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FlowerNewbie
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My peppers are in need of repotting but they have a few flowers and peppers on. Will this harm them?
The peppers are bigger now maybe three times that size
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No, it will help them. As they flower and set seed and produce fruit they need more resources of food and water and those wee pots will soon be depleted. Nutrients in most commercial composts last a maximum of 100 days, often less and roots outgrow pots so pot on as they grow and use liquid tomato feed to help them along.
If it helps, one way is to start with the large pot as I do with tomato's. Put in drainage then compost half way up the larger pot then sink the smaller pot into that so the tops are level. Let the plant grow on then lift the small pot remove the plant and drop it back into the hole the small pot was in and water. This allows for adding more compost every ten days or so feeding the plant as it starts to flower and fruit as it allows the roots to grow into the larger pot. This has worked for me with all kinds of plants for many years with little set back to the plants.
Frank.
Ok thanks very much, what size would be best then?