Replanting Ghost Peppers

Boardwalkempireactor

Boardwalkempireactor

I have a ghost pepper that is around 3 feet tall. Its loaded with peppers, some are bright orange now. The problem is I planted this in a 2 gallon bucket and am curious if I could transplant this to a 5 gallon bucket without it going into shock. My general though was to take a utility knife and cut this bucket on the sides to ease the plant out and put in the 5 gallon bucket. Or should I just leave it alone as the growing season is nearing its end? Thanks everyone.
 
Boardwalkempireactor said:
I have a ghost pepper that is around 3 feet tall. Its loaded with peppers, some are bright orange now. The problem is I planted this in a 2 gallon bucket and am curious if I could transplant this to a 5 gallon bucket without it going into shock. My general though was to take a utility knife and cut this bucket on the sides to ease the plant out and put in the 5 gallon bucket. Or should I just leave it alone as the growing season is nearing its end? Thanks everyone.
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Cutting the smaller bucket should minimize transplant shock. Having said that if the plant is loaded and your season short I question the move. Leave it be IMO.
 
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Thanks Chile man! Also Thank you to the others for the welcome!  I have pretty much decided to go ahead and transplant this one. Its loaded with green and bright orange peppers now and a lot of new ones growing.
 
Boardwalkempireactor said:
Thanks Chile man! Also Thank you to the others for the welcome!  I have pretty much decided to go ahead and transplant this one. Its loaded with green and bright orange peppers now and a lot of new ones growing.
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please do a follow up thread in the growing hot peppers section here with how the plant does with being transplanted with ripening pods on it. good luck with it.  :cheers:
 
 
edit to add that i have a red ghost also in a pot that is probably about 2 gallon and plant close to 3 feet tall with plenty of pods. it is probably rootbound but the plant is doing fine. this pic is from a month ago and now many of the pods are ripening.
 
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Nice! Do you prune your plant? I do mine at the bottom and also feed mine coffee/tea grounds. When I water mine which is daily, I add 2 aspirin so they do not get headaches.LOL, Seriously,aspirin stimulates plants. I have two plants, Ghost and Carolina Reaper and they both are loaded with peppers. Once mine have peppers I reduce the water and the reason is it makes them hotter from my experience so far. I will post some pictures later.
 
Boardwalkempireactor said:
Thanks Chile man!
 
I have pretty much decided to go ahead and transplant this one. Its loaded with green and bright orange peppers now and a lot of new ones growing.
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You're welcome.
 
With your location getting those "a lot of new ones growing": to ripen will be a challenge. Please update us on your progress!
 
Boardwalkempireactor said:
Nice! Do you prune your plant? I do mine at the bottom and also feed mine coffee/tea grounds. When I water mine which is daily, I add 2 aspirin so they do not get headaches.LOL, Seriously,aspirin stimulates plants. I have two plants, Ghost and Carolina Reaper and they both are loaded with peppers. Once mine have peppers I reduce the water and the reason is it makes them hotter from my experience so far. I will post some pictures later.
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no, i don`t prune my plants. 
 
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