A friend of mine just bought an old house to fix up.
The yard being overgrown and a real mess, he pulled out some old rose bushes that were too close to the drive and lo and behold, there were 5 "old growth" chili pequin (tepin?) plants growing wild.
I say "old" as the trunks on these things are about the size of an old silver dollar (1 1/2" to 2"), so had to have been there a couple of years at least.
Luckly he is one of those who thinks bell peppers are hot, and knowing i made alot of salsa, he gave me a call to come get them when i could ---three months later...
I managed to rescue 2 of the plants, but the other 3 didn't make it through the winter and have the two in 30+ gallon pots (no current garden as we are in an apartment for 8 more months, so had to pot them).
They are big enough where when i removed all the dead branches, i had to load it all on my truck tailgate to bring to the dumpster. After all that, they both are still about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 foot wide, with producing branches (harvested a full pint jar from the two before i dug them up).
The problem is: these pepper plants (so i've heard) are notorious for not doing well with transplanting and difficult to grow. So with that in mind i used alot of the dirt surrounding them, and mixed with potting soil laced with root grow solution and diluted fish emulsion.
...is that going to be enough, or too much for them?
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
The yard being overgrown and a real mess, he pulled out some old rose bushes that were too close to the drive and lo and behold, there were 5 "old growth" chili pequin (tepin?) plants growing wild.
I say "old" as the trunks on these things are about the size of an old silver dollar (1 1/2" to 2"), so had to have been there a couple of years at least.
Luckly he is one of those who thinks bell peppers are hot, and knowing i made alot of salsa, he gave me a call to come get them when i could ---three months later...
I managed to rescue 2 of the plants, but the other 3 didn't make it through the winter and have the two in 30+ gallon pots (no current garden as we are in an apartment for 8 more months, so had to pot them).
They are big enough where when i removed all the dead branches, i had to load it all on my truck tailgate to bring to the dumpster. After all that, they both are still about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 foot wide, with producing branches (harvested a full pint jar from the two before i dug them up).
The problem is: these pepper plants (so i've heard) are notorious for not doing well with transplanting and difficult to grow. So with that in mind i used alot of the dirt surrounding them, and mixed with potting soil laced with root grow solution and diluted fish emulsion.
...is that going to be enough, or too much for them?
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
