How to grow peppers in the smallest pots around.

[michael johnson]

At the beginning of the season I selected all my peppers and transplanted them all into large final pots, and they are all doing fine, But- I had quite a few seedlings left over so I just left them in theirs seedling pots which are about 2" inches across, and still kept watering them and feeding them as the season progressed, I am now the proud owner of six different varieties of peppers all about twelve to fourteen inches high with flowers and in some cases full sized peppers on them lower down the plant, so much so in fact that many of them have become top heavy when the fruit formed and I had to prop them up with a lash up of string and sticks the peppers don't seem to mind having their roots restricted like this, just as long as I feed and water them once a day at least- it is a sort of mini Bonsai pepper harvest, the largest fruit of which is a pepper formed that is half as long as the plant itself, one of the Paprika types that is only slightly warm in flavor.

Even better than that- I had a few seedlings left over from the variety (Purple Fire) which bears lovely purple star type flowers and purple fruit, so I bunged about four of the seedlings into a four inch pot and left them at the beginning of the season, after I had selected and re-potted some of them into larger final pots,

These seedlings that were left in the four inch pot flourished and remained healthy and are now about fifteen inches high-covered in lovely purple star flowers, and about twenty peppers already formed and growing.

Anyone for Bonsai pepper growing,-

[Tom C]

it is a sort of mini Bonsai pepper harvest,
Anyone for Bonsai pepper growing,-

Peppers need indoor cool room winter storage (more than 40F, and less than 72F) for the whole plants and as you note regular watering and sunlight, but yes they should tolerate bonsai training.

I don't have either the space or inclination to train up peppers. I'm a chump for crab apples as bonsai.

[Tom C]

I stuck up a link (I hope) to some pix of what I DO grow for bonsai.

[Tom C]

As you have already noted fruit size is one of the least miniture-izeable parts of any woody plant. If this is an idea you thik you might wanna do, I'd llok at a smaller fruited pepper like bird peppers...