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Tips for planting bell peppers and onions in a container bin
Posted on 5/12/20 at 7:44 am
Posted on 5/12/20 at 7:44 am
I have one of those plastic storage totes that I'd like to use to plant bell peppers and onions in.
I've drilled some drain holes in the bottom, added a few inches of gravel and I have the tote raised off the ground on some milk crates.
I've never planted anything before so all help is appreciated.
I've drilled some drain holes in the bottom, added a few inches of gravel and I have the tote raised off the ground on some milk crates.
I've never planted anything before so all help is appreciated.
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Posted on 5/12/20 at 9:18 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
How much you can plant is determined by how big the tote is.
I have an in-ground garden with traditional rows and like to plant almost everything I grow at least 18 inches apart in the rows and about 3 ft. apart between rows. This gives the plants plenty of room to spread and helps with fungal issues since they get good air circulation around them.
Peppers will likely need some form of staking. I use 4 ft. metal stakes I got from Tractor Supply for all my peppers and eggplants and larger wooden stakes for my tomato plants since they grow much taller.
As for onions, are you trying to grow bulbs or just green onion tops? I find I have limited success in the N.O. area growing onions for bulbs but get more than enough green onion tops for cooking. The bulbs that are produced are more like spring onions and are much smaller than regular onions.
The onions can grow between and around the pepper plants so utilize what little space you have.
I have an in-ground garden with traditional rows and like to plant almost everything I grow at least 18 inches apart in the rows and about 3 ft. apart between rows. This gives the plants plenty of room to spread and helps with fungal issues since they get good air circulation around them.
Peppers will likely need some form of staking. I use 4 ft. metal stakes I got from Tractor Supply for all my peppers and eggplants and larger wooden stakes for my tomato plants since they grow much taller.
As for onions, are you trying to grow bulbs or just green onion tops? I find I have limited success in the N.O. area growing onions for bulbs but get more than enough green onion tops for cooking. The bulbs that are produced are more like spring onions and are much smaller than regular onions.
The onions can grow between and around the pepper plants so utilize what little space you have.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 10:45 am to gumbo2176
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As for onions, are you trying to grow bulbs or just green onion tops?
Bulbs
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The onions can grow between and around the pepper plants so utilize what little space you have
Didn't realize that, I wasn't sure if they needed to be planted separately. thanks!
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:22 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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Bulbs
Growing for bulbs means spacing will be important for them to develop. I'd give no less than 6 inches all around each onion set you put in.
Personally, I gave up on growing for bulbs and now just grow for the green tops that I use in cooking. I just got back from Costco and a 10 lb. bag of large yellow onions cost me $4.49 + tax and growing them really is not cost efficient in my opinion.
Just like corn. Rouses is selling a crate of bi-color corn with 48 ears in it for $8, or you can buy individual ears at 6 for $1 if you don't want the whole case. For that price, growing a stand of corn is pointless since you will only get on average 2 ears of corn per plant.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:26 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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Didn't realize that, I wasn't sure if they needed to be planted separately. thanks!
Lots of things can be "companion planted". It's too late now since it is heating up, but if you put in spinach or lettuce seed a couple months ago it would have been beneficial to plant them around plants that get tall and offer shade.
Spinach and lettuce both "bolt",(go to seed) when the weather warms and the leaves get very bitter and not nice to eat, but being shaded helps them last a bit longer.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:36 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
Onions and bell peppers have opposite planting seasons. Bell peppers should have been planted after the average last frost date which was probably early April. Onions should be planted in the fall...
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:43 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Onions and bell peppers have opposite planting seasons. Bell peppers should have been planted after the average last frost date which was probably early April. Onions should be planted in the fall...
Onions can be planted in Zone 9 (All of La.) from January until the end of May as per the planting guide for this zone.
I plant sets in the fall to have green onion tops to use for cooking and they are in the ground by late October, but I only grow for the tops now.
This post was edited on 5/12/20 at 11:44 am
Posted on 5/12/20 at 12:43 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Onions and bell peppers have opposite planting seasons. Bell peppers should have been planted after the average last frost date which was probably early April. Onions should be planted in the fall...
According to the almanac 5/24-26 and 5/31 is a good time for planting peppers and 6/6 & 6/7 are good times for planting onions.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 12:59 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
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According to the almanac 5/24-26 and 5/31 is a good time for planting peppers
My peppers have been in the ground for about 3 weeks now and I know I could have gotten them in sooner with the mild winter we had.
Bell peppers and regular banana peppers will produce fairly quickly, and I have several of each of them in my garden.
Hot peppers like habanero, ghost, Trinidad Scorpions, etc. will take a good bit longer to put out good peppers. Seems the hotter the pepper, the more they like hot weather to do well.
Most everything you can grow in the summer months can be planted in March in South La. That goes especially true for tomato plants since the heat of summer takes a big toll on the plants and they fade quickly.
Right now I have around 60 okra plants coming up real nice and will be picking a lot of okra by July through September. At almost $4 a lb. in the store, I love growing okra.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 9:10 am
Posted on 5/12/20 at 1:09 pm to gumbo2176
Do green onions have to be pulled or can they be cut for use with a scissors near ground level ?
Posted on 5/12/20 at 1:22 pm to Picayuner
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can they be cut for use with a scissors near ground level
This is what I have done for years
Posted on 5/12/20 at 2:50 pm to Picayuner
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Do green onions have to be pulled or can they be cut for use with a scissors near ground level ?
I grow a lot of them and take just one stalk from several plants when I want to cook with them. They will keep producing after stems have been cut.
To get a jump start on green onion tops, you can buy the ones in the store, cut off the bottoms about 1 inch up from the root, put them in a cup standing on end with the root end down and put water about 1/2 way up them and they will send out roots. Then transplant them into a pot on your porch so all you have to do is walk out and snip them as needed. I have about 50 of them in a pot on my 2nd story back porch along with a large pot of parsley. I walk out my kitchen, snip what I need and get to cooking.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 5:15 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
to piggyback off of the bell peppers questions. My kid wanted to plant peppers some in a pot. So i cut a pepper in half and took the seeds and put them in the half cut pepper and then covered it with soil. To my surprise they are sprouting. My question is, what do i do now. Do i move it to a large pot, because i don't have a garden and didn't expect this to work?
Posted on 5/13/20 at 2:20 am to jojothetireguy
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Do i move it to a large pot, because i don't have a garden and didn't expect this to work?
Pepper plants can get pretty big, so just one to a good size pot is all I'd have-----and by good sized pot, I mean something in the 3 gallon and up range, preferably a 5 gallon pot with good drainage.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 6:32 am to gumbo2176
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gumbo2176
The plastic container I want to use is 23"Lx18"Wx13"D.
How many pepper plants can I put in something that size?
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:26 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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How many pepper plants can I put in something that size?
I wouldn't put any more than 4 in there, and not on, but close to the 4 corners.
You may be able to get 5 if you go 4 corners and one directly in the middle, but that would be pushing it a bit, like the 5 on a domino pip.
A container will definitely need to be watered way more than an in-ground situation-----probably every day at least once, especially once the summer heat hits. Plants drink a lot of water and lots of evaporation will take place once we get in the 90's.
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