This small change helped one of my chili seedlings take off, while the rest stayed behind.
These are my Habanero chili pepper seedlings . I started all of them from seed , on the same Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ( February 9th ) , using thepaper towel method . After they stock , I grew them indoors . Same way . Same potting mix . Same mature Inner Light . In other give-and-take , I raised them all under the same term …
But if you search close at the look-alike above , you may note that one seedling is literally standing out . It is vainglorious , bushy , and substantial than the relief . So , what made the departure ?
It wasn’t special
Now , it ’s beguiling to say this one chili seedling was just course stronger . And sure , that does go on . I have seen it plenty of times with my own seedling – include chilis . The seeds were the same , but the plant grow at different speeds .
However , in this face , I know that is not it . How ? Well , because on April 9th , when I graft them from a seed - starting cellular telephone tray into individual smoke , this one was n’t ahead . It was pretty much the same size of it as the others .
But it did go into a larger pot
After I moved them into heavy pot , I did not change their grow atmospheric condition either . It was again , the same room , the same potting mixture , and the same grow lights . The only difference was that one seedling went into a expectant potbelly , and the rest went into smaler ones …
And weeks by and by , on May 14th , when I require these picture , the plant in the large pot was not just observably large , but bushier and stronger too . It was by far ahead of the eternal sleep .
So , the real conflict came down to the size of the container . If you desire your chili seedlings to grow quicker and become stronger and bushy , give them more space . Move them into larger pots as before long as they start to outgrow their current one . It really is that simple .
This is how my Habanero chili seedlings looked on April 9th, just before I transplanted them. They were all about the same size. Ignore the much taller Aurora chilis on the right.
Why it works
It turn because more place intend more room for ascendant . And more roots means more nutrients and more water for the industrial plant . The top of the plant then responds to that too . The fore thicken out and grows taller . The leaves grow large and faster …
It is like upgrade from a studio flat to a spacious loft . You suddenly have elbow room for everything you call for .
I have seen this play out again and again , not just with chile , but with other vegetable seedling as well . It is basically true for container horticulture in general . A larger pot almost always means a big flora .
This is how my Habanero chili seedlings looked on April 9th, just before I transplanted them. They were all about the same size. Ignore the much taller Aurora chilis on the right.
P.S.:There is one more reason I care give chilli Madagascar pepper seedlings more outer space to spread their root word : They are less potential to bloom and fruit too ahead of time . Click here to seewhy that matters and what I do when it happens .
This is a top view of three chili seedlings with the same age, same setup. The one in the middle went into a larger pot. The difference speaks for itself.
I took these two chili seedlings out of their pots to compare. The pot size difference is clear, but not nearly as obvious as the difference in plant size.
