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    Now things are hotting up and I might actually get some of the tender plants out, I'm a bit stumped on what size container to pot into for final potting up. This is for aubergines (Calliope - baby aubergine type) and chillis (Cayenne and Hungarian Hotwax). I remember the cayenne chillis got a lot bigger than i was expecting last year and they were also several to a huge pot which was not easy to shift inside to ripen up the chillis.... I also have some vague bit of info floating around in my head that chillis and aubergines fruit better if their roots are a bit restricted. Is this right or have I mixed it up with something else?

    So..after all that waffle, just really wanted to know what sort of size containers I should be popping these guys into!

    Cheers!!
    If it ain't broke...fix it til it is!

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    I'm going to keep aubergines in smallish pots (~8") this year as they appear to fruit better (I learnt this from Beechgrove garden programme). I think about the same size or bigger for the chillis.
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      I've found that supermarket flower buckets are the perfect size for a lot of things. I've successfully grown toms, peppers and aubergines in them, as well as all sorts of other stuff.

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      • #4
        I've gone for 10" pots, just a bit easy to keep watered (this is for my aubergines and sweet peppers). I think anything around 8-10" would be fine - flower buckets are nice and deep!

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        • #5
          Ah yes....the revered Morrisons buckets. Unfortunately we dont have a Morrisons very near and our local Tesco just looked at me like I was a wrong-un when I asked about their buckets. Might try and make a trip to Morrisons anyway, as buying pots is horribly expensive!!!
          Last edited by w33blegurl; 21-05-2010, 08:24 AM. Reason: all the typos....soo soo many!
          If it ain't broke...fix it til it is!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by w33blegurl View Post
            Ah yes....the revered Morrisons buckets. Unfortunately we dont have a Morrisons very near and our local Tesco just looked at me like I was a wrong-un when I asked about their buckets. Might try and make a trip to Morrisons anyway, as buying pots is horribly expensive!!!
            Hi, they also use the same flower buckets at Asda. I asked did they have any spare and came out with a box with about forty in, all for free

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            • #7
              Wow, free flower buckets, this is an excellent idea! I've been paying £1 each for builder's buckets!

              Thank you!

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