Transplanting Pepper Plants

Transplanting pepper plants from 2" pots to large 5 gallon pots is easy. The process takes about 1 minute or less, its that simple. I use 3-5 gallon pots for all pepper plants because this will allow the plants to get big while controlling the moisture level.

Just follow these steps:

1. Pre-soak the 3-5 gallon pot of soil before transplanting the plant so that it's new home is in a moist condition.

2. Dig the hole in the new pot slightly deeper and wider than the pot the plant is being removed from.

3. Remove the plant from the small pot by holding the plant stem and squeezing the bottom of the pot to facilitate the plant sliding out.

4. Once the plant is out, gently untangle the roots at the bottom of the plant so the roots do not become root bound.

5. Place the plant in the hole and gently press the soil around the plant base until it's compacted to a stable condition.



Garden Salsa Hybrid

This is a hybrid chili pepper specifically developed for the use in americanized mexican salsas. These peppers get about 6-8" long and are about 1" across. I was intrigued when I saw this plant because  I have never heard of it before last year, so I bought it and boy was I impressed. This is a great tasting pepper and has just the right amount of heat for everyday use in salsas, fried onions, whole, etc. The peppers are about as hot a serrano but with a unique flavor that soon became addicting. If you like medium hot peppers and you see this plant I would grab it. This plant does great in full or partial sun.

Thai Dragon Pepper

Capsicum annuum

This is one of easiest peppers to grow. They range in hotness from about 50,000 + scoville units and are long and slender with thin skins and usually take about 70-90 days for harvest, sometimes the plants will yield twice before the the end of the growing season. These are one of the best peppers for drying and are great to cook with whole or chopped into pieces. The peppers turn from dark green to bright red when ripe.

Super Chile

Capsicum annuum

Short bushy plants with plenty of thin to medium skinned peppers. The scoville units ranges from 40,000 -50,000 but can seem much hotter. The peppers can grow up to 2 1/2" long and range in colors from green to orange to bright red before harvest. Plants are very hardy and can last well into the end months of the year as long as it does not get below the frost level. Great ornamental or patio plants and can be exposed to partial or full sun.

Tabasco Peppers

Capsicum frutescens

Extremely great producers of peppers. The peppers are very hot ranging between 30,000 - 50,000 scoville units but seem hotter because of the water/juice they retain dispersing the heat immediately. Believe it or not but my plant produced over 500 peppers in one growing season. The plant limbs grow straight up and have spear like peppers that are easy to harvest. The peppers change from light green to orange and then finally red when ripe. The peppers will separate and fall off the stem when overly ripe.

Big Caribbean Habaneros

Capsicum chinense


 These peppers range from 300,000 - 500,000 scoville units. They are heavy producers of peppers and can take up to 120 days to harvest. They can get up to 2" diameter and are very pungent when ripe. These were the size of small tomatoes and extremely hot with a fruity like flavor. This one plant I had produced over 200 peppers. These plants should be started early for guaranteed harvesting in late summer. I dried about a hundred for later use, which are great for grinding into powders to adding to salsas.