How big should a pot for a Thai Dragon pepper plant be?
Question by Generic Name: How big should a pot for a Thai Dragon pepper plant be?
I have six Thai dragon pepper plants growing. I intend to keep them indoors for the duration of their lives. They are in seedling pots at the moment. When it comes time to transplant them, how big should the pots be? Thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by shooter1
As a minimum I would recommend 12 inch pots, with each plant in its own pot rather than crowded into the same pot. If you want the plants to produce while inside they need an abundance of sunlight, and all blossoms would need to be hand pollinated.
Good luck and enjoy!
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July 24th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
The Thai Dragon is a large plant compared to some chilies. It can grow near thirty six inches tall, compared to, say, a Habañero at fourteen or fifteen inches. You should use at least three gallon pots. Five gallon would be better. Your peppers are self pollinating, which means you don’t need bees in your house or hand pollination. They pollinate themselves with just a bit of movement of the plant, sometimes not even needing that.
July 24th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
The pots you transplant them into should be at least 3 gallon.
In order for your pepper plants to do well, they need lots and lots of sunlight – 6-8 hours a day minimum. If they can’t get this much light, you might want to purchase some inexpensive grow lamps. Pepper plants thrive in hot weather, which can be difficult to provide in the winter time. However, try to keep them away from air vents – blowing air will dry them out quickly.
Make sure the plants get plenty of water. However, get containers that have good drainage holes as the plants don’t like sitting in soggy soil.
You may want to fertilize them shortly after you transplant them and again after the blossoms appear.
The following link has lots of good info about planting, watering, fertilizing and harvesting sweet and hot peppers.
Good luck!