Potting Up Peppers Pro Tips & Getting Them Ready for Transplanting

We're with Jeff today to talk PEPPERS, especially potting them up and getting them ready for life outside.
1:07 Potting Up vs Transplanting
It's still fairly early in the year here, so nighttime temps are still chilly here in San Diego. Later in the year, we can skip this step, but we want to pot these up rather than put them in the ground now.
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Even at this size, though, we're seeing early signs of the plant getting root bound. By potting up, we're buying time. A couple notes on potting up:
-You can bury some of the stem - like tomatoes - which will then send out roots.
-Peppers don't like their roots disturbed so don't mess with them too much unless if it's really root bound.
-Water your plants in! You don't want to overdo it, especially with peppers.
-You don't need to fill your entire container with soil; it can be close, but leave some room for water.
-At this stage of the plant, you can remove flowers because the plant isn't large enough to grow those as well as the root system & foliage.
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[@andrewshenton6541]

A little tip,put the whole pot inside fill around then pull out and you have the perfect size for your transplant

[@andrewshenton6541]

@vuduydoanh4789 thanks always trying something to make it better or easier

[@whipsandchains1]

I'm growing bell peppers, jalapeño and poblano. I don't like growing indoors so I don't use grow lights or heating mats. For my bell peppers to sprout I move them from one area to another in my kitchen where it is warm...top of coffee pot first thing in the morning, then they move to the top of the toaster oven, then to the stove top😂 it works every year. Once sprouted I leave them outside. Our overnight Temps rarely get too cold.

[@hillbillyshadetreefarm5732]

Great video. Love that you are teaching as well as promoting the Padres.😊

[@Grandma.Lilly.]

I have a pepper ally on the side of my house. I love the challenge of getting them from seed to transplant. I have some that are 3-4 years old. I’m lucky that I can overwinter them outside in Tucson.

[@PyroShano]

2024 - Growing green, rainbow, sweet, jalepeno, banana and cubanelle.... first time growing from seed, almost 100 percent germination rate, so flippin' excited... but I live in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment... so, here comes the hard part. Wish me luck!

[@friedoompa-loompa2876]

From what I heard, pinching will make the plant redirect its energy to the side shoots making it bushier, but will set it back growth to a couple of weeks.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

im growing so many peppers and chillis this year, I will make powders and freeze them for winter, I can't wait to have them back in production!

[@roberttillotson6861]

Also, on watering, if you go to point of drooping leaves with the pepper plants, you stress them to point of distress, calling pests over, and you push plants into survival mode rather then focus on growth and pepper production. They flower too early. I’ve see from moist soil like tomato plants pushes huge growth to plants and production.

[@62fastcar]

2024, first year starting everything from seed. Exciting & a little intimidating. I'm learning so much from KZbinrs like yourself. I'm growing Jalapeño & California Wonder peppers.

[@umiluv]

Yes. I started way more and I have tons to give away lol. I even put one extra seed in each cell just to make sure I germ enough. I’ll snip the worse of the two. I do this with almost all my plants. Don’t want to lose out on the time.

[@andrewshenton6541]

I did the same I needed 8 sweet and about 10 shishito and 100 percent germination left me with 45 pepper and 5o tomato which I only needed 12 or 15

[@duanehundley]

I'm growing Hatch, Sweet Carmen, Big Jim, Habanada, Jimmy Nardello, Ajvarski, Nadapeno, Patchwork, Shishito, Fresno Flaming Flare, and new for this year is Pueblo Colorado Green Chilies. Zone 10b, started from seed Jan 15th under lights and potted up into 3" pots that fit 18 in a 10x20. They are almost 2' tall and begging to go into the ground but the beets aren't ready yet. I started them in EB Stone's recipe 420 soil and feed them a weak dose of EB Stone kelp and fish fertilizer.

[@irasemacalvillo6851]

Yes I did that too with all my peppers. (Pot up) I'm growing this year Jalapeños, paprika, banana, cal wonder, habanero, and salsa blend. My overwinter poblano did not do well with all the rain.😢 I transplanted them last week and they are loving the warm weather 😊

[@westiebrigade]

This was a great down to business video! Thank you.

[@florencem.keitel3878]

Good job with your first solo video Jeff! I put my peppers ( CA Wonder Pepper and Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper) in their final containers just yesterday and pinched off the flower buds.

[@marysuewhalen5446]

Great video, Jeff. Informative and succinct. I am curious about the cross-pollination as well.

[@joycebovee5818]

And I did that on one of my peppers 😢 it looks so beautiful too. I just wish I knew what it was. Lol. So I’m growing, California Wonder, cayenne, paprika, lots of jalapeños, chocolate, scorpion, habanero, I tried the hot Hungarian Yellow Wax which met with negative results, so I’m gonna try to germinate some more seeds. I think that’s all of them!

[@carlgallagher6325]

Growing Sweet and Habanero peppers here in Ireland for the first time. They'll be going into the polytunell in the coming weeks to give them the best chance 🫑🌶

[@robinmaurer1535]

Red beauty and Jimmy Nardello peppers for this year, 1st year back in zone 10 Anaheim, CA.

[@BritInvLvr]

Howdy neighbor.

[@karennicholson7753]

Thank you for these great tips. I live in zone 10B and just got my seeds planted, finally 😉. I’m using a heat mat for the first time, so am anxious to see how it goes. I’ve planted: poblano, mixed bell, sweet green, cubanelle, and merlot. I found some Korean crispy pepper starts, and the are growing as well.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Don't forget to turn off the mat after they've sprouted to prevent leggy plants. 👍🏻

[@sammyarmstrong2098]

Wow did I learn how hard it is to grow pepper seeds. 1 Aji Dulce out of 10 seeds and 5 Jimmy Nardello out of 10. I will use your tips next winter to get an earlier start with a heat lamp. I tried seeding in my green house keeping the temps near 70-no bueno(oh yea huge Padres fan in DFW, so jealous you get to that beautiful ball park. We love going to games there!)

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

It's definitely a beautiful park! Most peppers want it to be 75 to 85 degrees so quite warm. Jimmy Nardello is one of our favorite varieties.

[@carolbeers4208]

Thanks that is great info. Good job

[@StarlightReboot]

Video on cross pollination please! Not sure if I should grow just one type to avoid this?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Cross pollination does not affect that year's crop, only the genetics of the mother plant create the pepper (no the polen) BUT, if you save those seeds and plant them next year, then you're dealing with a mixture of both mom and dad genes, so you could get a variation on next year's crop.

[@StarlightReboot]

@@SanDiegoSeedCompany ahhhh, ok got it 👍 Thank you for the clarification!!

[@alexandermonzon8165]

619 Fam in the house! Yeah son this is perfect i just picked up Some Better Belle Starts and have some 619 seed company Dragon Carrot Seeds i gotta start got em @ Hunters Nursery if you supply Starts Locally i would totally scoop some up keep us posted Fam...

[@swithers00]

I always start mine in the wet paper towel and baggie in a warm place. If they germinate, then they get a pot of soil. I don't like wasting soil and I don't like thinning (killing) my seedlings. This year I'm doing California Wonder, Lilac Bell and Jigsaw (hot) peppers. Good video. Could you do one that explains cross-pollination? Specifically, how much distance is needed to keep the seed true.

[@PokerPlayerOne]

My 1st year doing peppers. 🎉

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Ooo what varieties are you growing?

[@BritInvLvr]

Aha! Finally someone heard my cries for help with my peppers!

[@helenrasmussen3157]

Great video

[@helenmanning8066]

Thanks for the great information.

[@davidnorris8852]

Valley Center here and the pincher bugs are eating most of my plants. I take my starts inside after their sun bath. As far as peppers I'm growing Shishito, Jalapeno, Mad Hatter, and a cayenne I was gifted. Really struggling with the PCF Amaranth

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Have you tried treating the soil with Sluggo Plus to take down the population while your plants are small?

[@andrewredmond799]

What size pots should you use to grow bell peppers in jeff ,I'm living in Ireland so have to grow indoors... so more info on potting medium and size please....Thanks

[@valjalava1951]

Great video and good info,iam growing jalenpo and bell peppers just wondering I have a non heated green house can I leave then in there over nite ,if not what temp do they need to be outside

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Anything above freezing won't kill them, but the colder they get the slower they grow. The warmer you can keep your greenhouse, the better.

[@yvonneellefson]

The captions made me smile because you are growing YOLO peppers (you only live once) instead of Yolo (county in California) peppers. 😂

[@Lunderwhatsen]

I was definitely too eager, I think lol. I'm not a SD native, so I'm still learning the climate and its been damn cold T_T Hopefully I can fix my little mistakes, because my peps are in the ground.

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

These mornings have been chilly! Peppers might be a little slow to do anything for now, but warm weather is on the way!

[@saminairfan45]

How come my pepper never look this healthy? Your peppers look awesome ❤

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Nutrients in the soil and at least 14hrs of light. It takes time to master, but you'll get it!

[@swithers00]

Yep, the soil! I was using seed starting mix and then transplanting into Kellog Raised Bed mix and my plants always looked less then optimal. I finally found ProMix at my WalMart and seeded directly in that. Night and day difference! I'm not going back. Now I'm stuck with all this really expensive seed starting mix.

[@umiluv]

Dang it. I didn’t want to have to do this but this spring is really cold really late. I have to uppot all my peppers, tomatoes, and other warm season plants. I have like 36+ plants to do. >..

[@TheSassysusie]

❤️🙃 Great info

[@daleservidio2034]

I heard you should plant two pepper plants close together. Is this true?

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Peppers like ~18in spacing between plants

[@kushcraft9914]

👍

[@annsfrench]

Too bad you didn’t provide a link to starting pepper seeds!

[@SanDiegoSeedCompany]

Boom, provided... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoWvf6SEg61msJI

[@tonybaird5469]

it's on the seed package

[@PokerPlayerOne]

I pinch off my tomatoes flowers due to the size.

[@roberttillotson6861]

Jeff, from personal research and knowledge, burying pepper plants like you would tomato, would damage or kill the pepper plants. Reason, there are not lots of hair fibers to pepper plants like tomato. You actually weaken the pepper stem burning past initial ground level. Good video though.

[@judysocal8682]

Why do we start plants in such small containers and then have to pot up? I know commercial growers need to cram as much plant material into the space available but if a home gardener has the space why not start bigger?

[@yvonneellefson]

One good reason is what Jeff was talking about at 6:29 with the soil getting water logged. When the seedlings are very small I've noticed it's more likely they aren't using that water and it's not evaporating fast enough so there is a greater risk of damping off, etc. You might wonder then about seedlings out in nature but in that case there is a ton of exposed surface area above and soil below to help wick away water to drier areas unlike pots.

[@carolbeers4208]

What kind of pen do you use mine always fade

[@cottonballminecraft]

We use a pencil! Never fades and you can erase and reuse the tags next season.

[@Judithkolin]

Wath hapen to Bridgette?

[@judysocal8682]

She's pregnant and needs a little more time off so other people are stepping in to keep us in the know.

[@phillaird1091]

She accidentally or more likely on purpose, swallowed a watermelon seed.🤙🏻

[@kypie8]

@@phillaird1091 😂

[@umiluv]

@@judysocal8682 - oh! I’m in the same spot! How exciting for her though! It’s not easy trying to garden while preggers lol.

[@Judithkolin]

@vuduydoanh4789 Hello