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 > > > >