I planted 10 plants directly into the dirt of an area that gets full sun for about 10 hours a day. Unfortunately the plants are not doing too good in the full sun and the potted plants in the shade are doing much better. If I dug the plants out of the dirt and re pot them into 5 gallons containers and move them to the shade would that cause too much damage. They seem like they are barely hanging after having a few weeks of hot weather and even if they do survive they are not very productive. Just not sure if the roots would be damaged to the point where they couldn't recover since they are in the ground and not confined to a pot.
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Digging plants OUT of the dirt???
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I'm actually planning on digging a plant out of the ground as well. I want to overwinter an orange hab that's in my greenhouse. I'm hoping to bring it indoors to avoid the cold snap we always get in early September. Once the cold snap passes, we tend to get days up into the mid-20's. Figures hey, you get a cold snap that kills off the garden, then you get warm weather ideal for growing.
Basically that's what I'll be doing. I'm going to setup a larger grow room and will have a dedicate spot for 4-6 plants. Right now the small room only has enough space for 2 plants, but I want to bring in my chocolate hab, Bhut, and orozco in from the dirt. I think I'll just let the others go as I already have those varieties planted and doing well.
i'm in the exact same boat. Fortunately I have a bunch of container plants of the same ones I have in the ground, but I'd hate to see the ones that are finally doing well just go to waste. doesn't hurt to try right?
i got a bunch of lights and I'll be setting up the aluminum foil walls and hopefully just get a bunch of peppers to maturity by December....then in January we start all over.
i got a bunch of lights and I'll be setting up the aluminum foil walls and hopefully just get a bunch of peppers to maturity by December....then in January we start all over.
YA I GUESS THEY WILL BE DOING BETTER I HAD THAT PROBLEM TOO BUT SOME PLANTS LOVE THE SUN LIKE THE HABANEROS
now i had some problme in deffirant way that the ones were in garden did alot better that the ones in shade all depends on the plant type
.I had a few plants that i had put in an area with extreme sunlight + 2x reflected light off of a white vinyl fence as well as a shed.
They had looked dead in a few days, wilted badly, and drooping. I put them back in pots and babied them and now they are in the shade of a large tree producing peppers.
I have been noticing that peppers like the shade more than the sun--more productive, healthier looking plants, BIG deep green leaves, but the peppers aren't as hot. Can't win um all, lol.
They had looked dead in a few days, wilted badly, and drooping. I put them back in pots and babied them and now they are in the shade of a large tree producing peppers.
I have been noticing that peppers like the shade more than the sun--more productive, healthier looking plants, BIG deep green leaves, but the peppers aren't as hot. Can't win um all, lol.
peppercrazy said:
How much sun did they get a day? The peppers I'm having a problem with get full sun all day from sun up until about 6:00pm at night. Even the chocolate hab is struggling. It's actually not as bad as the rest, but no where near as productive as the ones that only get 6-8 hours of sun a day. I know peppers like sun, but it seems more than 8-10 may be too much sun for peppers. Hopefully I can just put them back outside next season and start another batch in the closet.
LGHT said:
uh, it was about from 9a-sundown, about, 10-11hrs a day
My all Nagas are from same seed, all in 15 gal bucket ( except two in 4 gal ), same fertilizer, careful watered and same soil quality.
4 of them are in garden where they daily receive at least 11-12 hours of sun but are in partially shade during day - they look beautiful, flowering all the time and quite slow in pods production but few more weeks and final score will be about 70-80 extremely hot and large pods per plant.
Nagas on same location but in 4 gal buckets are about 50% percet of this in large one but production score is amazing: 100-120 medium sized pods and still flowering with many new buds.
I've isolated two plants for seeds on balcony, third floor where they are on direct sunlight all the day with enough water. But they produced quite miserably, maybe 10 pods per plant and they are much smaller. There's a still hundreds flowers on every plant but I doubt that they can produce much more.
4 of them are in garden where they daily receive at least 11-12 hours of sun but are in partially shade during day - they look beautiful, flowering all the time and quite slow in pods production but few more weeks and final score will be about 70-80 extremely hot and large pods per plant.
Nagas on same location but in 4 gal buckets are about 50% percet of this in large one but production score is amazing: 100-120 medium sized pods and still flowering with many new buds.
I've isolated two plants for seeds on balcony, third floor where they are on direct sunlight all the day with enough water. But they produced quite miserably, maybe 10 pods per plant and they are much smaller. There's a still hundreds flowers on every plant but I doubt that they can produce much more.