Are You Over-Watering Your Pepper Plants? Pepper Geek

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In this video, we talk all about over-watering pepper plants. We've all been guilty of giving our plants TOO much attention. Excess water can lead to problems with your plants, so let's talk about how to properly water peppers, signs you may be over-watering, and how to fix it.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:38 How to water peppers
1:48 Giveaway!
2:30 Symptoms of over-watering
5:23 Other signs
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[@TheRooftopSHOUT]

Finally got one of those moisture meters. Changed everything.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

im so excited about this season. I am growing so so so many more chillis and peppers. I cant wait to have some fermented peppers and some in my freezer for winter!

[@northyland1157]

The summer here are always so hot, I don't worry about over watering.

[@RobMyself]

With little ones in small pots, I've found to water mainly around the perimeter. Making just moisten the top layer, but heavier around the edges. It will encourage the roots to travel towards the sides.

[@drewjorde]

Pepper geek the best channel out. He’s a great guy to! I am growing some peppers on my apartment balcony and had them get a cold injury one night. I messaged him and asked if I could send him a picture and get his opinion. Took a couple days for him to see it but he walked me through all of it. My peppers are looking amazing. It’s very rare ypu see someone with 200k plus followers and they still respond to your DMs. I would have completely ruined my plants if I didn’t get his advice because I thought it was something completely different then what it was

[@markzambelli]

If your pepper-plants start floating off you _may_ be overwatering🤔 Another valuable tips-guide peeps, thankyou, and I hope you're having a good start with your seeds

[@jlk082577]

Thanks for all the tips, tricks, and product reviews! Happy growing 😊

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you for the kind words and tip! ❤️‍🔥

[@DanielNyberg7]

im super new to growing pepper and i now know im overwatering my peppers. thanks for this informing video💪

[@ZenBerryz]

man you are a life saver! I been binge watching all your vids they are helping me so much ty ty!

[@dmick9168]

something I am testing to avoid overwatering. I use small solo cups (about 10 ounce cups). I am poking a finger size hole at the perimeter of each cup, which allows air to get all the way down to the bottom of the soil. Often times I DO have standing water in my trays & so far this method is working well. In a way where the hole is sorta acts as an air pruner similar to a grow bag.

[@larryangel2352]

Thanks for all the tips. I love growing peppers, but I really love eating them!

[@Keith-xm2be]

Living in Florida, it’s difficult to keep up with the watering. I have to pot my plants because of nematodes that n the ground. I started using ollas and olla spikes have excellent results. For those unfamiliar with this method, it’s a technology that has been used for thousands of years. I recommend researching it. We’re in a very dry period and I have no worries about too little or too much watering. No top watering reqired which helps to avoid disease and prevent weeds. All you have to do is make sure there’s water in the vessels. I supplement my spikes with whine bottles.

[@tommycone6277]

Thanks for Sharing. I look forward to your next video.

[@TheStwat]

Brilliant info. Thanks.

[@TheNetsrac]

Very good video with some great tips 👍🏻 Thank you very much, from a recovering chronic over-waterer ☺

[@PepperGeek]

😂 Glad to hear you've moved on from your old ways.

[@TheNetsrac]

@Pepper Geek I'm trying to do the best from my lovely peppers ☺ This year I got 11 different kinds of chili peppers + two kinds of bell peppers... I live in a 2nd story three-room apartment, and I got a lot of other plants 🤣 Maybe some day, I'll learn to limit the amount of peppers I grow.... maybe Thank you for all the great videos, and best wishes from Denmark

[@shaunbarta7990]

Such a good channel. Thanks guys

[@DALUmode]

Love your channel! Can you talk about leaves falling off? My peppers had been doing great in buckets but now the leaves are just falling off! 😢

[@joerodriguez98]

I love you Calvin and Crysta, thanks for all the info!

[@PepperGeek]

Absolutely, thanks for watching ☺️

[@hazeysgarden]

All my peppers are in raised beds, well I have 5 pepper plants in a huge wash tub, but I water them just about every day and they are doing awesome. It is 95+° here with little rain. So I probably should be watering every day lol.

[@regatta2k]

Excellent, as always 👍

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks for the visit :)

[@matthewronson5218]

I'm surprised that there isn't some sort of a caddy or holster for the nozzle instead of just leaving the end of the hose hanging loose like that

[@corvusprojects]

Christ, pepper plants are the princesses of the garden.

[@Ira88881]

The natural rainfall here in South Florida is the arch enemy of my outdoor container plants in spring and summer. Daily, torrential downpours. This year, I’m going to add mulch.

[@Ira88881]

@@defectivedegenerate4046 I can’t move mine. That’s the problem. My pots are too large, and there are too many. Plus, I would have nowhere to move them to undercover anyway. It’s a real problem, but I think the mulch will help a little in keeping excess water out.

[@beccaentenberg]

Do your pepper plants struggle? I'm also in South Florida and only grow peppers indoors, but I've been toying around with trying them outside (but am nervous about the rain)

[@Ira88881]

@@beccaentenberg What choice do I have? The shade cloth helps, and I can’t control the rain. All of my stuff is in containers outside, dozens, and they’re growing and producing. Remarkably growing and producing? No, but enough for me as a hobby. Insects can be a problem on one plant but not others. There’s no logic to it. But I don’t care. I don’t grow emotional attachments to most of my plants. I’m always germinating dozens of others, inside and outside, to replace them. I have a suspicion that my plants would do better IN GROUND, because even with our lousy sandy soil, I think the drainage would be better. The layout of my backyard, how I use it, and the methodology of growing in-ground just doesn’t do it for me. But heck, if we can’t grow outdoors with our great sun and warm temps, it’s time to pack it in.

[@liamsmith4018]

@@Ira88881 its still better than them being in the ground though. The potted plants should usually dry out sooner than ground level plants as long as they are in well draining soil. If you want them to dry out faster you can use fabric planters. Though maybe it seems counterintuitive, as they will get wet, when it's not raining they will wick away moisture in the wind.

[@georgehanna6900]

You had a web article talking about making your own potting soil with equal parts peat moss, perlite, topsoil, and compost. The pH of that mix was 7.9. I ended up adding more peat moss and perlite to get the pH down to 6.6.

[@dana102083]

Peat breaks down and becomes more acidic with time.. Need to add substantial lime that breaks down fast if reusing.l of pH issues will result

[@georgehanna6900]

@@dana102083 It's actually the opposite. Peat loses acidity over time, that's what the research shows.

[@dana102083]

@@georgehanna6900 well-- let me put it this way. You have a bucket of peat based soil and the company put lime in to make more neutral pH. The plant you put in the pot uses a lot of calcium up which was buffering the low pH of peat. So whether the acidity comes from using the lime up or the peat breaking down is moot as its the outcome. This is different in soil as soil is usually often alkaline due to limestone and neutralization with a acidic rain water. Based on my experiences with calcium hungry plants and reusing peat based promixHP for 3 years, I have to aggressively apply disolvable calciumto ensure my soil is not a acidic. Its why they dont recommend reusing soil as boundary may be affected by poor pH leading to lockout. Ive only corrected my pH issues with adding alkaline material and this issue was not present my first 3 grow periods. It took a lot of reading to figure out this issue in how much lime is needed to offset in an artificial environment in a sea of bro science. Please lets discuss..and if you have something reputable to read in terms of that reasearch please pass it along. 🙏

[@katianas2396]

Do you have a video of fixing over watering chili plant it’s been really cold and raining a lot I’m in Southern California so I brought them inside but after they were in the rain and have not water my water meter shows the soil is still wet what should I do to fix

[@Cassidy127]

Better to under water than over watering. I made this mistake when I was growing, erm... something else a few years ago

[@frency5671]

Thank you!

[@glow1815]

We live in zone 9-10 Phx heat I have too water 2x daily morning and evening. When I just watered once the leaves dropps. I agreed with pots watering though. I don't pot my peppers anymore. All the insects flying everywhere so hard to keep it clean. I threw them all in our backyard we have a big yard mind as well utilize lol.

[@PepperGeek]

It's better than a bunch of grass for sure!

[@IcedMangoStudios]

thanks alot for the help :)

[@Tabi1983]

Oh man, I almost drowned mine several times when I began starting seeds. How can there be too much water in 40 degree C heat? Ummm… pretty easily. Lol! Great info, thanks guys!!

[@PepperGeek]

😄 yup, good point! Those roots need oxygen to breathe!

[@francinec2941]

I have no idea whether I'm coming or going with my bell peppers. The flowers are dropping. I thought I was wanting too much so I backed off, so you still drop it. When I touch the surface of the soil it feels damp but if I dig my finger way down it is 100% dry. At first I thought I had a calcium deficiency. The reason is because the one bell peppers that I did have had brown spots on them. The bell pepper wasn't eatable

[@RonGay58]

How do you stop the rain?

[@salieroldan9682]

thanks !

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

Oops, I thought this said over wintering your plants, LOL. They say the eyes are the first to go. Or is it the mind?! 😱I don't know!!! 😧Anyway, it was still a very informative video. You guys put out a ton of great info on peppers.

[@PepperGeek]

Haha! Well thanks for watching anyway. We do have a couple videos on over _wintering_ too ☺️

[@skywalker1991]

I often mix hydrogen peroxide with water , dilute 10:1 , every time I water my plants . I have revived many paper plants , it seems to prevent root rot and bacteria .

[@Bkskillz24]

Moisture meter for plants is a great tool!

[@excxmoody]

One of mine has since someone else watered it...not bounced back. Any ideas why? I've tried watering it how I had been prior...using enough that it drains and doesn't fully become dry. It's kept in a ceramic pot and when someone else decided to water it I noticed when they were doing it they basically filled almost the entire pot...only has one hole at the bottom least that I'm aware of. Other pepper plants are not in a pot but a slightly raised bed and I haven't had the same happen.

[@IPursuePeppers-CTH]

BTW i thought i was over watering but it turned out that my soil was more compact, i tilled the soil and watered then repeated the process and my plants perked up. make sure that if your soil consists of manure that you water and check the soil after you water.

[@senecanoles]

I can't get banana pepper seeds to sprout. Are they more difficult?

[@revid64]

What about leaves curling and bumps in the leaves??

[@eviloracle]

i made it through this winter with most of my peppers and tomatoes surviving, only to have all this freak rain destroy many of them the last couple weeks.

[@ofrecentvintage]

Oh no! I hope some of them bounced back. I can imagine your frustration

[@eviloracle]

@@ofrecentvintage it was good, the strong ones survived, and the ones that didnt gave me empty containers for the ones i started from seed this winter!

[@ofrecentvintage]

@@eviloracle Great attitude to have! I'm glad you were able to make the best of it. Happy growing! 🌿

[@QuestingCouch]

Should I not bottom water my indoor peppers?

[@B30pt87]

@ 6:54 you said, "One short term solution you can do is to plant your pepper plants on mounds". How short-term? do you mean plant them there for awhile then re-plant them elsewhere? Why not leave them planted on mounds?

[@mikejames4985]

I seemed to have over watered my pequin. How can I fix this

[@ybwang7124]

I remember I had a bird's eye. Ended up with so much pepper had to give them away to the neighbour.

[@SONICFANS4EVER]

Great Video this will help me alot also can you give the link the compost you use there are soo many compost type

[@tuclance]

I water every second day all the way, got plenty of fruits. The leaf hangs down i give then water. I want my plant to struggle and not be a spoiled bratt! Maybe the next generation of fruits will be more spoiled i dont know... ( first time grower😂)

[@xJuiCYxxJaYx]

Who's link is it anyway. Where the points don't matter

[@mm6705]

do I still water newly transplanted, recently germinated seedlings this way? Do I make sure I water thoroughly? Or will this drown the little tiny plant?

[@PepperGeek]

As long as there is good drainage you will have a hard time overwatering - always best to keep the soil consistently moist

[@perforations6234]

I have all my peppers in a hydroponic system, and one of them now has yellow leaves (older ones, only the inner "fields"). My first try will be to let them dry up a bit to see if it's overwatering (at least they actually stand in water a bit ;)). My main question however is, when I have found the problem and fixed it, will those leaves get green again (indicating to me that I was successful), or just stay yellow?

[@PepperGeek]

Great question - yellow leaves will not turn green again. Instead, look at the new growth. As long as new leaves are green, and the yellowing isn’t spreading up the plant, consider it a success.

[@perforations6234]

@@PepperGeek cool, thanks... someone in a pepper forum also told me that my nutrition was not good, it seems to be lacking calcium and magnesium

[@atomizer2665]

@@perforations6234 Overwatering will mimic all kinds of nutrient deficiencies, especially magnesium and calcium. Dont add stuff unless you are sure, it can do more harm than good :)

[@dana102083]

I'd out vets on a pH issue..what do you pH your water to? Ive locked out a lot of nutrients because of it but only experienced in soilless mediums. 🙏

[@WilhelmWilder]

Hey, so - 2 of my pepper plants have germinated. Do you think I'm okay to remove the humidity dome? Two Passion fruit have also germinated in there

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, I’d just keep an eye on moisture and make sure to spray/bottom water when needed

[@WilhelmWilder]

@@PepperGeek how often do you think I should spray. I've been spraying about twice a day. Making sure it isn't soggy but the surface is moist

[@mahoganyeclipse3909]

Slightly off topic but what are your thoughts on the UFO peppers or have you ever grown them?

[@PepperGeek]

They were very cool to grow (grew a couple plants back in 2019), very productive. They are good for making hot sauce or dehydrating for powder

[@clashwithkeen]

Could you please clear up a contradiction in your recommended watering methodology? In this video at 0:58 you said it's better to water thoroughly less frequently but in another video titled "Watering Pepper Plants - When To Water (And When Not To) - In Depth Guide" at timestamp 9:45 you said to do the opposite in order to prevent blossom end rot. Which one is it?

[@a.k1102]

Also they seemed to water from the top but many bottom water.. which is better?

[@slamboy66]

I am in the Mojave desert, should I water before the heat or end of day? I am afraid I might steam them.

[@PepperGeek]

After sunset or early morning, just not mid-day when more will evaporate

[@slamboy66]

@@PepperGeek thnx

[@peter.s-yt]

Hi there! My pepper seedlings have 2 pairs of true leaves. The cotyledones wrinkled up, yellowed and fell right off. In addition, the leaves started to curl. My light is 17inches away and at 50% I don't think the light is the problem, is it due to being overwatered? Is it ok if the cotyledones fell off at this stage and will the curled pepper leaves flatten out to normal (it has been a week and they are still curled)?

[@pristineperistome5696]

Update? Let the soil dry almost completely between waterings if you aren’t sure. Give some fertilizer with nitrogen.

[@dana102083]

As a GENERAL rule, if tips curl down its overwatering..if the whole leaves hang low it needs watering.. Its hard to know about seedlings as theyre easy to dry out and easy to overwater. Depends on soil, how hot the lights and if you have a fan on..your environment.. So i left my pot when i put dry soil in and feel how heavy it is when moisten the top inch of soil. Good luck!

[@silentbliss7666]

What about wrinkled leaves on the chilli plants?

[@PepperGeek]

We have a video on this topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn6ymYiehJ11p9E

[@MrSBGames]

My grow lights were too close and my plants leaves went yellow and then even white, that is another cause to those symptoms

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, thanks for sharing

[@dustinshepherd-nh4pd]

y sir Godbless u All ?now :P um ? is what peppers a few that has the best flavor ty guys

[@andromedaletourneau5808]

What about when the actual fruit is starting to shrivel up? Does it mean it's over or underwatered?

[@PepperGeek]

Hm, I mostly have seen this on cayennes or thin-walled pepper types. They can sometimes dry out on the plant (sometimes even before ripening). Not much to do other than keep the plants well watered

[@Ira88881]

So I assume the reason hydro plants “can’t” be overwatered because there’s plenty of room for the roots to grow, and they get their oxygen from the water.

[@PepperGeek]

The oxygen comes from the air roots that form, and sometimes a system will pump air into the water as well

[@Ira88881]

@@PepperGeek I have 3 simple iDoos, and of course, they have pumps. And a hint if someone’s pump goes bad and you don’t want to deal with a company replacement: Just use a tiny, cheap aquarium filter made for a 3 to 5 gallon tank. Pumps 24/7, not timed like units, and it’s a much stronger pump with easily replaceable filter.

[@richardturner9767]

I have too many peppers already

[@Randy_Smith]

I thought the same thing last year when I had 20 plants. After I discovered pickled banana peppers, homemade pepper powder and fermented jalapenos I decided to grow even more this coming year. I've actually decided to cut back on the number of sweet bells because they seem to take too long to produce and they don't produce enough for me to justify the time and effort.

[@deckard5558]

My bell pepper plant is sucking in water like a vampire. It's always so thirsty. I bottom-water my plants and always leave a low pool of water which I will throw away at the end of the day, and the bell pepper is the one that skips this step.

[@wop3asem97]

😂😂😂😂

[@Kayuu7]

The soil mixture is incorrect, it's drying out too fast. 100% potting mix will cause the pot to dry out fast, add compost, little top soil, etc. 100% compost is also not ideal for planting, it's an additive for soil. Add a mixture that will help retain water vs evaporating and drying out.

[@deckard5558]

@@Kayuu7that actually makes sense. I use very porous soil, a mixture of sand, aquasoil, compost, work casting, and mulch

[@seedercastgarden3087]

I feel like I over water. Ugh

[@luisitotocayo]

hello friends

[@MrManDiller]

My pepper plants are suspended in water only. How is overwatering a thing? My peppers exist solely in water

[@bradleach4947]

How much fertilizer do you use for them in that hodro system?