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Using Cinder Blocks As Planters

I'm curious to see how these jalapenos turn out. If they do relatively well, then the cinder block idea wouldn't be much different, I guess. I'm not expecting much though. That's six plants in one little container. The container was sold as a "pepper growing hanging pot".

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Phil said:
I'm curious to see how these jalapenos turn out. If they do relatively well, then the cinder block idea wouldn't be much different, I guess. I'm not expecting much though. That's six plants in one little container. The container was sold as a "pepper growing hanging pot".

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Interesting Phil! How to you go about evenly watering them? Do you water inside each hole/opening or just from the top and make sure it soaks all the way to the bottom plant?
 
There's a slightly funneled hole in the lid for watering. I was discouraging Moruga from using cinder blocks as planters for larger plants, then I remembered I had these guys hanging outside.... so I wanted to show that restricted roots might not be a problem for smaller plant varieties. Or they might! We'll see! I just know that once these jalapenos mature, there's going to be a serious mess of roots in that pot, and they'll be competing for nutes. I'd say cinder blocks might work for small varieties.... but only for small varieties.

Anyway, I just don't want it to seem like I'm hijacking this thread for my jalapenos.... just using them as an example of cramped root planters
 
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