Relocating Established Chili Pepper Plants

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MaryMcP Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Nov 30, 2008

Anyone know how well chiltepin, birds eye and jalapeno plants adapt to being dug up and placed in a new spot? These plants have been established in their current location for two seasons but I would like to move them.

TIA for any advice.
Mary

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MaryMcP Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Dec 02, 2008

Very timely artcile by TexasTam - http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1921/

Thanks Tamara! Posted here in case anyone else has the conundrum.

Mary

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Les_Cooper Brazoria, TX Dec 22, 2008

Howdy Mary,

My Bird's Eye moved just fine. In order to http://floridagardener.com/critters/bedbed.htm my raised beds, i needed to move the pepper plant which grows back from the roots each Spring. I took the root ball and placed it into a large pot. No problem.

Les

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MaryMcP Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Dec 23, 2008

Hi Les, Thanks for letting me know you were successful. I solarized my raised beds last summer here in Phoenix. I'm hoping it got rid of the squash vine borer problem I had in that bed two years ago. Also trying to get rid of a persistent grasshopper population.

I have not moved the pepper plants yet. It's been raining a lot and I'm waiting for a dry day!

Take care and thanks again.

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Ozark Ozark, MO(Zone 6a) Dec 26, 2008

Peppers are grown as annuals here in Missouri, of course. Quite a few years ago I bought some Maui Purple Pepper seeds from a lady on Maui, on eBay. She said they're a native plant there, and of course they grow year round in Hawaii - no freezing.

At the end of that garden season, the Maui Purple Pepper plants were so nice I hated to pull them all out - so I transplanted one into a 4-gallon clay pot and brought it inside. No problem at all with the transplant, I don't think it knew it had been moved.

Now, about 10 years later, the descendants of that plant are still growing happily in the same pot - sitting here in my office by the window on this cold December day. The pot goes out on the patio during our warm months, and inside for the winter. It's provided year-round purple peppers, pretty purple blooms, and the "heat" in many batches of my salsa for all those years.

Best I can tell, the individual pepper plants live only 2 or 3 years. When a plant in the pot starts dying I pull it out - but new seedlings are constantly coming up from the peppers that drop in the soil. I think pepper plants are real easy to transplant, even when they're full grown.

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quiltygirl No Central, AZ(Zone 7b) Dec 30, 2008

I will have to try to move my Anaheim chile plant. I planted the seeds late (July) and by the time they were producing, the sun's axis was changing and now they barely get sun at all - although I guess it should be increasing again soon.

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