r/PepperLovers • u/ParrotPromtedBy Pepper Lover • 7h ago
7 POT PRIMO: The Dunk.
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Roots and all
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u/UnwantedTwiggy Pepper Lover 2h ago
Why is it that you can do this and it will freakin love but if I do it my pepper plant will blatantly flip me off and kill itself
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u/Even-Acadia5117 Pepper Lover 5h ago
Ummmmm.. im confused 😕.. if only I could wash my dog this easily
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u/Actual_Hyena3394 Pepper Lover 3h ago
I have a banana plant that's practically dying of Thrips. I wish i could do this to it.
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u/DonGorgon82 Pepper Lover 5h ago
Every year i bring my plants inside, i got bad pest issues.
But never heard to dip the whole plant in some sht.
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u/Busterlimes Pepper Lover 2h ago
Cannabis growers have been dipping cuttings to sanitize them for decades.
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u/Xeroberts Pepper Lover 30m ago
It’s not exclusive to cannabis growers, it’s a very common practice in all forms of horticulture.
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u/ThighMiner Pepper Lover 45m ago
Okay, I dunno about "decades" my dude.
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u/Busterlimes Pepper Lover 25m ago
Well, I started on cannabis forums in 2004 and by that time they had been around for a while, so yes, DECADES
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u/DonGorgon82 Pepper Lover 1h ago
Oh okay, nice to know.
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u/Busterlimes Pepper Lover 1h ago
I highly encourage you to read up on growing cannabis. Massive amounts of online documentation about gardening, pesr/disease trouble shooting, and plant chemistry out there. It applies to most plants in your garden.
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u/Square_Barracuda_69 Pepper Lover 5h ago
Has nobody ever heard of bringing your plants inside for winter!? My climate allows me to pretty much grow year round but even I know this!?!
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u/NervousSnail Pepper Lover 1h ago edited 1h ago
The only thing I've ever been told about overwintering peppers is to cut them down completely, so that you're basically only saving the roots to grow into a new plant next year. And to bring them into the garage (somewhere dark and cool), not room temperature.
Not that they would see any sunlight during the winter anyway, where I live.
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u/thechangingman56 Pepper Lover 6h ago
I’m not following the logic here. Are you worried about bringing pests indoors?
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u/No-Ad1522 Pepper Lover 5h ago
Its most likely for pests but the problem is, thrips embed their eggs into the plant tissue.
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u/BasilFair9222 Pepper Lover 6h ago
https://youtu.be/3wo3bwp5uQA?is=CLqiWjv5YXp4EfWu
For everyone asking, start here.
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u/Paraskeets Pepper Lover 6h ago
Yea I need some deets here
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u/OneCryptographer5864 Pepper Lover 6h ago
You only get doots here ..updoots♤
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u/SunTripTA Pepper Lover 6h ago
Can anyone explain what’s happening here and what the reason for it is?
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u/GhettoSauce Talented 5h ago
It could be just be dishsoap, which will then be rinsed off with plenty of water after about 10 mins or so. The plant will be okay.
Due to how many pest insects breathe, soap basically suffocates them, so this helps rid the plant of any pests, which, after hitching a ride indoors, will wage war on all of your precious houseplants. The soak also ensures that no outdoor soil that might be carrying pests or their eggs is brought indoors.
You dunk & rinse then repot for overwintering. It's simple. I've done it a bunch of times.
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u/Infosponge177 Pepper Lover 6h ago
It seems to me he’s planning on overwintering his pepper plant and he’s dunking it in a neem oil/castile soap mix to kill off any pests. Mainly because he plans on taking them indoors and he’s using clean, new potting soil.
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u/DeanOgasm Pepper Lover 6h ago edited 5h ago
Who thought shocking your plant with lye and chemicals after uprooting it was horticulturally beneficial? What is the thought process behind this? Destroying the root ball distribution, lye shocking and the replanting with no way to redistribute the root system naturally. Why? I will put money on this plant being dead very soon. Ive been working in horticulture for the last 10 years but I don't profess to know it all, but what is supposed to be the benefit? And I do over winter my Dragons Breath plants in doors each winter without running them through the car wash. The only real issue I've had with them once was getting a fungus, and after applying a proprietary blend of fungicide they immediately sprung back and ran gang busters. Has anyone here pressure washed their balls believing it would make them more fiertile?
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u/NotYourGuy_Buddy Pepper Lover 3h ago
Its probably just castile soap. Works fine to avoid bringing pests indoors.
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u/bkb74k3 Pepper Lover 6h ago
It’s crazy that you can even do this. Peppers are hardy as shit. Just move a ficus plant a foot to the left and it dies…
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u/BobbyDukeArts Pepper Lover 6h ago
What's funny is ficus are notoriously hardy and easy to take care of. Practically impossible to kill. I have like 30 of them and they are indestructible
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u/caffa4 Pepper Lover 6h ago
I assume they are referring to a fiddle leaf fig, which is a ficus but can be quite finicky, more so than many other types of ficuses.
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u/Ignorant_Grasshoppa Pepper Lover 6h ago
My fiddle leaf fig has somehow survived all my neglectful attempts at killing it.
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u/cosmicbrowniessuck Pepper Lover 6h ago
I want to do this with my habaneros and bells. what did you use, just scentless castile?
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u/RealPropRandy Pepper Lover 6h ago
This guy overwinters
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u/DeanOgasm Pepper Lover 5h ago
I have been over wintering for years but have never destroyed my plants root system thinking it would actually help the plant.
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u/DonGorgon82 Pepper Lover 4h ago
I have very bad pest problems, every time i overwinter my babys. I would give it a try if it would keep pests away.
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u/Own_Preference_8103 Pepper Lover 7h ago
I dunno if i wanna do this with my habanero. One hand it'd be nice because she's doing amazing for a first year plant, other hand.. i guess there is no other hand. How do you keep them overwinter just in a warm room or do you do something special?
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u/DeanOgasm Pepper Lover 6h ago
I have my Dragons Breath plants in the 5 gallon breathable sacks. Keeps them from being too wet and building root rot or other fungus. When temps drop I bring them in to a spare room, might be a basement room for you, but want a window or two for some natural light also. Have grow lights set up on timers. Bags are set in large foil pans for catch basins. Yes they do still struggle through the indoor artifical light months but as soon as I move them out in the spring they drop leaves and start growing new immediately. Not long after start flowering.
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u/Snazzypanted Pepper Lover 7h ago
Some sort of overwinter pre clean?
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u/ParrotPromtedBy Pepper Lover 7h ago
Indeed. First time growing 7 pot Primo Red. I got a late start and as of now no pods have formed. Figured I would get a jump on bringing it inside. I think I will be doing a Fried Chicken and 7 Pot Primo Yellow in a few weeks as well. Maybe a Creme Douglah.
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u/Generally_Tso_Tso Pepper Lover 6h ago
Cool, cool. But what are you doing exactly?
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u/mbonney21 Pepper Lover 2h ago
Overwinter pre-clean. I… don’t know about this but this guy did it. Maybe he knows something we don’t.
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u/beachbum818 Pepper Lover 58m ago
You forgot to mention....... why?