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Something new I heard on GW last night was Monty saying it’s best to constrain the roots in a not too large pot, more fruit less bush apparently, but it’s probably marginal gains, getting the watering/feeding right is more important I’m sure.
This does not make any sense to me at all to be honest.
If starting chili plants indoors you'd probably use small-ish pots due to lack of space, but my experience is they love it when you give them the largest possible pot as soon as possible!
In other words: what they don't like is to start flowering / producing berries when the light increases - and then experiencing lack of space / light / water / nutrients, also re-potting them when they're in that stage gives the more fragile varieties transplant shock, so again - best to move them to a large container before they really start to flower.The bigger the pot (and the more light / water / nutrients, within reason) the bigger the plant.
The more sun and heat the more hot the chilies 🔥Ps: in case you guys aren't aware - we do have a chili thread on here !
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Just never occurred to me I guess, when they’re in pots I can keep them in sunny spots and then move them if the weather takes a drastic turn for the worse. Lucky to have a greenhouse for the first time this year so I’m hoping they’ll really love it.
Something new I heard on GW last night was Monty saying it’s best to constrain the roots in a not too large pot, more fruit less bush apparently, but it’s probably marginal gains, getting the watering/feeding right is more important I’m sure.