We grew two pepper plants 1 cayanne and 1 green bell last year in a 3.5 gallon oval bucket this wasn't the best choice as we had soem cross pollination but they too got watered daily. We had enought that it was an ok crop going to try them in speerate 5 gallones this year and see if they do better.

I useually grow at least 1 pepper plant in a contanier.I sometimes overwinter 1 plant for early start the following year& won't keep one going more than 3yrs. mostly 3 gallon.I did do cyanne in a qt pot but it wasn;t real happy,but I also wasn't good about watering it.
Curently have a banana pepper in pot and a type of ornamental pepper.I have seeds somewhere's thats a lil round hollow pepper sorta like pimento,but its tabasco type(gee I'd know so much more with the seeds...plant...package.... ) I likes bell peppers also,but haven't sowed my seeds for those yet& have only done my large jalpenos for this year.I normally grow alot of jalpenos the smaller and the larger one cause i'll use some to deter other critters(plus keeps dogs from chewing my furniture.I'm pissed it won't work the same on the blinds& the verticle one cost more...the one THEY love the most!)
I won't even have blossoms till near end of May.

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Peppers are actually a tropical plant. I have grown almost everything you imagine in buckets....Tomatoes do need the 5 gallon bucket, but I have found that "most" peppers will grow fine in a 3 gallon sized bucket. The reason I say this is at the end of the growing season when you pull up the pepper plant, You should see that it doesn't have a very deep root system, but does spread out, the 3 gallon size has a bigger ?circle then the 5 gallon size, if this makes sense Smaller peppers or ornamentals can even be grown in small containers, Like large flower pots, which yes can be carried back into the house in the fall and over wintered. I had this wonderful small purple hot pepper, that I kept a plant growing in the house just like a house plant, and it produced plenty of fresh peppers. I lost it a few years ago in a move, and all the saved seed I had was too old to germinate, since it wasn't stored properly. I have looked high and low for this pepper and can't find it anywhere.

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I have one yellow bell pepper in an 18 inch pot.
Should do well in a pot that size.
My Celebrity tomato is loaded with blossoms now.
It's my first Celebrity, and I'm curious as to the taste. Have heard good things.
I sure didn't like last years' Early Girls.

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I have done peppers in 3 and 5 gallon buckets. They did great in there. I will be doing the same this year in containers. IF that is I can get mine to sprout. I am having a bear of a time getting anything to go.

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Karen, Yep, I have heard that about peppers as well. I am keeping them warm, watering them warm, and have never had this much trouble before getting them to sprout. To date I have exactly 2 sprouts and both are the same, long thin cayennes. I dunno what the deal is but am going to be working on a "hothouse" for these particular seeds this week. I finally have some space to dedicate to these seeds since other stuff has grown enough to be hardened off.

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Well I wish yours were growing too Dave. Wonder what is going on with us? I am going to keep plugging away at it and if worse comes to worse, I will be buying plants from the stores!

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I kept my seeds warm also when they were suppose to germinating....Must be something in the air this year that is slowing down the pepper germination for most of us...I am like Dave my tomatoes are getting pretty big, and my peppers are small still. When I thought the seeds from the Bell pepper were not going to sprout I just kept starting more and finally ended up with the amount I need, But on the Jalapeno...I put 10 seeds down and ended up with 3 little seedlings, So I am waiting for more to sprout that in another container I started. Last year my peppers did better then the tomatoes...Strange year I suppose?????? Glad to know I am not alone on this.

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I did put 2 seeds in each of the 12 spots cuz of how poorly they have been doing

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Sorry Triss I have to laugh at this, as you should know since you are tryin to make sure enough sprout...They all will end up sprouting, it is so wierd how plants and seeds do things sometimes. If you have 5 seeds and need all 5 to sprout...1-3 may sprout, but if you have 25 seeds and only need 5 all 25 will sprout. Good Luck Triss.

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Looks good!

If all 24 sprout, I will be a happy camper! One can never have enough peppers!

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This is my 3rd round of peppers and I still have a lot more to go. And I am sure I will end up buying some anyhow to add to that. The plan is peppers between all the flowers and in pots here as well as at MIL's place. I cannot wait to start making ristras!

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I use all of my bells for making a special sweet relish, Everyone loves it and begs for a jar I also expected to bring it to any of dinners we are invited to also....Can't disappoint the relish lovers. I'll have a 45' row of nothing but California Wonder, and I plant them kind of close together, about 40 plants.

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Yes Weezie...I love stuffed peppers!

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Hi
Wow you guys are all experts here !
I have started tomato seeds , 10 of them sprouted but I did not have the heart to separate them and all are in a 4" pot. I did start all kinds of peppers but forgot to water enough and all died

Do all these vegetables need absolutely full sun. I have a patio that is on the north side but not much shaded. If there is any chance of growing peppers in that area I will buy plants from the nursery.I would love home grown peppers

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Weezie, stuffed peppers rule ! I do mine vegetarian though, with beans and chopped onion and other good stuff.

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Deborah,
You wouldn't happen to have a recipe for
that would you??
I actually don't eat the one's stuffed with hamburger, I love to cook, and do cook them,
used to for my father, but maybe, just maybe I'd try a veggie one...

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Peppers really do like sun but they may so well with mostly sun. When are you shady Ivy?

Yep Deborah, I am making them again. The peppers dry out after several months and they can be ground up for hot pepper spice. But you have to be VERY CAREFUL when you grind them up (in a blender) cuz if you smell the dust, oh man are you in deep trouble. Speaking from experience here.

Once I get to actually making them, I will post a how to.

I will also be raosting them to freeze and making salsa to can. YUM, I can taste it all already!

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Dave,

My boyfriend, Duane, is the pepper grower in this family. He put some of his "extra" Nocera Yellow Bells in a terra cotta pot last year with decent results. I was the one who watered for the most part because apart from that pot, all of the pots were my dwarf tomatoes. I wouldn't recommend a terra cotta pot for one thing. They heat up and dry out too much. Use a plastic 5-15 gal. bucket with 1/2" holes drilled in the bottom. We used Pro-Mix soilless container mix with water-retaining polymer gel mixed in. That formulation did wonders for very hot periods in the summer when I had to water 2x per day.

As for varieties, I think Duane is planning on putting all of his ornamentals into pots, plus some of the habs because they tend to be shorter. I think he's also hoping to bring them inside to overwinter under lights.

On the topic of germination and growth: we've learned that peppers take longer to germinate than tomatoes and once they do come up, they take their sweet time growing as well. Duane started the bulk of his peppers on Feb 25 and they're 5" tall now. I started my tomatoes on March 23 and they're 3" tall now, catching up to the peppers quickly. He used a heating mat under his pepper seed flat to help with germination and even with that, a lot of his seeds took more than 2 weeks to come up.

I hope this gives you some comfort, hang in there,
Julianna

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