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Posted: 11/15/2015 11:17:55 AM EDT
Getting very cold at night around here!  I'm considering transplanting a jalapeno an Thai chili pepper into pots to keep thru the winter. Is miracle grow potting soil the way to go?
Link Posted: 11/15/2015 11:40:55 AM EDT
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I have done this with Thai and sweets.  Are you going to bare root it into potting soil?  I've dug up as much root ball as possible..  I wouldn't bare root it.  Disturbing the fine roots would definitely cause issues.

Do you have a greenhouse?  Or sunroom?  Peppers like lots of light, so you may need supplemental light.  And they light and warmth.
Link Posted: 11/15/2015 2:47:51 PM EDT
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This is my first year trying this but it seems to have been very successful. I dug up as much of the rootball as I could and placed it into a larger pot with premoistened potting soil with some soil amendments. I now have 8 Carolina Reaper plants under grow lights inside. They are all thriving/ flowering and I have a few peppers as well.
Link Posted: 11/16/2015 7:41:51 AM EDT
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I dig up a good portion of the root ball, but did break off some of the very fine ones.  I put them both into pots approximately twice the size of the ball.  I don't have a green house or sunroom--enough light will be a challenge for me...along with keeping the cats from eating on the leaves.
Link Posted: 11/27/2015 12:27:28 PM EDT
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Well, the jalapeno plant doesn't look like it's going to make it. The Thai pepper is rebounding over the past few days though!
Link Posted: 11/27/2015 9:36:16 PM EDT
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Well, the jalapeno plant doesn't look like it's going to make it. The Thai pepper is rebounding over the past few days though!
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I brought in a Ghost pepper (a month ago).  You may not have a problem with this at all, but in trying to bring peppers indoors over the years, they've been killed off by aphids.  It's interesting because aphids aren't a problem outdoors where there are enough predators to keep the aphid population down to almost nothing.  I can honestly say that I've almost never seen an aphid on my outdoor pepper plants.  Once indoors, they multiply exponentially it seems.  I have tried insecticidal soap, but even that couldn't keep them under control.  Hopefully that isn't a problem for you.
Link Posted: 12/5/2015 11:34:23 PM EDT
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