I'm pretty new to pepper plants and to the Pacific Northwest (summers frequently mild and short). This year's ambitious project is to grow as many hot peppers as I can on a tight budget, because last year's fermented Sriracha took about a gallon of chiles and hubby ate it all in a month.
I have been doing my homework and I have 4 different varieties growing in double solo cups, but I think I'm short on garden space. I just picked up a bunch of free plastic pots from Craigslist, several gallon-sized and one about the same depth but wider.
I know people have been successful with 5-gallon buckets, some swear they get spicier that way since the soil heats up more often in the pot than our PNW soils can. I also know that ghost peppers tend to be a bit more squat-growing by nature. What do you all think about growing my ghost peppers in the gallon pots? Big enough to get enough nutrients? If so I could fill the garden spots with the jalapeño, habanero, Hungarian carrot, etc
by Humble_Increase_1408
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If you’re saying they are 1 gallon pots, & you wanted to grow any significant amount of peppers in those, you would have to feed liquid fertilizer regularly, basically hydroponic at that point. But I suppose if your budget & climate allowed, it would be possible.
But, 5 gallon buckets or 5 gallon+ grow bags really don’t take up that much extra space horizontally, if you found any space outside of your garden area that got decent sun you could just keep those larger containers there, and probably save the money on fertilizer that you’d spend on soil
I’m curious what you choose / how it goes!