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? |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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! 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. |
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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. Quoted:
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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! 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. Nothing else to interest them inside either. They all glom onto your pepper plant. 
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