Peppers in containers

[TNTiger]

Originally Posted by Tchamp77

Hey TN, where do you buy your 10-gallon fabric smart pots?

I get them from Amazon - I haven't seen them locally.

[TNTiger]

Whoops - wrong TN - I thought I had replied to this thread but apparently not! Regardless, I also grow peppers in containers - both smart pots and earthboxes. I'm having trouble with Bacterial Leaf spot this year so it's not been a great season for peppers so far but I'm hopeful that it will improve!

I also plant cilantro in containers. For me the trick with cilantro is to reseed often and to provide even watering through the hot part of the summer. It does best in the spring/early summer and late summer/early fall. I let it go to seed and as a bonus, it attracts a lot of pollinators. I also plant cilantro in my raised beds around my tomato plants. I always have a bunch of cilantro going yet never seem to have enough!

[Goldie321]

My peppers and tomatoes (eggplant also) are all in 5 gallon buckets.

[drew51]

Nice Goldie! My peppers are just starting to take off. Weather here in MI has been cool. They were set back a little. At last temps are in pepper range and the plants are responding well. Next year I'm going to just move them in and out. Often the daytime temps are good, but the spring nights are cool. Even going into the 40's which is way too cold. Seems tomatoes can tolerate it a lot better. All my tomato plants are huge!

[Goldie321]

My Amish Paste tomato plants in the 5 gal buckets are as tall as me (I'm 5'6"). Not a lot of tomatoes though for their size. Quite a few new flowers though so maybe (fingers crossed lol).

[drew51]

Originally Posted by Goldie321

My Amish Paste tomato plants in the 5 gal buckets are as tall as me (I'm 5'6"). Not a lot of tomatoes though for their size. Quite a few new flowers though so maybe (fingers crossed lol).

I'm growing that one too, but it's only about 3 feet, and same thing, flowers no fruit. SunGold though is ripening now, tried a few, pretty good! Never grew it before.

[Goldie321]

I'm going to try another variety of plum tomatoes in the fall (Florida we get a second growing season). I want meaty fruit to make sauce to can.

[drew51]

I want sauce too. I have one season here, and it is just starting, so a 3 foot plant is huge for here this early in the season. It will produce till November, it never really get's hot enough for the tomatoes to shut down, maybe a week or two, but no more. I also am growing Costoluto Genovese, which is probably the best tomato for sauce. Seems easy to grow. Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian, which is a strong grower, ton's of flowers too. Rosso Sicilian which is a weak grower, leaves keep curling, but it has a lot of tomatoes on it. I had a few other sauce tomatoes but I culled them out due to room. I will try them next year.
I have Sungold and Sunsugar for the wife. She likes the cherries. Last year I grew Jasper, and that has small fruit, but I actually like it better than the Sun plants. It has less sweetness, I'm not a big fan of the sugar taste. Again those are not for me anyway.
One sweet item I do like are Ground cherries. never grew them before, will always grow them now.
I'm also growing for eating and if needed I can throw them in the sauce, are Amana Orange, Cherokee Purple, and Paul Robeson. These are meant for fresh eating, slicers etc, but any extra will go in the sauce pot! All three are growing well, all strong growers.

[JCDANCERS]

When you transplant these peppers how deep do you plant them??

[drew51]

Originally Posted by JCDANCERS

When you transplant these peppers how deep do you plant them??

It doesn't matter you can plant them deeper, but roots will not grow out of stems like with tomatoes. You can do it to make it more sturdy. It won't hurt them. Unlike some plants where depth matters a lot.