Bell Peppers in Earthboxes

[kygreg]

Here are some updated photos 3 weeks later; the plants are healthy looking and bearing peppers.

Here are the varieties I am growing in the earthboxes;

Big Red Blocky
California Wonder
Carmen Sweet
Chinese Giant
Cornno Di Toro
Frank's Red
Giant Oxheart
Golden Greek Pepperoncini
Jackpot Hybrid
Ozark Giant
Quadrato D'Asti Giallo
Red Giant Sweet
Red Ruffles
Super Shepherd
Sweet Melrose
Yellow Monster

[duckfan]

Originally Posted by Katmary

My dirt-grown peppers weren't that big either. Like with you, it was the first time I actually had peppers in summer! Usually once the heat rises 90 and up here, they stop producing, so being in shade part-time helped with that and they did the best ever. As for last year, I grew CA Wonder, miniature bell (boy did they mean mini!), Golden Sunrise (orange), a variety one I'm blanking on, and a banana pepper. I'm trying to learn more about the medium peppers too, so this year I'm trying a lot more. I definitely got carried away with ordering seeds and buying!

This year I ended up getting a lot, and with the weird weather, I still don't have some stuff planted yet! I finally put my Cherry Bomb in with two tomato plants in an ET (hope it'll be ok, it's a 30 gallon so it hopefully will be), then for now I put 6 Ancho Poblanos in an 18 gallon non-ET container. I have two ETs left, and am debating what to do since the tomatoes I was saving for those are still pretty small, yet other tomatoes are real tall and I don't want to waste those. I have four of the larger ETs with two tomatoes each same as I do for the smaller water saver version, and will likely stick one or two in those.

I did a variety of bells (favorite is red) and hotter peppers this year. By the time I was finally buying, it was cheaper to get 6 packs vs. singles, plus I started ones late like Cayenne, Carnival, NuMex, and one other that was a variety mix. If you lived nearby, I'd bring over a bunch of plants for you! Valencia is an orange I decided to try. Those mini bells I mentioned were the size of a big cherry tomato, they'd be cute stuffed, but I thought they'd be a bit bigger than that!

I love the red peppers too. My problem is that my 6 y/o grand daughter loves to eat peppers right off the plant. They don't hang around long enough to turn red. The only peppers I get to see red are the hot ones. If you like sweet peppers make sure you try Jimmy Nardello and Buran. The Nardellos are long red pepper that are very early and very prolific. They taste good at any stage. The Buran is a small bell type(not as small as your minis) with similar characteristics. Just keep the kids away from them. They're worse than having rabbits in your garden.
I've found that non-ETs don't do a very good job with peppers. You're better off putting them in the ground.
Good Luck
Are you trying to tell me that 3300 miles is too far to travel to drop off a few pepper plants? All you have to do is take Rte 80. It will bring you almost to my front door.
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[duckfan]

Originally Posted by kygreg

Here are some updated photos 3 weeks later; the plants are healthy looking and bearing peppers.

Here are the varieties I am growing in the earthboxes;

Big Red Blocky
California Wonder
Carmen Sweet
Chinese Giant
Cornno Di Toro
Frank's Red
Giant Oxheart
Golden Greek Pepperoncini
Jackpot Hybrid
Ozark Giant
Quadrato D'Asti Giallo
Red Giant Sweet
Red Ruffles
Super Shepherd
Sweet Melrose
Yellow Monster

Nice looking peppers there Greg. Those Earthboxes are a lot different than the one I got. Are they older models or are two companies using the same name?
By the way,how are the Pepperoncini doing? My plants are healthy but no sign of peppers yet. They're the only ones not producing.

[roper2008]

I using earthboxes first time this year. I put 4 bell peppers in one box. A
customer of mine told me you get bigger peppers, like the ones in the
grocery store if you put 4 instead of 6. Curious too see how big your bell
peppers come out with 6 per box.

[rnewste]

roper,

I am with you! I've got 6 Pepper plants in much larger EarthTainers, and they are way too crowded:



Next Season, I am going to plant just 4 Pepper plants in each EarthTainer, and three NuMex Peppers in my EarthBox. From this year's experience, I am certain I will get larger and healthier Pepper production.

Raybo

[kygreg]

I also have 18 pepper plants in a bed; some of them are the same variety as in the earthboxes; so guess I can do a comparison, but have to admit the ones in the EB's get a lot better watering than those in the ground.

A neighbor gave me those 2 EB's about 4 years ago, not sure how long he had them. I used some left over red plastic for the coverings.

[kygreg]

Originally Posted by duckfan

Nice looking peppers there Greg. Those Earthboxes are a lot different than the one I got. Are they older models or are two companies using the same name?
By the way,how are the Pepperoncini doing? My plants are healthy but no sign of peppers yet. They're the only ones not producing.

duckfan; sorry about the delay in answering but had a senior moment and forgot after I read your post until a few days later

I have 2 or 3 peppers on each of the Golden Greek Pepperocini