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Re: Propogation of Chiles

>Hello Chile-Heads everywhere
Hi Bill and other Chile-Heads,
You can separate the seedlings carefully if you want that many of each
kind. If not just cutting the ones off if you don't want so many.
>	I have planted several varieties of chile pepper seeds and now have
>a group of 5 pots each with a different variety of Chile pepper on my back
>patio with a bunch of little seedlings in each pot.
>
>
>	1. What would you recommend as a fertilizer/plant food for these
>babies?
Peppers like nitrogen, so a fish emulsion is good at this point. Or a
soluble one like MiracleGro or something also works.
>	2. How big a pot would you put a pepper for container gardening and to
>	   get the best result/production from the peppers?
I've grown peppers in a 10-12 inch pot and had them bear the small chiles.
Just watch out for those Northers that freeze even Houston. Peppers will
die back during a freeze. I have some in the ground, however, that have
come back every Spring for the last 4 or 5 years after some really cold
(for us) weather. In pots, though, I think the roots might freeze if they
were unprotected.
>
>Thank you in advance for any suggestions.  We are in Houston, TX zone 9 Texas
>Gulf Coast so the peppers will probably see a full growing season this fall.
Hope this all helps.  Cindy in TX, Lavaca County, Z8/9
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>"THE WILLINATOR"	Bill GROTH
>groth@rice.edu		3110 Natalias Court
>			Houston, TX 77082-3476
>
> Some times Genealogy is my LIFE
>	Other times it is my Cichlids
>	Or my Peppers & Herbs in the Garden
>	Zone 9 TEXAS GULF COAST
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