[CH] Re: Size doesn't matter

byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:29:01 -0500

Carpo

Don't think it's the seeds,  The one's I grew in pots, there were garden
grown out of the same seed package.  Toally different in pod size and plant
habit.

LB

----- Original Message -----
From: "danceswithcarp" <dcombs@bloomington.in.us>
To: "byron bromley" <byron.bromley@gsd-co.com>;
<chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: Size doesn't matter


> At 09:54 PM 3/19/2001 -0500, byron bromley wrote:
> >Dale
> >
> >I think 5 gal pots are way to small for Habs.  If OH will allow the
space, I
> >want to try one in a 10 gal garbage can.
> >
> >In a 5 gal pot,  they are so root bound the only produce a few raisin
size
> >fruits.
>
>
> Respectfullly have to de-agree:  I've been growing habs in buckets and
pots
> for years.   Some of the pots have been as small as 1 quart.  I have never
> had any get root-bound over the course of an Indiana summer as there is
> simply not growing time.  I also now have, maybe, 40 or 50 three-gallon
> pots.  The major difference between these and the really small pots is not
> the size of the pepper but the quantity of fruit.   Admittedly all fruits
> are smaller than garden-grown, but all things being equal between pots
> except size, I can't tell the difference in size.
>
> Also, for what it's wirth, the habs I get from plants from Jim C's stock
> are about twice as big as what I get from regular greenhouse habs, whether
> they are in pots or the garden it's essentially the same result, his chile
> spawn are bigger.   So my guess is that size of the pepper is probably
more
> influenced by seed-stock than growing apparati.
>
> carp
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