How do YOU choose your keepers?

[U)<now]

Hey all,

I'm sitting here potting up my keepers today and I figured I just throw this out there... What do you all look for when choosing which plants to pot up and keep for the season? Wondering if anyone has secret pro-tips to share, haha.

I look for:

- Color and shape/size of the leaves
- Overall size of the plant.

Happy growing! ARTY:

 

[Chilidude]

Overall size of the plants is maybe my pick and rest of the plants i will give to my friends etc.

 

[DrOwl]

This was my first time, but I kept the best looking plants with the biggest fruit, and just over all health of the plant. Here's one of my Carolina Reapers I decided to overwinter. I also have Caribbean red habenero

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[U)<now]

This was my first time, but I kept the best looking plants with the biggest fruit, and just over all health of the plant. Here's one of my Carolina Reapers I decided to overwinter. I also have Caribbean red habenero

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Those look great! Nice growing!

 

[DrOwl]

Those look great! Nice growing!

Thanks!

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[D3monic]

when deciding what seedlings to cull I just go by overall size, shape, discard plants with deformities and funky leaves. Sometimes there's nothing to decide so I just start chopping. 

 

[bpiela]

On seedlings, I use the Park Seed Bio Dome and I usually put a minimum of two seeds per cell.  If both seeds in a cell germinate, I will usually just choose the larger seedling unless the smaller seedling has some interesting traits that were not expected, like purple leaves, etc.  Each cell that germinates gets potted up.  I usually do 3 cells per variety so I would get a max of 3 plants per variety.

 

[alkhall]

I pot up every plug that germinates.
 
I wait until plant-out to decide which plants to keep, and which to give away.

 

[Ethansm]

Usually go 2 seeds in a seed starter cell. Cull the smaller one as long as the larger doesn't have a deformation or off coloring.

 

[Ozspicymojito]

NICE! very impressive reaper. I agree with the other replies but I also look for which ones have thicker stems as there more durable to the cold weather.
What nutrients did you use for feeds.