contest Growdown Throwdown 2018 Yellow Brain Strain!

[fcaruana]

Another update from Frankie’s peppers headquarters in NY! Plants are way bigger than the plants I had last year at this point and I still have another month before plant out.

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[BaliHotPepper]

Balihotpepper reporting,
Potted my candidates into bigger containers this morning.
I found that they have root bound in their previous 1L pots.
I hope that won't have bad effect to their growth.
Sunbathe from 7am to 11am to energize their growth.

Cheers
Balihotpepper out.

 

[Sinn]

Mystery solved on why none of my plants are getting the vertical growth Id expect

They've been in those 5.5" tall pots since 2/5. Moved this one to 6" tall pot but much wider. I'll probably get crazy and pot up all my other plants. Yea, I did clip side leaves

Plants will be much happier once they get acquainted to these new shoes.

 
Mine been in the tall pots for awhile as well when you re-pot a plant with roots like that do you do anything to the roots or just leave them as is?

 

 

[ColdSmoke]

I would tell you which ones are YBS but what would be the point? All you need to know is the biggest producers are the YBS in that bunch; like by a lot...they're blurry because they're growing so fast. Trick is to not feed them until you hear their stomachs growling.

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

my tallest is only 7" tall.. I got short distances between internodes to celebrate.
 

 

[CMJ]

 
Mine been in the tall pots for awhile as well when you re-pot a plant with roots like that do you do anything to the roots or just leave them as is?

 

Yes, definitely break them up a bit or they will remain root bound regardless the size of the pot you put them in. I have heard of people spraying them with water to loosen them up, but I just gently loosen the roots up by hand. Never had any problems doing it that way.

 

[Devv]

Some great looking plants Ladies and Gents!
 
I have 2 planted, one in the dirt and one in a container..they have just a touch of hail damage.
 

 

 
Dirt gal:
 

 

[NeedsWork]

Easter update!
 

 

 

[Walchit]

After a brief period of nutrient deficiency this is my best looking one

 

[stickman]

Nice to see some real forward motion on the plants pictured. Great job everybody!

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[Genetikx]

 
Mine been in the tall pots for awhile as well when you re-pot a plant with roots like that do you do anything to the roots or just leave them as is?

 

Agree with CMJ, break em up. Those roots are resilient so you can get a little rough with them.

And since this is the throwdown thread, Id be remiss to not give you a master gardeners tip chop off all your roots, right up to the stem, and theyll grow back tenfold by sundown.

 

[CMJ]

Or just dip em in a bit of sulfuric acid. That will break them right up.

 

[Walchit]

My wife's grandmother says she has always tore off the bottom of the roots and thrown them in the hole when she planted outside. I was wondering if there was something behind it, like maybe it allows new roots to take hold better or something.

 

[AndyW]

I just chop the roots off entirely. Easier to fit all ten plants into a half gallon bucket!

 

[Devv]

Nothing like getting to the root of the problem

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

Nice plants everyone!

 

[Pepper-Guru]

From this:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To this:
 
 

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

After a brief period of nutrient deficiency this is my best looking one

have you tried 1 tablespoon per gallon of water epsom salts? 

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

I wonder how Terry's plants are doing..  .

 

[U)<now]

Heres my update...