Aerogarden

[LA 2 the Bay]

Is it possible to get peppers plants to produce peppers in an aerogarden. There are pictures on the net but those are selling pictures. I would like to grow some in an aerogarden and get peppers

 

[afr0n0me]

In one of my aerogardens right now 
 

 

[LA 2 the Bay]

Nice what do you feed them. What kind are those. How many plants

 

[juanitos]

yup lots of people getting aerogardens lately, seems they do a great job of starting peppers.

 

[Jeff H]

Great for starting peppers---but too small you bring peppers to full size.

My aero garden 7 has just over a 1 gallon reservoir. Adult pepper plants will completely fill a 5 gallon bucket with roots.

 

[afr0n0me]

Nice what do you feed them. What kind are those. How many plants

 At the moment i'm feeding Dyna-Grow-Pro with some cal+mag
The variety ?  Good question, i have no clue There's single flowers from the nodes so it's def not a chinense. (unless i'm wrong about that too haha) Will find out later when the first pod ripens and i give it the old taste test.
 
How many plants? One this big, there's others in there but they are tiny dwarf tomatoes with 2 sets of true leaves. Which won't stay in there long.
The second aerogarden has 2 dwarf tomatoes in it fruiting along with 3 other dwarf seedlings and one chinense which is 7 inches tall right now. I will eventually be moving the pepper along to another system, and leave the tomatoes there. The second one is crammed but doing ok so far. 

 

[OCD Chilehead]

I think it can be done successfully. I was thinking one plant. I will try it this year. My plan is to prune the roots as well as the shoots. Almost like a hydro bonsai. Sounds like a good experiment.

 

[ShdSteel]

I have problems with some of my plants in aerogardens getting too large of a root mass and then root rot. How would you say to trim the roots? Any specific thing to do?

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

You can grow .. problem is once the hood is to the max. . You'll Need supplemental lights.. Also. One plant can consume a gallon a 2-3 days so you'd need to refill. One vegas trip and it will be bone dry...
Yoi can always transfer them to bigger containers
https://youtu.be/FMZ718Dy4TQ

 

[pepper_rancher]

Ive grown a lemon drop plant to maturity in an aerogarden.  I got some pods out of it, but It is not ideal, and the number of pods is a fraction of a plant growing in a larger container with more root room and light.
In addition to the problems already mentioned, the roots also kept growing into the pump and binding it up.
 
I also second the post saying that aerogarden is good for starting pepper seedlings out (and then transplanting them)