This year we used some garden-tone in the planting holes when we transplanted into our raised bed, then a liquid fish emulsion weekly early season and switched to sprinkling tomato-tone around the plants every other week when they began flowering. Our garden has never looked so good!
I've used Tomato-Tone, which works great. It smells kind of bad on the day you fertilize (every two weeks), but my chili pepper plants kept on growing all winter even though I cut them back. They had so much growth momentum, it was like trying to stop a train!
I'm having an epic first growing season all thanks to Pepper Geek! All of my plants are now forming multiple peppers. Keep up the hard work I really appreciate your information
@@PepperGeek same here most have flowers now and my serrano has 50+ mini peppers growing! looking forward to making fresh organic hot pepper sauce with no preservatives
@@Manuel3525m difficult to answer. Probably a lite dose every 7-10 days. But stop when the plant is flowering (and you want peppers). Fish fertilizer is high in nitrogen and will force the plant to grow more leaves and get bigger. Depends on your situation.
My go-to veggie fertilizers including those for peppers are: Espoma Garden Tone MG Performance Organics edibles/all-purpose Unsulfured blackstrap molasses Seaweed extract (BPN easy weed) These seem to work beautifully together, along with just good gardening practices. :)
Before I subbed here for my bell pepper variety special for bucket we used green compost mixed with mushroom compost. We top dressed with leaf mold when it started flowering. We picked the first few very small peppers and then it took off into November. Used a cover on cold nights. Ran out of mushroom compost last year and short on cash. Here learning. Thank you.
I use Alaska's fish 5-1-1 in the beginning, and then switch to Alaska's Morbloom 0-10-10 when flowering. I still seem to get enough Nitrogen because of my beautiful compost i add in every year. Thanks for the videos Pepper Geeks!
I have 5 aquariums and when I do water changes, I save the water to help fertilize my plant. Fish poop is very helpful plus helps the plants grow and serves a duel purpose.
I use the Pro mix organic liquid nutrients (one for veg and one for bloom) along with Sensi Cal Mag Xtra from advanced nutrients. I'm having great results with my La Bomba peppers. One of my potted plant has over 30 peppers growing plus a bunch more flowers starting.
@@JavierHernandez-nx5qr I use my bullet blender cut up chunks of aloe leaves skin and all fill up the cup with aloe then top off with water blend untill all is blended. I use 5 gallon buckets of water. I pour the aloe water into an organza bag over my 5 gallon bucket of water the organza bag holds all of the aloe pulp I tie the string on the bag and put the whole thing in the water. Stir the water in the bucket and squeeze the pulp bag. I can then fill up my spray pump if I want to spray my plants with the aloe or just pour into a watering can to water my plants just use up all of the solution within 20 minutes as the aloe will loose its nutrients if left to sit for a while. I usually will make 4 - 5 gallon buckets at a time to water my garden. all of my fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers love this. I have used this every day for over a week with no problems. There are also on line videos to show you how to make it and use it. I put the pulp into my compost bin.
I use Greenway Biotech 11-11-40. My pepper and tomato production has been incredible the last two years. Had to give peppers away to neighbors and I still had enough to make a couple gallons of fermented hot sauce.
I've never grew tomatoes before this added no chemicals no soil just literally the dirt in my back yard 4 plants got over 100 tomatoes and still going strong cherry tomatoes
Every spring I mix about 1/3 cow manure to the existing soil and toss in some 10-10-10 and compost. Then start with the miracle grow when they start flowering.
I use Fertilome fertilizers. Water soluble 20-20-20 for vegetation growth stage and 9-58-8 for blooming stages. I use 50% of what they call for. Works great on EVERYTHING
I plant with Dr. Earth granular (whichever one I can find in stores, not a lot of difference in NPK numbers between them). Later in the season I'll top dress with leaf mold and use AgroThrive Fruit & Flower water soluble.
Started using Algoplus this year as a shot in the dark. I'm not kidding when I say my peppers, tomatoes, and squash look better than they ever have. Best of all, it can be used at every watering. Throw that one into your experiment. I'd be curious to see how it compares with your best from this season. It's my new go-to nutrient supplement.
My staple has been Dr. Earth with Neptune's harvest. I've moved back to Miracle Gro water soluble with Dr. Earth since Neptune's harvest prices have gone high. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge and tips. I have been using and adapting here in GA Zone 8A.
I've used trigger bloom in the past, but have gotten better results with Jack's classic tomato feed for pepper production. It's a 12-15-30. I'll start of with a 20-20-20 then switch to a blossom booster to get a crap load of flowers and then switch to the Jack's tomato feed to grow loads of peppers.
Great video! Thank you for sharing the info. I'm most curious about how you manage to thoroughly water a pepper in a grow bag and not have water seeping from the sides? Every time I water my plants in grow bags the water (and fertilizer) seems to pour out the sides. This year I set all of my bags in resin saucers that are a couple of inches tall and then pour the excess back in. I always start with a small amount of water first to let the mix get pre-moistened and then go back to add more but no matter what I do I end up with water pouring out the sides of the bags. Thanks again for sharing!
I've used the garden tones , I have the exact same fox farms, the one with the bat guano and earthworm castings seems to be amazing. I also have made my own home made fertilizer in a bucket with water and weeds
For all of my peppers in containers I use Jacks Aquagold low-phos 21-8-18 for the first part of the season. Then I switch to their finisher fertilizer 7-15-30 when the plants start to flower. I’ll supplement with calcium nitrate and liquid kelp maybe every other week or as needed for a boost. The potting mix I use has no added nutrients except a little garden lime for calcium so I know I’m not over using a certain nutrient. For any plants in ground, it’s just a balanced granulated chicken manure based fertilizer once a month top dressed with compost. I get a much better and earlier pepper harvest using processed fertilizers in containers. For the in-ground plants I found it really doesn’t matter much.
Here's what I've been using: Seedlings: ¼ strength; Start when 2nd set of true leaves & every 2 weeks until planted - Alaska 5-1-1 fish emulsion. >No ferts at transplant time (just rock phosphate at base). At 2 weeks post-transplant - Alaska 5-1-1 or Agro-Thrive 3-3-2; 4 to 6 weeks later: B.C. Bloom 1-4-7; End ferts mid-season.
Last years tomatoes i fertilized with Jack 10-12-30 applied at half strength, and my tomatoes did amazingly! This year will be my first year growing peppers. I have 2 types of bell peppers, and also a cayenne pepper. I'm growing everything in fabric grow bags and was wondering if its possible to grow two or even three sweet bell pepper plants in a 20 gallon grow bag?
I love peppers especially like the super 🔥 ones. This fall i am planing to plant varieties of chilies. I start with Asian peppers Blue Corbra pepper- AKA Thai pepper it was doing great for 2 years i never fertilize or use good soil i just threw in the ground and just watered daily( before i was into gardening) it thrived it gave me pepper for my dish daily. It grew to 3ft tall and bushy in Phx heat lol. I killed it when i start pruning. Which i regretted. I pulled it out and start over from it seeds i saved. It seems to do well as I'm speaking. Cross my fingers
until the plant grows and bears flowers i use xgel active sapphire 25-25-25+4SiO2+T.E fertilizer, and in the flowering stage I give xgel ruby active 15-10-50+3MgO+4SiO2+T.E and I am completely satisfied from the result.the peppers are fed by foliar spraying, from the beginning to the end
I've been winging it for 2 years indoors. I get mushrooms sproutng from my pots........ I get lots of hot peppers too. I assume the mushrooms are just a sign of a healthy enviornment.
@@tylerwestman5258 no i actually added chunks from an oyester mushroom kit...... and since i get random bits of oyster mushrooms popping out holes..... havnt seen full on mushrooms in a while this was well over a year ago.
@@tylerwestman5258not necessarily. A strong fungal network is necessary for properly functioning plants! Cutting edge horticultural techniques involve supporting fungus, microbes, for proper dispersion of nutrients!
I use Alaska fish emulsion and Happy Frog/ Fox Farm products like bat guano and cal-mag bush doctor. Still wanna try the Down to Earth products. I'm in Northern Az(6a-b 6'800) so all my pepper plants are new mexico types.
Hi Calvin, I am attempting to grow peppers indoors exclusively and plan on using the FF trio and following their Soil Feeding Schedule. My question is, after harvesting, which step in the FF soil feeding schedule do I revert to to produce a subsequent harvest? If you are not using FF fertilizer, which fertilizer and feeding schedule do you recommend post harvest to keep the plant flowering and fruiting? Do you recommend I repot the mature pepper plants in new potting soil after each harvest or can I fertilize the same soil indefinitely? Thanks so much for your time and help
My favorite fertilizer is Fertilome Gardner’s Special 11-15-11 This stuff rocks and is my go to fertilizer! Sidedress around the drip line with about 1 tablespoon of this fertilizer once every few weeks. You’ll see!!! Let me know how you do.
I planted sweet bell peppers on April 1, from seed, they sprouted in 9 days, but as of today they still only have 1 set of leaves, I’ve fertilized twice now…first time doing this. Why are they not growing? They are under a grow light 16 hours a day too
I would stop fertilizing as the seedlings do not need much at all to get going. They’re slow to grow but you should see more than 1 set of leaves by now. The overfeeding may have been the problem
I would like to reach out for help. I left my habanero plants in the ground through winter without pulling them out. Whatever peppers were on the plants just fell off and decomposed where they landed. I didn't think they would regrow on there own as I was sure the winter would kill off the seeds. I now have 30+ habanero plants growing actually pretty nicely but in a super close grouping. I would like to reach out and find out how I can separate them safely. Thank you.
I live in south Louisiana where it rains constantly. I grow in containers, I use liquid fertilizer when I can. I also use jobes fertilizer spikes, they seem to do well. What are your thoughts on using fertilizer spikes, and do you use them??
@@PepperGeek I found some that are made for fruiting plants, peppers etc. They work well. Because I get enough rain to sink Noah's ark down here. Lol. Thanks for the reply. Keep up the awesome videos!!
The season is so long that i mix my soil with compost and slow release like jobes then i do a liquid feed, then i top with compost when I see flowers and add more jobes or dr. earth topping then more liquid feed every other week. all my plants are potted. I also grow 2 pepper plants in a 7 gallon grow bag so they do not get lonely lol
guys do you have any advice on growing pepper where summer average temp is around 45-49 C ? . i got some success (30% success rates including flowering and getting good size and quantity yield ) with temp between 40-43 by watering twice a day and blocking 40% of sun light using shade cloth , plant growing is very fast , flowering is weak and looks weird , pollinating is even weaker. thank you guys regardless . great channel
What's your opinion on adding coffee ground at the top of a potted pepper plant or mix it in with the soil? Reading mixed messages about using it at all. Thanks
It is basically only useful for composting. It will slowly release nutrients if you use them fresh, but it is much better to add them to the compost pile and let them break down for a few months first. Also, use spent coffee grounds, not fresh.
Thx for sharing your great knowledge of the pepper plants.. 🌶 Pepper geek. This my first time growing pepper in containers. I am not sure when to water my pepper plants. I heard that to water very often and then I heard you may have to water more often if you grow in container.. My container are 3.5 gallon buckets 🪣. Don't you have any advice?? Thx
I just transplanted my pepper plants to larger containers that has Fox Farms potting soil. So how often would I fertilize them? Since the new soil has fertilizer want to know timings after a transplant.
I made a 3 way mix of Fox Farm Ocean Forest, Happy Frog and Strawberry Fields. My Early Girl tomato plant is loving life but the bell pepper and jalapeno plants aren't responding well. I guess I'll start using some liquid fertilizer on the peppers and see. Thank you.
Does this work the same with hydroponics? Currently growing 2 ghost peppers which sprouted 2 days ago and once they're big I'll need to transport them to a pot
I start my seeds in straight compost that I make myself from grass and leaves in my own yard, so I know it's organic. Since I have a long (early spring) season here in Charlotte, I am starting mine now (October). Will a compost mix negate any supplements for the first few months? I'm thinking it's pretty fertile stuff, right? I mean, isn't that the whole point in making and using compost? Feedback appreciated.
What about Fish Fertilizer (5-1-1). Is it ok to use throughout the growing season giving me some good production? I have a gallon of fish fertilizer and want to use it up before buying another product. Thanks in advance.
The 5-1-1 is the NPK ratio. Nitrogen:5 - Phosphorus:1 - Potassium:1. So it is higher in nitrogen and lower in phosphorus and potassium. It would be suitable for use during the growth stage or if you notice yellowing leaves due to a nitrogen deficiency. For the fruit production stage, you should use a product with a ratio of phosphorus and potassium that are higher than the nitrogen.
Can you please do a video on garden insects, specifically which are the good ones and which are bad? I know ladybugs are good and Japanese beetles are bad but there are a lot I see and I am not sure whether to remove or not. Thanks!
Definitely a complicated topic, as different pests are present in different parts of the country/world. We have a beetle here in CT that is an issue for us, but isn't present at all on the west coast. However, using an insect identifier app can be really helpful (such as "Picture Insect")
@@PepperGeek Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it. I live by a river so I have a ton of dragonflies here, they are beautiful but I think they may be munching my plants. I am in the PA btw.
Been watching your videos and am really liking pepper growing however, I wanted to add Neem oil and castile soap as a drench with my flowering fertilizer. Is this good or bad?
What if you use home made seaweed, worm castings, teas and ferments. How much do I need to feed and at what dilution? I add worm casting & organic pellets between grows. I use a soil mainly of 3 parts, local potting soil, compost, pumice. On the 3rd run Im going under and then over on the feed. Feed every 2nd watering, water PH is close enough for me, 45L bags watering at 10% of soil volume once a week. Any help would be awesome. The lawn looks like it really needs some run off, or a cube of water and some food
Next year im going to try just seaweed and manure against the miracle grow types, just to see if theres a difference. Will probably throw some bone meal in there too, but may not be necessary since seaweed often has barnacles in it. Im glad you showed how to mix and how much to apply, because the miracle grow granules that you showed is designed for a garden sprayer, and says 2 table spoon per 10 gallons, and feeds 10 square feet. Youd think that translates to one gallon of mixed fertiliser per 5gal bucket, but thats actuall way too much for a bucket. Its better off to start with 1 table spoon per 5 gallons, and spread a half gallon to a 5 gallon bucket planter. Another very important thing to do is to never fertilise dry soil, a stressed plant or under watered plant. Make sure the plant isnt wanting for water in any way first before fertilizing, because its like if we just got done mowing the lawn in the hot sun for two hours then went out for beers and pizza with the boys. It will be a bad hangover even if you only have a few.
Hi PG, I need some serious help. So I am growing serrano peppers in my patio for the first time . I started getting flowers on one of the potted plants in mid June but no real fruit as all the flowers are dropping. I realized they need high phosphorus and low nitrogen fertilizer. So I got sea bird guano as you suggested in one of your videos and fertilized my potted peppers on July 8th and then on July 15th. However, flowers are still dropping though flowers are appearing in abundance. Will it take more time to show effects? or could it be other problem? I have noticed small flies like bugs; could that be the reason? Also my flower stems appear fragile and light green color...not lush dark green. I can share pix and vdoz.
Hey there, so flower drop is not just cause by too much nitrogen, it can also happen from heat or water stress. It has been hot here (mid-90s) and we’ve had a lot of flower drop during those sorts of heatwaves. It is to be expected, the flowers should set better once the temps come down in later summer/early fall.
@@PepperGeek thank you ..really appreciate you replying..yes it’s been hot in CA central valley too. Though disappointed uptill now…as not even a single pepper so far on any of my 6 plants but hoping for better results.
Great video, thank you! I am curious about your thoughts and use of Cal Mag? You didn't mention it in the video, but I know a lot of folks use it. Cheers from Canada!
Some fertilizers don't contain guaranteed amounts of calcium/magnesium, so it is a common supplement, especially in hydroponics. We've never really had to add calmag, though we do have a bottle for when we grow indoors with hydro nutrients. Most potting soil will have calcium/magnesium already added, so I wouldn't recommend unless you know it will solve a problem. Cheers!
Literally grew my ghost pepper plants straight from normal dirt and water. And they grew pretty good except I had 3 that did not generate but it happens
My Sweet pepper plant started getting yellow bottom leaves after it has rained alot, so you may be right that the rain washed away some of its Nitrogen. I have Dr. Earth's Fruit Tree fertilizer which says on the package can go on vegetable plants too. Do you think adding some of that will add it back in. I don't know the Nitrogen content of it. Also, I have heard good things about Trifecta. Have you tried that out and if not can you try it and do a video on what you think of it? It is supposed to be a slow release all-purpose fertilizer.
Hi I'm a new subscriber and found you because my pepper plants are not doing what I want them to do.. I was looking at the grow lights that you were recommending and I have the viparspectra xs4000. I haven't had very many flowers and I was wondering if I need to add in red light or if this light should be enough on its own. Sorry if you've already covered this information. I haven't made it through all your videos yet lol.
Definitely good enough for flowering and fruiting! That’s a powerful light. If you’re indoors, you’ll want to blow a fan/shake the plant to encourage pollination
Could you please please please make a video on using, Urea, Triple Super Phosphate and Muriate of Potash as fertilizers? Could you please cover dosage per plant, pros and cons etc. It would be very economical to use if one knows the right way to use it. Please make a video.
If you were wanting to do both slow release and water soluble, would you do half strength of each? My slow release is just macros but my water soluble has micros so I'm not sure which one I'd rather use. If you're also putting fish hydrolysate or emulsion do you add it at the same time as your water soluble feeding?
My Pepper plant is tall, and it had 3 flowers on it at one point, but they died off... What am I doing wrong? I live in GA, and the temps have been in the 90's everyday, so I am assuming that it is entirely too hot for them to continue to bloom??
I am in my 2nd season of growing super hot Peppers. I had a few peppers, tomatoes, hardy kiwi, and grapes, in the midwest that all were having different issues causing problems, I started spraying all with Neem oil diluted of course, and presto all are looking alot better.
Im doing dual root zone with aquaponics, cayenne, thai and habanero chilis and yellow bell pepper.I didnt realise how much nutrients you need anyway even with soil, makes me wonder what the point of the soil is at all might as well go hydroponic
I'm deciding between garden tone with calmag or the the maxibloom. I used the granular before but how do you like the maxibloom? Noticeable difference?
@@PepperGeek Any hydro fert can be used in soil with great success. The only difference is hydro fertilizers are complete, and soil fertilizers usually lack some, or all micronutrients. Just a lighter does is probably called for than what would be used in an inert hydro setup.
This year we used some garden-tone in the planting holes when we transplanted into our raised bed, then a liquid fish emulsion weekly early season and switched to sprinkling tomato-tone around the plants every other week when they began flowering. Our garden has never looked so good!
All about that Dr Earth. With all my peppers and "herbs"😊 And I'll make different compost teas, depending on the stage of the plant. Works great.
I've used Tomato-Tone, which works great. It smells kind of bad on the day you fertilize (every two weeks), but my chili pepper plants kept on growing all winter even though I cut them back. They had so much growth momentum, it was like trying to stop a train!
My ghost peppers did that too here in Fl.
I'm having an epic first growing season all thanks to Pepper Geek! All of my plants are now forming multiple peppers. Keep up the hard work I really appreciate your information
Excellent so glad your plants are producing! Exciting times :)
@@PepperGeek same here most have flowers now and my serrano has 50+ mini peppers growing! looking forward to making fresh organic hot pepper sauce with no preservatives
This year ive been mixing a blend of Alakan fish fertilizer 5-1-1 and Jacks All around 20-20-20. So far the results have been great!
How often should I used the fish fertilizer
@@Manuel3525m difficult to answer. Probably a lite dose every 7-10 days. But stop when the plant is flowering (and you want peppers). Fish fertilizer is high in nitrogen and will force the plant to grow more leaves and get bigger. Depends on your situation.
@@dmick9168 thanks should I add blooming fertilizer when it starts flowering
@@Manuel3525m I switch over to Jack’s bloom booster fertilizer
My go-to veggie fertilizers including those for peppers are:
Espoma Garden Tone
MG Performance Organics edibles/all-purpose
Unsulfured blackstrap molasses
Seaweed extract (BPN easy weed)
These seem to work beautifully together, along with just good gardening practices. :)
Which plants do you use the blackstrap molasses on please?
Before I subbed here for my bell pepper variety special for bucket we used green compost mixed with mushroom compost. We top dressed with leaf mold when it started flowering.
We picked the first few very small peppers and then it took off into November. Used a cover on cold nights.
Ran out of mushroom compost last year and short on cash. Here learning. Thank you.
I use Alaska's fish 5-1-1 in the beginning, and then switch to Alaska's Morbloom 0-10-10 when flowering. I still seem to get enough Nitrogen because of my beautiful compost i add in every year. Thanks for the videos Pepper Geeks!
Morbloom says it's not for edibles. Hope your not eating your fruits 😂
@@Avram1919 false. Morbloom is for vegetable gardens too. Any following plant.
Just be carefull with those two especially together. They'll drop your PH in a hurry.
I have 5 aquariums and when I do water changes, I save the water to help fertilize my plant. Fish poop is very helpful plus helps the plants grow and serves a duel purpose.
Did the fish poop win or lose the duel?
I only got into gardening to utilize my water changes.
I use the Pro mix organic liquid nutrients (one for veg and one for bloom) along with Sensi Cal Mag Xtra from advanced nutrients. I'm having great results with my La Bomba peppers. One of my potted plant has over 30 peppers growing plus a bunch more flowers starting.
IM SOO GLAD YOU ARE A PEPPER GEEK, much love and respeto from California
I use Dr. Earths, Alaskan Fish, Worm castings, my own homemade compost, and my own homemade aloe vera water fertilizer.
How do you make the aloe vera water?
@@JavierHernandez-nx5qr I use my bullet blender cut up chunks of aloe leaves skin and all fill up the cup with aloe then top off with water blend untill all is blended. I use 5 gallon buckets of water. I pour the aloe water into an organza bag over my 5 gallon bucket of water the organza bag holds all of the aloe pulp I tie the string on the bag and put the whole thing in the water. Stir the water in the bucket and squeeze the pulp bag. I can then fill up my spray pump if I want to spray my plants with the aloe or just pour into a watering can to water my plants just use up all of the solution within 20 minutes as the aloe will loose its nutrients if left to sit for a while. I usually will make 4 - 5 gallon buckets at a time to water my garden. all of my fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers love this. I have used this every day for over a week with no problems. There are also on line videos to show you how to make it and use it. I put the pulp into my compost bin.
I use Greenway Biotech 11-11-40. My pepper and tomato production has been incredible the last two years. Had to give peppers away to neighbors and I still had enough to make a couple gallons of fermented hot sauce.
@heretic. ..do you use that ratio fertiliser thought the entire growing of the pepper plant...or do you change...as he says in the vid
I've never grew tomatoes before this added no chemicals no soil just literally the dirt in my back yard 4 plants got over 100 tomatoes and still going strong cherry tomatoes
@@prepperandson1399 wow thats great....i really get confussed about feeding and fertalizer ect..well done
@@thetruthchannel7073 also got corn radishes cucumber no fertilizer no chemicals
@@prepperandson1399 wow amazing tbh....so much confusion/contradiction on fert ect, think might take a leaf out of your book, many thanks for replys..
I have'nt met a man that would read the directions on the package first; thanks for the reminder!
Every spring I mix about 1/3 cow manure to the existing soil and toss in some 10-10-10 and compost. Then start with the miracle grow when they start flowering.
I use Fertilome fertilizers. Water soluble 20-20-20 for vegetation growth stage and 9-58-8 for blooming stages. I use 50% of what they call for. Works great on EVERYTHING
Wow! Ty
It is SO HARD to plan around rain fall here in the Tampa Bay area. I wish I had room to move all my plants into my lanai.
I love Neptune’s Harvest; Fish & Seaweed, Tomato & Veg, and Rose & Flowering…great products that run the gambit. I also use worm casting teas.
I love Neptune!!
I plant with Dr. Earth granular (whichever one I can find in stores, not a lot of difference in NPK numbers between them). Later in the season I'll top dress with leaf mold and use AgroThrive Fruit & Flower water soluble.
Started using Algoplus this year as a shot in the dark. I'm not kidding when I say my peppers, tomatoes, and squash look better than they ever have. Best of all, it can be used at every watering. Throw that one into your experiment. I'd be curious to see how it compares with your best from this season. It's my new go-to nutrient supplement.
Interesting, we'll look into it.
My staple has been Dr. Earth with Neptune's harvest. I've moved back to Miracle Gro water soluble with Dr. Earth since Neptune's harvest prices have gone high. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge and tips. I have been using and adapting here in GA Zone 8A.
I'm a big fan of slow release organic fertilizers too. I really like adding blood and bone meal and kelp meal with green sand and other goodies
I've used trigger bloom in the past, but have gotten better results with Jack's classic tomato feed for pepper production. It's a 12-15-30. I'll start of with a 20-20-20 then switch to a blossom booster to get a crap load of flowers and then switch to the Jack's tomato feed to grow loads of peppers.
I use Jack's as well
Great video! Thank you for sharing the info. I'm most curious about how you manage to thoroughly water a pepper in a grow bag and not have water seeping from the sides? Every time I water my plants in grow bags the water (and fertilizer) seems to pour out the sides. This year I set all of my bags in resin saucers that are a couple of inches tall and then pour the excess back in. I always start with a small amount of water first to let the mix get pre-moistened and then go back to add more but no matter what I do I end up with water pouring out the sides of the bags. Thanks again for sharing!
I've used the garden tones , I have the exact same fox farms, the one with the bat guano and earthworm castings seems to be amazing. I also have made my own home made fertilizer in a bucket with water and weeds
Well thanks for instructions .I'm organic and almost all manure and instant at transplanting and 2 weeks after if any yellowing.
Great video
Very nice, do you use that in hydroponics or soil?
For all of my peppers in containers I use Jacks Aquagold low-phos 21-8-18 for the first part of the season. Then I switch to their finisher fertilizer 7-15-30 when the plants start to flower. I’ll supplement with calcium nitrate and liquid kelp maybe every other week or as needed for a boost. The potting mix I use has no added nutrients except a little garden lime for calcium so I know I’m not over using a certain nutrient. For any plants in ground, it’s just a balanced granulated chicken manure based fertilizer once a month top dressed with compost. I get a much better and earlier pepper harvest using processed fertilizers in containers. For the in-ground plants I found it really doesn’t matter much.
Hi at what ph
Do you half the reccomended dose of the Jacks or do you do the full recommendation per gallon?
Here's what I've been using: Seedlings: ¼ strength; Start when 2nd set of true leaves & every 2 weeks until planted - Alaska 5-1-1 fish emulsion.
>No ferts at transplant time (just rock phosphate at base). At 2 weeks post-transplant - Alaska 5-1-1 or Agro-Thrive 3-3-2; 4 to 6 weeks later: B.C. Bloom 1-4-7; End ferts mid-season.
This is just what I needed! Hoping to grow bigger peppers next year.
Last years tomatoes i fertilized with Jack 10-12-30 applied at half strength, and my tomatoes did amazingly! This year will be my first year growing peppers. I have 2 types of bell peppers, and also a cayenne pepper. I'm growing everything in fabric grow bags and was wondering if its possible to grow two or even three sweet bell pepper plants in a 20 gallon grow bag?
I love that "pepper crunch" sound at the beginning- it makes my mouth water!
I love peppers especially like the super 🔥 ones. This fall i am planing to plant varieties of chilies. I start with Asian peppers Blue Corbra pepper- AKA Thai pepper it was doing great for 2 years i never fertilize or use good soil i just threw in the ground and just watered daily( before i was into gardening) it thrived it gave me pepper for my dish daily. It grew to 3ft tall and bushy in Phx heat lol. I killed it when i start pruning. Which i regretted. I pulled it out and start over from it seeds i saved. It seems to do well as I'm speaking. Cross my fingers
until the plant grows and bears flowers i use xgel active sapphire 25-25-25+4SiO2+T.E fertilizer, and in the flowering stage I give xgel ruby active 15-10-50+3MgO+4SiO2+T.E and I am completely satisfied from the result.the peppers are fed by foliar spraying, from the beginning to the end
I've been winging it for 2 years indoors. I get mushrooms sproutng from my pots........ I get lots of hot peppers too. I assume the mushrooms are just a sign of a healthy enviornment.
No that’s a sign of having too moist dirt and no airflow
@@tylerwestman5258 no i actually added chunks from an oyester mushroom kit...... and since i get random bits of oyster mushrooms popping out holes..... havnt seen full on mushrooms in a while this was well over a year ago.
@@tylerwestman5258not necessarily. A strong fungal network is necessary for properly functioning plants! Cutting edge horticultural techniques involve supporting fungus, microbes, for proper dispersion of nutrients!
@@tylerwestman5258fungus is natural underground id assume it represents good soil, and a good root network. lots of nutrients
@MrBigangry your comment insinuated the mushrooms are accidental due to the exaggeration on the "..." which is an indicator the area is too humid.
I use Alaska fish emulsion and Happy Frog/ Fox Farm products like bat guano and cal-mag bush doctor. Still wanna try the Down to Earth products. I'm in Northern Az(6a-b 6'800) so all my pepper plants are new mexico types.
Hi Calvin, I am attempting to grow peppers indoors exclusively and plan on using the FF trio and following their Soil Feeding Schedule. My question is, after harvesting, which step in the FF soil feeding schedule do I revert to to produce a subsequent harvest? If you are not using FF fertilizer, which fertilizer and feeding schedule do you recommend post harvest to keep the plant flowering and fruiting? Do you recommend I repot the mature pepper plants in new potting soil after each harvest or can I fertilize the same soil indefinitely? Thanks so much for your time and help
Oh I have been waiting for a fertilizer video with this info. Thanks a bunch
My favorite fertilizer is Fertilome Gardner’s Special 11-15-11
This stuff rocks and is my go to fertilizer!
Sidedress around the drip line with about 1 tablespoon of this fertilizer once every few weeks.
You’ll see!!!
Let me know how you do.
I planted sweet bell peppers on April 1, from seed, they sprouted in 9 days, but as of today they still only have 1 set of leaves, I’ve fertilized twice now…first time doing this. Why are they not growing? They are under a grow light 16 hours a day too
I would stop fertilizing as the seedlings do not need much at all to get going. They’re slow to grow but you should see more than 1 set of leaves by now. The overfeeding may have been the problem
@@PepperGeek ok thanks. It looks like I’ve completely lost half of my plants now. Completely fallen over and leaves look limp :(
Could they be too wet?
I would like to reach out for help. I left my habanero plants in the ground through winter without pulling them out. Whatever peppers were on the plants just fell off and decomposed where they landed.
I didn't think they would regrow on there own as I was sure the winter would kill off the seeds. I now have 30+ habanero plants growing actually pretty nicely but in a super close grouping. I would like to reach out and find out how I can separate them safely. Thank you.
Dig a group up with a shovel and then use a water hose to wash the dirt off the roots and they'll seperate pretty easily.
@@skinnyWHITEgoyim thank you I appreciate it!!
I live in south Louisiana where it rains constantly. I grow in containers, I use liquid fertilizer when I can. I also use jobes fertilizer spikes, they seem to do well. What are your thoughts on using fertilizer spikes, and do you use them??
We have used them for indoor plants, not with our peppers. They seem to work well for house plants though
@@PepperGeek I found some that are made for fruiting plants, peppers etc. They work well. Because I get enough rain to sink Noah's ark down here. Lol. Thanks for the reply. Keep up the awesome videos!!
My favorite fertilizer is lobster compost and fish tank water.
I've tried pretty much everything on your counter top and currently prefer Dr. Earth 4-4-4, or Schultz 20-20-20.
Nice, we are seeing great results with Dr Earth so far as well. Dark, lush foliage and very minimal effort, so a win win.
I use composted chicken/turkey manure monthly, and compost tea.
That's good stuff!
I mainly use my own mix of liquid compost, with used coffee grounds andcrushed egg shells with some gypsum.
The season is so long that i mix my soil with compost and slow release like jobes then i do a liquid feed, then i top with compost when I see flowers and add more jobes or dr. earth topping then more liquid feed every other week. all my plants are potted. I also grow 2 pepper plants in a 7 gallon grow bag so they do not get lonely lol
guys do you have any advice on growing pepper where summer average temp is around 45-49 C ? .
i got some success (30% success rates including flowering and getting good size and quantity yield ) with temp between 40-43 by watering twice a day and blocking 40% of sun light using shade cloth , plant growing is very fast , flowering is weak and looks weird , pollinating is even weaker.
thank you guys regardless . great channel
What's your opinion on adding coffee ground at the top of a potted pepper plant or mix it in with the soil? Reading mixed messages about using it at all. Thanks
It is basically only useful for composting. It will slowly release nutrients if you use them fresh, but it is much better to add them to the compost pile and let them break down for a few months first. Also, use spent coffee grounds, not fresh.
@@PepperGeek Thanks! Grabbed a entire bucket load from my local coffee shop. Will add it into the compost.
Fish Emulsion and blood/bone meal are my go-to
How do you apply your method?
Thx for sharing your great knowledge of the pepper plants..
🌶 Pepper geek. This my first time growing pepper in containers. I am not sure when to water my pepper plants. I heard that to water very often and then I heard you may have to water more often if you grow in container.. My container are 3.5 gallon buckets 🪣. Don't you have any advice?? Thx
I just transplanted my pepper plants to larger containers that has Fox Farms potting soil. So how often would I fertilize them? Since the new soil has fertilizer want to know timings after a transplant.
looking forward to the comparison video!
I made a 3 way mix of Fox Farm Ocean Forest, Happy Frog and Strawberry Fields. My Early Girl tomato plant is loving life but the bell pepper and jalapeno plants aren't responding well. I guess I'll start using some liquid fertilizer on the peppers and see. Thank you.
Does this work the same with hydroponics? Currently growing 2 ghost peppers which sprouted 2 days ago and once they're big I'll need to transport them to a pot
What NPK do you use if your plant is blooming at time of transplanting? Do you still focus on growth or go ahead and focus on blooming?
I start my seeds in straight compost that I make myself from grass and leaves in my own yard, so I know it's organic. Since I have a long (early spring) season here in Charlotte, I am starting mine now (October). Will a compost mix negate any supplements for the first few months? I'm thinking it's pretty fertile stuff, right? I mean, isn't that the whole point in making and using compost? Feedback appreciated.
As long as it is well broken down and not freshly mixed it will have plenty of nutrition for seedlings.
@@PepperGeek Awesome, thanks! Yes, it has been breaking down since March.
What are your thoughts on this new push of using the Jadam method of fertilizing, especially for peppers?
What about Fish Fertilizer (5-1-1). Is it ok to use throughout the growing season giving me some good production? I have a gallon of fish fertilizer and want to use it up before buying another product. Thanks in advance.
The 5-1-1 is the NPK ratio. Nitrogen:5 - Phosphorus:1 - Potassium:1. So it is higher in nitrogen and lower in phosphorus and potassium. It would be suitable for use during the growth stage or if you notice yellowing leaves due to a nitrogen deficiency. For the fruit production stage, you should use a product with a ratio of phosphorus and potassium that are higher than the nitrogen.
Also if you have overhead sprinkler system to water. Use fertilizers after you sprinklers go off. Hee in the desert west we water every other day.
This is exactly the video I needed.
Due to rainy season, we could not harvest so we ended with about 1500kg of over ripe chillies that we could not sell. Can we use that in compost?
I don't see why not, the seeds may germinate in compost if it doesn't get hot enough, but otherwise they should be a good "green" material to compost
Can you please do a video on garden insects, specifically which are the good ones and which are bad? I know ladybugs are good and Japanese beetles are bad but there are a lot I see and I am not sure whether to remove or not. Thanks!
Definitely a complicated topic, as different pests are present in different parts of the country/world. We have a beetle here in CT that is an issue for us, but isn't present at all on the west coast. However, using an insect identifier app can be really helpful (such as "Picture Insect")
@@PepperGeek Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it. I live by a river so I have a ton of dragonflies here, they are beautiful but I think they may be munching my plants. I am in the PA btw.
Quick question. Can you crush the little pellets of bone meal etc? Does that make it break down too fast?
Been watching your videos and am really liking pepper growing however, I wanted to add Neem oil and castile soap as a drench with my flowering fertilizer. Is this good or bad?
What if you use home made seaweed, worm castings, teas and ferments.
How much do I need to feed and at what dilution?
I add worm casting & organic pellets between grows. I use a soil mainly of 3 parts, local potting soil, compost, pumice.
On the 3rd run Im going under and then over on the feed. Feed every 2nd watering, water PH is close enough for me, 45L bags watering at 10% of soil volume once a week.
Any help would be awesome. The lawn looks like it really needs some run off, or a cube of water and some food
if you want to get earlier flowers than you have to use high phosphorus fertilizer or pure phosphorus like bat-guano
Next year im going to try just seaweed and manure against the miracle grow types, just to see if theres a difference. Will probably throw some bone meal in there too, but may not be necessary since seaweed often has barnacles in it.
Im glad you showed how to mix and how much to apply, because the miracle grow granules that you showed is designed for a garden sprayer, and says 2 table spoon per 10 gallons, and feeds 10 square feet. Youd think that translates to one gallon of mixed fertiliser per 5gal bucket, but thats actuall way too much for a bucket. Its better off to start with 1 table spoon per 5 gallons, and spread a half gallon to a 5 gallon bucket planter.
Another very important thing to do is to never fertilise dry soil, a stressed plant or under watered plant. Make sure the plant isnt wanting for water in any way first before fertilizing, because its like if we just got done mowing the lawn in the hot sun for two hours then went out for beers and pizza with the boys. It will be a bad hangover even if you only have a few.
Hi PG, I need some serious help. So I am growing serrano peppers in my patio for the first time . I started getting flowers on one of the potted plants in mid June but no real fruit as all the flowers are dropping. I realized they need high phosphorus and low nitrogen fertilizer. So I got sea bird guano as you suggested in one of your videos and fertilized my potted peppers on July 8th and then on July 15th. However, flowers are still dropping though flowers are appearing in abundance. Will it take more time to show effects? or could it be other problem? I have noticed small flies like bugs; could that be the reason? Also my flower stems appear fragile and light green color...not lush dark green. I can share pix and vdoz.
Hey there, so flower drop is not just cause by too much nitrogen, it can also happen from heat or water stress. It has been hot here (mid-90s) and we’ve had a lot of flower drop during those sorts of heatwaves. It is to be expected, the flowers should set better once the temps come down in later summer/early fall.
@@PepperGeek thank you ..really appreciate you replying..yes it’s been hot in CA central valley too. Though disappointed uptill now…as not even a single pepper so far on any of my 6 plants but hoping for better results.
Great video, thank you! I am curious about your thoughts and use of Cal Mag? You didn't mention it in the video, but I know a lot of folks use it.
Cheers from Canada!
Some fertilizers don't contain guaranteed amounts of calcium/magnesium, so it is a common supplement, especially in hydroponics. We've never really had to add calmag, though we do have a bottle for when we grow indoors with hydro nutrients. Most potting soil will have calcium/magnesium already added, so I wouldn't recommend unless you know it will solve a problem. Cheers!
My fist pepper had blossom end rot. It’s in a 5 gallon bucket. I put an eggshell slurry on it. Is that enough?
@@PepperGeek Thank you!
@@deec4963 No, as it is not mostly readily available.
Literally grew my ghost pepper plants straight from normal dirt and water. And they grew pretty good except I had 3 that did not generate but it happens
My Sweet pepper plant started getting yellow bottom leaves after it has rained alot, so you may be right that the rain washed away some of its Nitrogen. I have Dr. Earth's Fruit Tree fertilizer which says on the package can go on vegetable plants too. Do you think adding some of that will add it back in. I don't know the Nitrogen content of it.
Also, I have heard good things about Trifecta. Have you tried that out and if not can you try it and do a video on what you think of it? It is supposed to be a slow release all-purpose fertilizer.
Such great ideas. Thank you!
Hi I'm a new subscriber and found you because my pepper plants are not doing what I want them to do.. I was looking at the grow lights that you were recommending and I have the viparspectra xs4000. I haven't had very many flowers and I was wondering if I need to add in red light or if this light should be enough on its own. Sorry if you've already covered this information. I haven't made it through all your videos yet lol.
Definitely good enough for flowering and fruiting! That’s a powerful light. If you’re indoors, you’ll want to blow a fan/shake the plant to encourage pollination
If i havent used any fertilizer besides whats in my soil and my plant is at the 3-4 month stage, in a pot...what should i use? or should i at all?
My hydroponic kit and my carolina reaper + primotalii seeds are supposed to be here Thursday. I'm getting pumped.
Could you please please please make a video on using, Urea, Triple Super Phosphate and Muriate of Potash as fertilizers? Could you please cover dosage per plant, pros and cons etc. It would be very economical to use if one knows the right way to use it. Please make a video.
Extremely informative! I learned a lot today.
Thanks for sharing your information
Question cant there be microbial life even in potted soil or is it not enough soil to sustain it?
So whats the difference betweenbetween big bloom and tiger bloom and when do you use either of them?
My scotch bonnet plants this year are monster size plants, almost double the size of my other plants
Nice! Those chinense species plants can get to be huge. Hopefully you will be swimming in scotch bonnets later this year!
How many Gallons is that Grow Bag you're using? Thanks?
Oh, I see it's 5 Gallon. I bought 15 Gallon, hope that's not too Big! : )
I'll be using Worm Castings and a bit of Bone Meal as fertilizer, hope that's good for my Peppers!!! : )
I just give my pepper plants water, yeah they take way longer to get bigger 😅 but I get peppers and alot of them at that. You don't need fertilizer!
I'm in the UK and use Chilli Focus to good effect.
The miracle grow generic 12-4-8 in yellow bottle just cooks my flowers. I am going to cut it down to 25% or so. not getting alot of sun so.
Not a fan of miracle grow on anything that is a fruit or vegetable, I'll use it on flowers but that's about it. Usually cooks anything I put it on
So do u stop fox farm fertilizer when is shows fruits or do u keep using the fertilizer?
should I use tap water or rain water to feed water my chillis?
My peppers have stubborn aphids! Do they need fertilizer to get strong? Is that why they got apbids- weak and hungry?
If you were wanting to do both slow release and water soluble, would you do half strength of each? My slow release is just macros but my water soluble has micros so I'm not sure which one I'd rather use. If you're also putting fish hydrolysate or emulsion do you add it at the same time as your water soluble feeding?
Thanks, im really confused if im supposed yo give a gallon of water with the fertilizer for ONE plant or for several.
My guess several
I like Tomato tone once the flowering starts..its 3-4-6...
Have you used the JADAM method for fertilizer ?
Neptune's harvest is really rocking my balls this year
My Pepper plant is tall, and it had 3 flowers on it at one point, but they died off... What am I doing wrong? I live in GA, and the temps have been in the 90's everyday, so I am assuming that it is entirely too hot for them to continue to bloom??
I am in my 2nd season of growing super hot Peppers. I had a few peppers, tomatoes, hardy kiwi, and grapes, in the midwest that all were having different issues causing problems, I started spraying all with Neem oil diluted of course, and presto all are looking alot better.
The directions on the fertilizer DO specify, but... is that for one plant? I have 8 pepper plants and wonder if I am using 1/8th of what I should be.
It is for a given volume of water/soil, so you can make a larger batch for more plants, just use the same proportions
Its that consider organic ??
Can I use 10 26 26 fertilizer for jalapeno? I’m asking because I already have it
Im doing dual root zone with aquaponics, cayenne, thai and habanero chilis and yellow bell pepper.I didnt realise how much nutrients you need anyway even with soil, makes me wonder what the point of the soil is at all might as well go hydroponic
I'm deciding between garden tone with calmag or the the maxibloom. I used the granular before but how do you like the maxibloom? Noticeable difference?
Maxibloom is a hydroponic nutrient, not really intended for soil. I'm sure it can be used as a water-based feed, but we haven't tried it with soil.
@@PepperGeek Any hydro fert can be used in soil with great success.
The only difference is hydro fertilizers are complete, and soil fertilizers usually lack some, or all micronutrients.
Just a lighter does is probably called for than what would be used in an inert hydro setup.