Re: [CH] Growing Jalapenos
Michael W. Jones (marmot2@ibm.net)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:24:13 -0500
I think your pots are too small. Three to five gallon buckets work best. You
maybe starting them too late in the season for them to reach full maturity.
Depends on how long your fall is and how mild your winters are. You need
about 2.5 months for them to reach maturity. Jalapeno plants like cooler
weather for growing. My experience with them has been that their blossoms
will not set if the temperature is above 78 degrees F however, the fruit
will mature just fine in higher temperature. I'm in Melbourne Florida and it
is winter here. We have two growing seasons. I'm planting seeds now and you
can buy plants at all the nurseries. They are safe from freezing here and
will mature before the summer kills them. The spring planting season is over
in April and the winter planting is late August-September. We have trouble
getting tomatoes and chiles (planted in the ground) to survive through the
summer because of Fusarium wilt. It is a fungi that plugs up the plant's
water-conducting tissues of the plants. We have to use clean soil and avoid
watering in the late summer afternoons so I usually buy potting soil and
transplant my seedlings to 5 gal buckets. The Habanero, Scotch Bonnet,
Tabasco and Datil are the most resilient types I have found.
Chile plants are very happy to be transplanted. When they get up some size,
move them to a larger pot and plant them deep, right up to the first set of
leaves. That will encourage root sprouting along the stem.
Good luck --Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Billy Boy <vaz69@hotmail.com>
To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 1999 9:26 PM
Subject: [CH] Growing Jalapenos
>Hi all,
>I have just planted 4 Jalapeno plants which I bought at the nursery and
>have placed them in 4 pots each being about 6" wide by 9" deep. I've
>filled them with a premium quality potting mixture and have watered
>them plenty. We're right in the middle of summer here in Melbourne and
>I've placed them outdoors where they'll be getting about 6 hrs full sun
>a day. Is this OK?
>
>Will I expect to get a decent yield from these 4 plants in these pots?
>Also I've fertilized them with Miracle Gro, is this ok? When do I
>reapply the fertilizer?
>
>Any info would be much appreciated :)
>
>PS: Does anyone know where I can get some peri peri seeds from?
>
>
>
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