Pepper seedlings

durable_now · March 14, 2013

When potting up or transplanting pepper seedlings do you do the same as tomatoes like pinch off lower leaves & plant deeper or do you just keep the same soil level in the pot up as in the smaller pot.
Thanks

roper2008 · March 14, 2013

I plant them a little deeper. but I don't pinch off leaves.

biscgolf · March 14, 2013

me too. peppers won't root from the stem as vigorously as tomatoes.

Doug9345 · March 14, 2013

The only time I plant them deeper is if they have become leggy and are in danger of falling over. I've never dug them up to see if they have rooted along the stem. I suspect it depends on which species you are talking about, but peppers are as aggressive growers as tomatoes.

WVTomatoMan · March 18, 2013

For the initial pot up I plant so that the cotelydons are just above the soil line. However, when I plant into the ground (or container) I don't generally plant my peppers as deeply as my tomatoes. Peppers are shallow rooted. If you dig them up at the end of the season there will be a big clump of roots at the base of the stem just below the soil line. There will be some root development along the stem, but not as much as a tomato plant. There is a central tap root on peppers that will go down fairly deeply everything else tends to spread out fairly close to the surface.

Randy

livinonfaith · March 19, 2013

Same here, usually just a little deeper than they were in the previous pot, mainly for added stability.

March 14, 2013	#1
durable_now Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Seagoville Tx Zone 8A Posts: 35	Pepper seedlings When potting up or transplanting pepper seedlings do you do the same as tomatoes like pinch off lower leaves & plant deeper or do you just keep the same soil level in the pot up as in the smaller pot. Thanks

March 14, 2013	#2
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	I plant them a little deeper. but I don't pinch off leaves.

March 14, 2013	#3
biscgolf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 353	me too. peppers won't root from the stem as vigorously as tomatoes.

March 14, 2013	#4
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	The only time I plant them deeper is if they have become leggy and are in danger of falling over. I've never dug them up to see if they have rooted along the stem. I suspect it depends on which species you are talking about, but peppers are as aggressive growers as tomatoes.

March 18, 2013	#5
WVTomatoMan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Virginia - Zone 6 Posts: 594	For the initial pot up I plant so that the cotelydons are just above the soil line. However, when I plant into the ground (or container) I don't generally plant my peppers as deeply as my tomatoes. Peppers are shallow rooted. If you dig them up at the end of the season there will be a big clump of roots at the base of the stem just below the soil line. There will be some root development along the stem, but not as much as a tomato plant. There is a central tap root on peppers that will go down fairly deeply everything else tends to spread out fairly close to the surface. Randy

March 19, 2013	#6
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	Same here, usually just a little deeper than they were in the previous pot, mainly for added stability.