Hot to Grow a MASSIVE Chilli Pepper Plant! 6 Top Tips!
In this video I share my tips on growing a huge, monster chilli plant! As impressive as chilli pepper plants are anyway, growing a monster sized chilli plant is just such a lot of fun. This is part of a series of videos in 2022 where I grow this monster plant. Links to the other videos are down below ⬇️
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0:00:00 What's that coming over the hill?
0:01:39 Tip 1 - Pot Size
0:02:51 Tip 2 - Soil Mix
0:05:15 Tip 3 - Watering
0:06:23 Tip 4 - Nutrients
0:08:50 Tip 5 - Plant Support
0:09:47 Tip 6 - Foliar Spray
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Dude, you are the Chili Growing God, not king! My biggest accomplishment was growing jalepenos, cayeene peppers, and habeneros in the dining room through one winter. They were "ants" compared to your plants, but I did get a good yield through the winter. Kept me warm....Cheers, Dante
calcium carbonate my friend. I don't have yellow, spotted leaves. I grind up old eggs shells in a pistle mortar. we go thru about 2 dozen eggs/week. sprinkle the powder on top of the soil. water... leaves lush and green.
2:23 I live in California and my dad plants and grows chili (various kinds). My dad grows organic chile on the ground and uses cow and chicken manure. We get lots of sunshine here and my dad's chili's neve grow to 7 feet; at most they grow to about 4 feet. He does get a decent harvest, but I think he can get more. I'm new at planting chili and have not been successful. I specifically am planting Serrano, Ancho, and Jalapeno and have not been successful. I was only successful (somewhat) growing Fresno chili. I grow my chili's in pots, so that I can control the water and until I get the clay soil more aerated and healthy (just moved to a new place). I love chile salsa (chilie sauce) and eating fresh Serranos with my meal (as many Mexican dishes call for these chilis and my ethnicity is Native American and Mexican) so I am motivated to learn about growing chile as much as possible. I also know that all chili that is not organic is sprayed with pesticide ( I see it as I live in California), and I do not want to eat poisonous pesticides. It's also hard to get organic chilis lately. I used to be able to get organic serranos and jalapenos at Whole Foods, but they stopped selling them about 5 years ago. So , I am determined to learn how to grow chiles and that' why I am growing chile from seeds. I am going through your channel and will also be viewing YT channels that are in Spanish hoping to learn from people in Mexico! Wish me luck.
We have some big plants this year. They have loved the heat! Mine in the large pot is about 5ft high. Loads of pods too! My little greenhouse is like a jungle! Enjoy the updates - keep up the great work!
Wow now you really have shown me something I didn't no. Tks a million for your feeds
Im growing reaper and jalapeño this year. Thank you for the helpful tips that i can use.
Thanks for the info Shaun, it was greatly appreciated. I have a better understanding of what I have been doing wrong, second season attempt for me. I have three Komoto dragon plants and four different varieties of habaneros I've been trying to grow for a total of thirty plants. I suspect if my plants were that size, I would only need six plants. Can't wait to see the harvest video, until then.
I had some interesting patterns in my bird aji peppers I planted two plants in a large patio planter and they turned out to be the tallest plants thus far at 3 feet. Another plant same variety was almost as tall in a 12” round pot. Additionally I had very small planters but very tall growth as well. The mix I use is Miracle Grow moisture control, water comes via rain barrel. Peppers have just recently started ripening. Which is late for us here in Pennsylvania. Thanks as always
As always. Great input. Good luck pal. From Loughborough.
Thanks Frank
Watching and learning!! I have a few chilies growing! ❤
I'm new to growing chillies and peppers. Very interesting video with lots of invaluable information. Thanks for sharing. Bobby from South Africa.
Awsome chilli plant! Well done... 😁
Thank You...always get useful tips when I get to view your videos. Best of success the rest of the grow season.
Thanks Michael!
Excellent vid 🌶👌🏻 In 20 years growing chillies Ive never had a plant over 6 foot. I’m keen as now to try get some giants.
This is my first year growing Chili’s. I have a couple Anaheim’s about 3&1/2 foot tall. The chili’s themselves are about 10 inches long . Just been using rain water and dry organic amendments and a couple nutrient teas with worm compost.
Love this simple video and of course the guest appearance of Mrs Chicken! The plant looks absolutely amazing. You certainly need to be proud of that plant. I know you planted several plants into different size pots to see what one grew the biggest. How are the others doing? I know they aren’t as big but I am sure they are looking just as amazing as that one. Thank you for sharing Shaun! Totally loved it! Stay Spicy! V/R Shane
Thanks Shane. The other plants are still alive. I tried a couple "extreme" things with them like overfeeding. Koos, the large one you see in this video, I did my usual thing and it got the best results.
Great video. Thanks for all the tips! New follower here.
So informative I am new to chili growing in my greenhouse you are so helpful to us newbies thank you.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for your excellent tips!
Great video Shaun...that Dorset Naga plant is a beauty and I wish you all the very best for a huge Naga Pod harvest 👍
The flowers are coming on fast! It's going to be great to see it develop over the next couple of months
I actually tried to grow my own this summer. (Still have the plants). I suck at keeping plants alive. However, i used a mix of dirt/gravel from the the back of my house. Never thought they would survive. But they did. Still do. Its fun. Next year, i'll try to do it again but more on a professional level. Haha.
Jirre maa jy is n groot donner.. :-) Been watching your videos for years now. Awesome content. Actually making your 'Fresh Green Hot Sauce' recipe this morning. Keep'em coming.
Absolutely brilliant
Fantastic knowledge! I'm about to put my purple peach reaper in a 30+ gallon bin of coco coir here in the states I'll be growing this one inside. Under high-power LEDs
That is extremely unnecessary growing indoors unless you have like a 8x8 tent with enough grow lights to properly cover that much space
I love finding these goldmine videos of tips, tricks, graphics and visual explanations. This is fantastic! Thank you for this!
Glad you enjoyed it Bryan! And welcome to my channel!
That plant is truly deserving of its name/monster status, great job!
Thanks Corey. Lets just hope we have some decent enough weather so that it flowers and fruits before the season ends!
Very impressive! Makes me want to try to make a monster chili plant next year 😉 outdoors in the south of France. This year my tallest pepper is currently 1m40. It is outside in the ground. It still has some time to continue to fruit, here the autumns are very mild.
I'm sure you could grow a massive chilli plant in the south of France!
Very helpful, thankyou.
I have been following you since 10,000 followers and it is never boring it is always the best listen for peppers keep up the good work song and stay spicy from Marc in Montreal
Thanks Marc
Great video, informative and entertaining. Love that little music joke in the timestamps and the chicken cameo (seems like she didn't appreciate being called mister). Best of luck with the plant, I do hope you overwinter it.
Wondered if anyone would notice...very observant of you mate! 😄 That chicken follows me around everywhere. She's a pain! But also very cute.
@@ChilliChump It's a cool song! If I had the space I'd be keeping chickens as well, useful and adorable.
the chicken reminded me of Breathedge video game but with Chillies
I made an ignorant comment on your growing competition with Pepper Geek earlier. If I had just watched this episode first I could have avoided showing my ignorance. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom
Super exited to get my chillies growing for next year, I splashed out some £££ a couple of months back for some LED grow lights from spider farmer & viparspectra & a grow tent so I can give next years a good head start, I’ve also got all the ingredients ready to match your soil mix & managed to bag myself a 140L pot & 2 water butt’s for the greenhouse guttering. Yet another fantastic tip video. 👏 👌🏼
Sounds like you are on your way to your own monster plant! Let me know how you get on!
I live in a tropical climate & over winter started my plants in a grow tent and grow light. Now I’ve moved my plants into the sun (spring here in Australia) the plants still in my grow tent are absolutely smashing grow rate & size versus my plants outside. Same soil & nutrient regime. Tent gets longer light per day & more controlled temp. 23-28 deg C…..
We plant habaneros in greenhouses directly in the ground with hydroponic water system. our plants grow to a height of 6m, they hang like tomatoes. Because we have sun for a whole year with 30 degrees Celsius, the life cycle is 82 weeks, of which 60 weeks are harvest. After 60 weeks of harvesting we achieve between 120 and 150 tons per hectare. Planting directly in the ground with a greenhouse is therefore possible in warmer climates. You are always welcome in Mexico
Thanks for posting Shaun
My pleasure, hope you enjoyed it!
@@ChilliChump I did indeed. Shaun, what is the best practice for chilli plants in large 20lt or bigger containers regarding yearly annual growing with the same plant in the same container?
That would depend on your climate. If you have the same temperatures year round, then you could probably just top dress with fresh compact after fruiting has ended. If you have cold winters...but not freezing temperatures, then I would re-pot completely with fresh soil and trim back the plant
@@ChilliChump Thank you for your quick reply Shaun - I don't know how you can reply so quickly! - you must have an A.I. bot. I am in Durban South Africa temperatures are from 5C minimum to 45C maximum with high humidity in the summer months.
No AI bot! Although that would make life much easier! I just try and respond to comments when I can.
7:40 I used to believe this too. I've come to understand it differently now however and it took many years of fighting with capsicum to get over it. Eventually, you'll end up settling on a balanced npk throughout. 10:00 Peat based mediums prone to this Mg deficiency especially when trying to offset npk ratios. (or if your inputs are void of Ca and Mg and you're irrigating more often during drought)
I use a rain barrel flood tray system with mesh grow bags and a bio vermiculture worm compost mix that has everything nature can deliver. Max water and worm composting. The one thing I do add is some wood ash. Pepper plants require lots of Potassium and Phosphorus.
I may not grow moster plant but I hope those tips will help me next year with my regular chillies. I keep having probems with a blossom end rot. Maybe those tips will finally solve this.
Nice! Mine is doing pretty well, I don’t have it in the greenhouse. It’s just outside.
Thanks for sharing
I had a ghost pepper plant that grew for 3 years when I lived in gtmo, it turned into a tree was almost 4 inches in diameter at the base.
can you give link to photos please
Lmao gtmo? Nothing like black site prison gardening 😂
Nothing like not knowing your history gardening.
@@dougyoung4693 pretty sure it was a joke
Have you considered bottom watering to avoid the soil comparing, in turn, preventing the roots from being hindered and then they can grow quicker and more efficiently when repotted? As for calcium problems, if you break egg shells, cook them until the start to brown and the membrane is removed, then soak them in vinegar until it stops bubbling (usually a couple of days), that makes the calcium readily available to the plants.
Wowsers! I think you should do a huge chili plant but graft a butt ton of different kinds to it!
That could be fun!
I have some that aren’t that big. 😮😮 Mine do look like trees but they are loaded with flowers. Looking forward to more production in the next few weeks.
Have you thought about trying to over winter the beast for early kick of again in spring? Maybe another series?
I've been watching your videos for years and hope one day I get a garden as nice as yours right now I'm just working with a 4x8 raised garden bed with 2 habanoros 1 ghost 1 cayenne and 2 Thai chillies
I started out much with a much smaller space! Even if you watch the first video on my channel, you can see how small the space was that I was working with! But even if you are only growing one plant, it is still so fulfilling!
A nice, surprising hot sauce idea for you is rosehip hot sauce. You can forage rosehips everywhere at the moment
Hi bro, Its a very good video since i love growing chillies. I am from Sri Lanka and we have sunlight throughout 👍
Thank you. Your climate is perfect for chilli growing!
@@ChilliChump Yes. I am growing as a hobby in my backyard 👍
Looking forward to the final video, that plant is VAST. I’m having pretty good success with my Dorset naga in a 30l pot, it’s about 6’1 at the top of the canopy - though the pot is sitting on a pallet, so subtract a few inches. No idea how I’m going to use so many naga pods though… if you have any good recipes I’d love to see a video on it!
I will be making a special sauce with this harvest. But I have got many recipes for superhots on my channel already, have a look through this playlist kzhead.info/channel/PLuQ_ySnkV1emnrUiann1se5l06Ze3gIF6.html
@@ChilliChump you know, I’d forgotten there were so many with superhots already - my bad! Still looking forward to seeing how you manage to use up this harvest 😄
When you water with water that is 10% of the pot size, does a significant amount drain out of the well draining mix you use, and out of the pot? It sounds like these are are almost grown in a hybrid scheme, not hydroponics, but an element of that, having to water every day. The well draining but water retaining loose mix you use is interesting in how it promotes massive root systems. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
Aaaw, please show more of Mrs. Chicken and her friends!
I have a chocolate b h u t l a h plant who's growth has gone crazy this year. I grew it and gave it a final transplant into a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket just like my other plans but for some reason this chocolate plant has grown around 6 ft 2 in tall and is on my back porch and is already touching the gutters from my roof. It's crazy and it only just recently started flowering and now has its first to Peppers, one of which has already almost fully ripened and it seems like it's height is still growing. I have never had any of my pepper plants this past three seasons I haven't grown grow this tall. Insane but nothing like your plant that is over 7 ft tall. Looks really nice:-)
That's a great size, you must be pleased! Should give you loads of superhot pods.
I use either 3/8ths size pumice stone or pea gravel and river e hulls for aeration then again I also make my own soils and worm castings that’s were the magic happens takes me 2 years to make those the right way
I plan on growing the dorset naga in texas, usa. Any tips are welcome. I will have seedling plants ready to transplant by April 15 and our first frost in mid november. I will also move into greenhouse at some point.
I just subscribed to your channel I grew a 6-ft tall reaper plant this year it's still growing. I just use a 10-10-10 fertilizer from home Depot I did switch to 13 13 13 later in the season and really made my plant boom
Welcome to my channel Dimitri!
I had a Manzano plant that was 7ft high and 10 years old. Grown outside here in New Zealand. In the end I had to cut it down as it was collapsing under its own weight.
Impressive! You don't get down to freezing temperatures in winter?
@@ChilliChump we get the occasional frost but the plant was right up against the house under the edge of the roof so although it got a little frost burn here and there it survived. There's a brief shot of it in the sauce making video in my channel.
Hi have about 20 different plants best year ever I grow in greenhouse sensations quad grows
Aw man. I woulda loved to come pick peppers with you on my birthday... Maybe next time. ;)
That would be good mate. Like I mentioned, I will be doing this again...so, as long as the event goes well this year, then I would be keen to do it again!
I like your support approach: twine around the plants, on stakes. Stakes alone get over burdened and are insufficient for me.
It seemed like the only practical way to do it really...and was inspired by what Seaspring did many years ago with their monster plant. So far it is working well!
This is absolutely, mind-numbingly impressive. Well done! Is this possible without a greenhouse?
Thank you! In the UK, this would need an enclosed growing space like a greenhouse or polytunnel to achieve this.
@@ChilliChump thank you for the reply🔥 I'm in South Africa; I'm guessing that wouldn't be a problem?
It would really depend where in SA you are. In Durban I reckon you would have no problem at all...the weather would be perfect. On the west coast, Cape Town etc, or even certain places on the plateau ....it may be a little more challenging with the changing temperatures and weather
@@ChilliChump Thank you Sir! Keep up the great work ; I love the content.
Holy moly you're a big guy
They grow us big in Africa!
Nice pepper TREE!! LOL I don't remember if you mentioned it or not but what type of chili plant is this? Looks kind of like red ghost to me. I look forward to updates and can't wait until I have the space to try this myself. Thanks for sharing!! 🌶😎
It's a Dorset Naga. I got into a little more history and details in the first vid (link in the description if you are interested!)
@@ChilliChump NICE! I'm sure I watched it but probably just couldn't remember. I would like to try this with ghost pepper and sugar rush stripey.
It was a while ago...lots of videos in between 😄
Love your channel! I have two questions. First, have you ever tried cutting the bottom out of a pot THEN bury the pot in the ground? Also, how do you regulate the PH of the water if you use drip irrigation?
Have a look at my 2019 and 2020 grow update series. I was growing in a polytunnel and used pots buried in the ground. The irrigation system I have built allows me to modify the pH. I pump from external water storage into a smaller reservoir inside my greenhouse that I can then check pH and also dose with fertiliser when I need. With rainwater, the pH is pretty consistent. I only modify pH when I have to use tap water as a last resort. You can see how my system works in this video (my previous setup, but is similar in configuration to what I do now) kzhead.info/sun/hdSdkcV7g6immY0/bejne.html
Hi my name is Michael and i love to watch and subscribe your videos because i plant chilis too.
And just a tip from my father, who is a gardener his whole life time. Use horse dung when you plant your chilies or tomatos outside. Pure Horse Dung in a few layers of good humus earth.
Hello Michael and welcome to my channel! 🔥 I add well rotted horse manure to my compost pile. Which I then use around my garden and for my chillies. Good stuff!
I want to see that overwintered... See what happens next season!
I have watch all of your videos and it gets me started with planting chili's and making sauces. This year I planted it a little to close and it is as tight as your monster pland.(around 1.5 meter high) Do you see a difference in how fast the chilies are getting ripen in compare of your potted plants? Do you remove any leaves to let more light in? Greetings mart
Hey Mart, no I don't remove leaves or branches...the way I'm supporting my plant allows enough light through. It does take longer to flower and set fruit because the plant spends more of the year spreading roots due to the size of the pot. It's a tricky time now over the next month and a bit, will see how it goes!
Brilliant video. Quick question my scotch bonnet grown from seed early February .soil mix horse manure and aldi compost with homemade worm castings .its in 30 liter pot its 5 foot high pods are really big but still green .do you think I will get red ripe ones before end of growing season .I'm in Ireland our grow zone is similar to yours. Its inside small polytunnel
Hey Mark, yes you should get them to ripen up. Plenty of time yet. I filmed this video last week....and you can see I am yet to set fruit on most of the plant. I still expect to get flowering and fruit before the season ends
Hah this kind of expertise cold only be achieved with weed growing;) Respect bro!
The chicken 😍😱😅❤️😅 so cute
Sorry I saw your product huge , healthy and nice good job dude
Hi Sean, thanks for another very interesting video. Here is a question. If the root growth is so important in the beginning and you say you want to have a massive plant first before growing flowers, why are you putting them into pots and not straight into the ground so they can grown unlimitted? Cheers, Victor
Potting up helps optimise the root growth. I did a video on this very subject. Have a look here, let me know if it answers your question kzhead.info/sun/g8proqlrpHyKgGw/bejne.html
WOW!!!
I put 2kg chikenwings in my 40kg pot omg my madam jeanet peppers going crazy 👊🏼
I bought my Dorset Naga seeds. When should I start them? I have a heat mat and grow lights. I also have a space heater in the shop to keep the room warm.
If you are in the northern hemisphere, I would wait until early Jan to get them started
Shaun I water my plants ,and see how long the leaves take to droop then water and that gives me a rough idea of how often to water,throughout the summer I was watering about every 3 days in 11inch pots🌶🌶🌶
Purposefully, allowing your plants to wilt is not a good idea. If the leaves of your chilli plant show some wilting, it means that they have closed the pores in the leaves (stomata) to conserve water. But when that happens it limits the flow of gasses (carbon oxide in, oxygen out) for photosynthesis. Without photosynthesis the plant is not producing its carbohydrates and is not growing. Better to water as Shaun says. Chilli plants use a lot of water.
Very good job . Do you use phytolamps in winter?
I use growlights to start my plants.
@@ChilliChump You probably live in a warm state, I'm from Ukraine and in winter I bring peppers into a warm room, in winter without phytolamps, in my case, the leaves fall off the peppers
@@standwithukraine8432 I live in England....far from warm!
Hi Shaun, how old should the chicken manure be before it can be used? My neighbour has about 30 chickens and there will be no shortage.
I would let it age well, I will age mine for a year.
I have a Tabasco plant that is almost 6 feet tall growing in the garden.
I wish we were able to grow year round outside. Back in South Africa we had a massive Piri Piri bush that was more than 10 years old.
@@ChilliChump nice! Unfortunately I cannot grow outside all year round, it gets down into the 20 degree Fahrenheit range in the winter here in North Carolina. Almost time to start preparing to overwinter some plants...... and keep my dog away from them.
The question is though, will it beat Nigel? Just re-watched their video and they seem a lot less fussy with regards to soil-mix etc. Curious to see the end results! Always wanted to do this myself but don't have the space yet!
I always say, if it's worth doing...then it's worth doing it as complicated as possible 😄. Seriously though, I'm just trying to optimise this as much as possible. Time will tell if I manage to exceed the yield of Nigel. That's certainly going to be challenging because that was a brilliant producer!
Hi Sean/Shawn, I sowed corbachi and Numex Lemon Spice seeds at the beginning of this month. They are on a heat mat, seedling pots covered with cling wrap and soil is sifted multiple purpose compost from Lidl. No results yet. The Poblano, Biquinho, bell peppers and curry peppers have already germinated. Have you ever grown any of the above before? Would you have something to share about their germination process?
I've grown those varieties. They should be fairly easy to germinate. Are you following my seed starting video? kzhead.info/sun/qN2McciijoiNn30/bejne.html
Have you tested the temperature of your soil? And did you soak seeds?
Microbes is a big one. 👍🏼
I also live in the UK I don't have a garden, is it possible to grow chillis on a sunny windowsill if so is there any variety you recommend
Hey Andy. It is possible....but not ideal. I would consider short season varieties, Jalapeno or Cayenne would be good classic chillies to go with.
Do you add calmag to your feeding schedule? General hydroponics has calimagic and I has provented all blossom end rot / calcium mag deficiency when I use it on peppers
No need. That's why I use my Epsom salts foliar spray (tip number 6). Plenty magnesium in that, and it will pull the calcium from the soil mix
@@ChilliChump I had no blossom end rot at all this year with a rigorous cal mag schedule! Give it test , just trying to help
I appreciate the suggestion Lee. I should have mentioned I have tried calmag. I found it very overpriced for what it is. That's why I say no need. If it were priced realistically then I would probably use it, as it does a decent job. I just chose to go another route, calmag can get expensive when you are using it with as many plants as I have.
Stunning monster! Is that grafted or from seed?
From seed...started end of January this year
@@ChilliChump very impressive!
Thank you!
Good stuff. I have discovered a “magic spot” on my back porch that has produced 6-7’ plants three years in a row. Not sure what exactly causes it. I have an heirloom cow horn now that’s 6’ and still growing, in a 2 gallon pot! It’s strange considering what I know about pot size and plant size. I contribute most of the success to the soil, “happy frog”, which I changed to a few years ago when promix was hard to find. It’s been great for my peppers, better than the promix. All I did to amend it was add about 15 crushed antacid tablets, a tbsp of epson salts, and one crushed aspirin. I can’t wait to try your method next year. Happy growing!
Hi Shaun! I am in Nigeria, a tropical region so we always have the sun out. Can I get this type of growth in a container outdoors or open field instead of a green house. Can Bell pepper be grown as monster pepper?
Hi there. Yes you should be able to. There are a few things you would need to do though to optimise the growth. You can grow massive bell pepper plants too
Yes only if you grow under green net 50% light in Nigeria
Can i use frozen chillies for fermentation? I've got some ripe ones and plenty still to come.
Have a look here...should help you out! kzhead.info/sun/o6uiqZ2ojX-Jf68/bejne.html
Capsicum Frutescens LINN can grow up to 16ft
This is my first time growing anything .So while I was collecting materials for work I noticed all these plants dying so without thinking I got anything I could get my hands on from B+Q (uk shop) that was dying :) so far I’ve harvested all sorts of tomatoes and peppers but my pride of joy is my scotch bonnet plant which has gone from a stick to a bush to a trophy of chillis I’m so happy I saved it and it’s given me so much confidence I’ll be buying from the guru next year to see if I can bring anything else on from seed
That's a great way to get started! And nice job on bringing them back to life. Im sure you are already excited for the next season!
Sounds like it you having chilli chicken tonight.. 😂😂😋🐔
Beautiful plant. You don't say, but it looks like a Dorset Naga, which means I'm sure it'll reach 8ft before the end of the season - it is certainly capable of doing so. We grew a plant (that we ended up calling "Nigel") that reached over 8ft by November, and only then stopped growing due to the failing weather. Our plant produced 2,407 red fruit, from a single harvest in November (had we picked on a regular basis it would have produced a lot more). Since then we have had an open challenge to chilli growers to beat that. Any chance you have counted the fruit as you've picked them?
In the kickoff video for this series I did mention it was a Dorset Naga, and also talked about the awesome Nigel! I will be doing special day of picking with a couple competition winners on November 5th this year. And we will see how many we get from this one!
By the way, I did reach out to you guys by email when I bought the seeds. Not sure if you got round to it. But nice to see you here!
@@ChilliChump Yes, I have found your email. Did you see my reply (sent 30/5/22)? And yes, I did check out your youtube channel, but admit not since as life gets so busy -especially in the summer months on our nursery when there is so little time to spend in the office.
@@ChilliChump Can't wait to hear what results you get!
What size pot was this big pepper plant in? You mentioned 10 to 12 liters in the video, but I never heard you say what the pot size of this plant was... thank you.
It was in a 160l pot
@@ChilliChump Thank you, that's a big pot for sure! 👍
Are there particular varieties that lend themselves well to growing a monster plant? All of my tallest plants this year are superhots, but I can't see me having the need for a monster superhot...
C.pubescens (Rocotos) can get pretty massive.
I read in a pepper blog to sprinkle Epsom salt onto the soil before watering every couple weeks. Any truth to this to help with the calcium absorption? Or just do the misting directly onto the leaves? I had come upon this when researching why my Carolina Reapers wouldn't produce pods. All the buds will flower, pollinate and within a day after the flowers fall off the flower stalk will fall off. I have hundreds of flowers and zero peppers.
I include Epsom salts in my soil mix at the start. But I don't add more after that...only foliar spray. Less likely to overdo it
Hi, sir may I kindly ask what solvent(s) should be used to measure the Capsaicin SHU using UPLC and what is the procedure required to get accurate results(N.B I have never used the machine before and my lecturer said I should ask online)????
Hello there, I would recommend reading this paper on the process: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed077p266
your chillies are producing great. they are indeed great producers, regardless of conditions, once they get started. however, the leaves do show a deficiency, if it matters to you. probably not, as they still manage to produce great bounty of harvest, regardless. :) Calcium and magnesium, amongst most minerals, are extremely deficient in a typical good soil-less potting mix. incorporate some dolomite in mix and supplement with highly available CalMg.
Hey Chris, not sure if you watched the whole video. I do talk about the deficiency, and solution. I prefer not to use calmag....there is more than enough calcium in my soil mix, so I use an Epsom salts foliar spray which enables the uptake of calcium
@@ChilliChump : yes, yes....my point was that, once you're able to have good chilli plants producing, having one giant or a couple of smaller plants, makes little difference, since the size of the fruit does not change. i did not watch your potting mix video, my bad. calcium and magnesium are really lacking in a typical already excellent potting mix, as fertilizers wont typically include them, for obvious incompatibility issues.
I have a question..this year my hot chili’s got dark spots on the stems..eventually killing a few. What happened and how can I prevent it?
Could be a few things...usually plant stress (overwatering, insufficient light or insect pests).
You should try using compost. It increases water holding capacity by orders of magnitude. Also provides a stable source of plant available nutrients, reducing fertilizer. By supporting your soil, you can achieve the same plant size with reduced inputs. Try developing an IMO culture
I do use compost. And I make my own
Guess I've to buy me some chickens now... Thanks! :D
They are fun....they have big personalities.
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So what you saying is, that size don't matter, hmm? That is what i tell my wife all the time! 🤣 You are actually 193 cm? Damn i thought we'd be about the same size but you got 10 cm on me. Your plant looks great and i am really looking forward to the last vid in the series!
😂 your poor wife! And yeah, I'm not very short