3 pots 2 small red pots and 1 large red pot and I grew peppers indoors before in 2018 then all of the sudden my seeds grew up skinny is there any way I can grow peppers bigger?
They prefer strong direct sunlight all day. Skinny plants usually means they are stretching for more light. Indoors is difficult to grow big pepper plants.
I have pepper plants that never grew taller. They are short and very bushy, small. I don't know what to do how to get it to grow at least a little bit taller, so the peppers don't drag on the ground. Do you have any suggestions?
Some peppers are just short, you can tie up the fruiting branches on posts if you need to.
I have a 10 gal grow bag, how many peppers and tomatoes can I put in it. And is it ok to put bark and chips in the bottom or should I use all potting soil. Thank you for your videos.
I wouldn't put bark chips in the bottom unless you are just trying to save on soil, but ten gallons is pretty small for a tomato, you might get away with two tomatoes in there but you will have to fertilize and water more regularly. Same with peppers, though some pepper plants trend on the smaller side compared to tomatoes.
@@ScottHead thank you. It is for our son who is starting out on a balcony in Seattle. I sent him several of your videos. Very useful information. He started both tomatoes, peppers, chard, onions, basil from seed. His tomatoes are Roma and San marzano. Peppers are banana and jalapeño.
So this plant wouldnt be good candidate for self wicking bucket systwm?
Maybe it would but they require less water than tomatoes.
Which do u prefer most in-ground, bucket, or container gardening? Or does it depend on amount of rain, and other conditions for specific vegetables? 😊
I prefer potted peppers, much easier to care for. Potted meaning bucket, actual pot, grow bag, whatever. I like to be able to move them around if I need, and they tend to prefer the drier climate I can give them easily in a pot. My soil retains a lot of moisture and if its really rainy the beds tend to get pretty water logged. The peppers I have in the ground usually (but not always) do not perform like this in the pots, except for years where the rains are moderate. In those rare years, I get in-ground plants that are enormous and weighed down with fruit. So I like both, but potted plants are easier to manage their watering.
What type of hardwood mulch did you use?
Is oak acceptable?
What about pine?
Hardwood is deciduous wood, not pine. You can use it, but I find hardwood is better for mulching. I don't know what's in it, probably junk trees and shrubs ground up, but its all definitely hardwood. Just look for "hardwood mulch" bags at the big box store.
Thank you Scott ! 🌹
Love your videos.
I live in UAE.in summers its simply impossible to leave any plant in full sun without shade I mean green net or else plants get leaf burn.please suggest heat remedies to protect plants from heat and they get sunlight too
Try erecting a shade cloth over the top. Shade cloth allows partial sunlight to pass through.
Do you have experience with or opinion of the air root pruning grow bags?
I have used grow bags in the past, yes. They work just fine but mine dried out much sooner than my other pots in the summer and required more watering. I grew Bok Choy and some tomatoes in them last year. They were 3 gallon size. I have some 7 gallon bags awaiting use with fig trees. They seem to work ok.
Scott Head yes, I can see how they might use more water. But tell me, were they stand alone or did you have them in a water tray? And did you see any difference in production?
I guess I’m wondering if the increased water use was offset by increased production. Thanks
I stood them alone and simply watered them as I usually would any other container. I'll be learning how to more efficiently use grow bags as I get into potting some figs in them, as my figs are very important to me and I'd hate to lose one.
Scott Head it’s my understanding some brand will deteriorate when planted. Might be good for a tree if one had future plans for planting.
But hey thanks for info.