The EASIEST Way to Propagate Peppers

[@Chili_Chungus]

The MAIN thing to remember about propagation is the remove the flowers, buds, and new growth. The cutting has growth hormone in it, and you want the plant to use the growth hormone to establish roots. I’ve propagated tons of cuttings, and a lot times, wasn’t paying attention, and I’ve grown entire pods without the cuttings establishing any roots at all. Good video btw.

[@marcovoltolini4590]

I was just looking for this info and -bam!- PepperGeek posted this video literally 10 minutes ago. Talk about perfect timing!. I considered this YT channel a little gem, but now they have psychic powers as well? :D

[@redbone7040]

Same here 🎉

[@callikohl5698]

I am doing this for the first time. I have had some wonderful pepper plants this season, and I am excited to see my results. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@coreyjenkins3056]

Thanks! Exactly the information I needed. 🤜🏿🤛🏿😎💯

[@michaelwagner3952]

Great timing! I’m near the end of growing season in MD and wanted to look into this process as a possibility as we had some nice plants this year and have an indoor location to grow. Thank you! As a tip for others, it’s a good idea to thoroughly rinse any outdoor plants or cuttings before bringing them indoors since hitchhikers (aphids, spider mites, etc.) can wreak havoc indoors.

[@RobertHale-d1c]

I overwintered a habanero plant last winter and it produced awesome. I took cuttings from it this summer and started the cuttings indoors in water. I now have three baby plants from the mother plant that I plan to overwinter.

[@themaldonados]

How do you overwintered propagated plants?

[@RobertHale-d1c]

@@themaldonados sorry I didn't get back sooner. The cuttings I started in water. I most likely will keep them going hydroponically, inside under grow lights. I also think they will need some winterizing. So I will cut back on lighting and do cooler temps. Maybe in the garage. Not sure it's just a test.

[@dustman96]

I had no idea that peppers could be grown from cuttings until now. Thanks.

[@AffirmativeAffirMATE]

It’s as easy as cutting at a 45 and putting it in shaded swampy soil for about two months

[@noob19087]

Oh wow, I had no idea there were different types of roots. I suppose this applies to all plants, not just peppers? Great info!

[@SpiritOfTheHeretic]

Two of my plants this year were very good producers and I may do this instead of overwintering the whole plants like I have done before. Thanks for the demo

[@joerodriguez98]

Thanks for the info Crystalyn, I always appreciate the tips and tricks.

[@solaritymc]

Didn’t even notice this was a new video 😂 Great video can’t wait to do this!

[@harrison78]

Great video. I do for other plants, but never thought about propagating pepper planets. Sadly here in the UK I have a short growing season so woyld need a heated greenhouse to consider this. Overwintering pappers has never worked for me either so I just grow from seed each year. Had great results and crop this year though.

[@lafuria2723]

Great info! I planted mini bell peppers this year that turned out to be the hottest jalapeños I've ever had. (Year old seeds, probably from the peppergate mixup/incident). It was our favorite this year, and I don't have a garage to overwinter the whole plant, so this might just let me keep the fire jalapeños going 😀

[@jonathan_r_lee92]

I need to consider doing this with one of my jalapeños now that the growing season is coming to an end.

[@RiverCrockett-in7bg]

I never had any luck with commercial rooting hormones. I discovered willow water about a decade ago, and I've had great luck with it. Not that I've done a ton of propagating, but I rooted four fig cuttings and a miniature rose bush. The only one that failed was from negligent watering, my fault. I thought of overwintering a pepper plant this year, but I think I'll try cloning it instead, just to see if it works for me.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

Move them to potting soil just after the first root formation ( 2-3 rootlets of 1/4 to 1/2 inch) so they don't develop into water roots. Allowing the roots to get as long as shown in the video will cause transplanting trouble. There may be some minor wilting when doing it this early because the roots are so short but the cuttings will establish faster and be heartier in the long run, just mist them or raise the humidity if wilting is excessive. Moving established plants from hydroponic systems to soil always causes long lasting transplant shock when compared to soil→soil or aeroponic→soil.

[@PepperGeek]

Sounds like we have some experimenting to do 😃

[@michaelcarey9359]

I've found that putting them into a "soggy" medium, then letting it become drier over a week (or two) changes "water roots" into welll-established roots. I've even done this with entire hydroponic root masses and had exceptional success. At this point, a decent kelp extract can be VERY helpful.

[@JaisimhaAllalghatta]

interesting learning, thanks for sharing the process

[@rchrd1bolt]

Love you guys thank you!!

[@kooltube100]

this is actually a great Idea for overwintering! should be less chance of aphids etc getting in since your regrowing the plant from a small cutting.

[@badbug69]

Very Interesting nice one, I'll try it next years. I try to grow a couple of type every year. Mostly indoor as where i live in Cumbria England it is cold and wet most the year. So indoors mainly, although just like the wifes tortoise they are put out on warm days, lol. Side note the tortoise absolutely loves the leaves. Which is another reason i grow them.

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

I wish i had a growing season that long!

[@willschmit436]

I am hoping to grow Aji Charapita indoors (pretty hot and dry in New Mexico) -- I love those pots. Are they 5"? I am hoping to start them in the basement in 1020 trays -- hopefully the pots are based on the 1020 format -- thanks in advance...

[@propheticwarrior]

Hello @Pepper Geek I was wondering if you have a video or any information on your soil mixture?

[@DasGoodSoup]

@2:24 would you sell me the tokapi glass 😂

[@thehoop74]

Can you propagate to over winter and how would you do that?

[@Istinaprotivmanipulacija]

Can potting mix be without perlit? Just with peat moss?

[@capeeddy]

If I were to do this under grow lights, how many hours of light per day would the cuttings need?

[@PepperGeek]

4-6 hours in our experience. A sunny window will also work but we have better success with lights.

[@capeeddy]

@@PepperGeek Thank you very much. I'm going to try to overwinter some Pablanos this year.

[@MB-co6qj]

Do you have recommendations for ideal thickness of the stem?

[@mitchl5220]

I would do that but aphids are such a pain to keep on top of as I always miss some lol

[@michaelcarey9359]

It's easy enough to treat the plant with soaps or even something natural, like Neem oil, days before taking cuttings

[@mitchl5220]

@@michaelcarey9359 Yeah, I always seem to miss some regardless, or they get into the house afterwards

[@carlolozada3559]

Can i use fertiliser from a rotten compost,mixing with water

[@md64]

Togepi

[@arbiterlane1661]

Ha I had that same small Togepi glass as a kid. I wonder if it's still at my parents' house...

[@BigNateDoggOG]

My jalepeno cutting has flowers but no roots just white bumps it’s almost 2 months old now.

[@reefslug]

If I live with 365 days of summer so winter isnt an issue, would i get a new plant that's producing peppers faster with propagating or with starting from seed?

[@michaelcarey9359]

As you can see in the vid, the plant was producing flowers while it was rooting. It's already mature, so it will put out flowers and grow once established. You're not gonna have to wait a few months.

[@PepperGeek]

The biggest reason to propagate a cutting is to preserve a particular plant's genetics, not for quick growth/establishment. It took about 100 days to get the plant to where it is in this video (and it is now fruiting), so it isn't fast!

[@veraw2121]

Would this work near the end of the growing season?

[@Chili_Chungus]

@@veraw2121 yep, as long as the cutting is still green and there is no sign of necrosis.

[@VCGardener]

When would you say the best time of the year is to do this if you live in the North East? It sounds like October is a good time since it could take 1-2 months for roots to form and allow growth under grow lights until late April. Just guessing though

[@PepperGeek]

Any time really! It’s most important that the plant is healthy and actively growing as to not use a stagnant branch. Timing will depend on your end goals of the cutting plant!

[@johnm100]

Great video, thanks. I live in CT also and at 1:45 in the video I felt right at home. I could see your pepper leaves chewed up and a white residue on the leaves. I thought, yep the beetles were killing their peppers too and they had to dust them with pesticides.

[@reefslug]

How many hours of direct sunlight should they get when indoors? What's the minimum?

[@PepperGeek]

Under grow lights 4-6 hours or left in a sunny window

[@Chili_Chungus]

@@reefslug depends on the strength of the light, and the space between the light and the leaves. I have weaker LED lights that I keep on over some of my cuttings for up to 14 hours, with about 3 inches of space between the tallest leaves.

[@lehmejoun]

Mine always rots at the cutting point in the water after a month or so.

[@PepperGeek]

This happens sometimes. Be sure to change and refresh the water once a week or so when propagating in water.

[@lehmejoun]

@@PepperGeek okay, I'll try that. Does the water ph have anything to do with it? Tap water here is like 8.5-9ph

[@solaritymc]

@@lehmejounthat’s some bitter water 😭

[@alke88]

​@lehmejoun when taking cuttings ph does matter but ive learned you can get by. If you can PH it down i would

[@lehmejoun]

@@solaritymc tastes great actually.

[@limbopferd]

"If it has aphids it gets the hose again" I hope I'm not too late for my peppers, we had some cool nights and maybe I forgot to water them... I'll try to rescue the lemon drops ❤

[@joman104]

Must be something in my water, but I've never successfully water rooted any plant. Been trying for years. Air layering seems a lot more consistant imo.

[@Mr.woman_lover]

Does propagating a pepper plant reset its live span for that piece alone?

[@Chili_Chungus]

@@Mr.woman_lover depends on the age of the branch/shoot itself. Like if you use a shoot that’s been on the plant for a year, then it’s roughly a year old.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I would like to try this just not this year as they have done worst then ever

[@FrontYardFreedom]

If you keep repeating this process, do you eventually run out of space for people and only have peppers?

[@AlexandreG]

I did this a day ago. If you're tapping into my phone mic, I will find out, and I will sue

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

stinky beans and jengkol fruit sir

[@MiguelY22]

I have done this a couple times and it really takes more than a month to see any new growth. I think i rather plant new seeds.

[@PepperGeek]

Yep it’s not very fast. It can be useful to create an identical plant genetically, though. Maybe we’ll test against planting from seed and see which plant gets to fruiting faster

[@pandoraeeris7860]

Pick a peck of propagating peppers!

[@deankoch7305]

Nice job but 100 days later you can start from seed faster. Thanks for the video.