The EASIEST Way to Propagate Peppers 

The MAIN thing to remember about propagation is the remove the flowers, buds, and new growth. The cutting has growth hormone in it, and you want the plant to use the growth hormone to establish roots. I’ve propagated tons of cuttings, and a lot times, wasn’t paying attention, and I’ve grown entire pods without the cuttings establishing any roots at all. Good video btw.

I had no idea that peppers could be grown from cuttings until now. Thanks.

I was just looking for this info and -bam!- PepperGeek posted this video literally 10 minutes ago. Talk about perfect timing!. I considered this YT channel a little gem, but now they have psychic powers as well? :D

I overwintered a habanero plant last winter and it produced awesome. I took cuttings from it this summer and started the cuttings indoors in water. I now have three baby plants from the mother plant that I plan to overwinter.

I am doing this for the first time. I have had some wonderful pepper plants this season, and I am excited to see my results. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thanks for the info Crystalyn, I always appreciate the tips and tricks.

Didn’t even notice this was a new video 😂 Great video can’t wait to do this!

Great timing! I’m near the end of growing season in MD and wanted to look into this process as a possibility as we had some nice plants this year and have an indoor location to grow. Thank you! As a tip for others, it’s a good idea to thoroughly rinse any outdoor plants or cuttings before bringing them indoors since hitchhikers (aphids, spider mites, etc.) can wreak havoc indoors.

interesting learning, thanks for sharing the process

Two of my plants this year were very good producers and I may do this instead of overwintering the whole plants like I have done before. Thanks for the demo

I wish i had a growing season that long!

Love you guys thank you!!

Hello @Pepper Geek I was wondering if you have a video or any information on your soil mixture?

Very Interesting nice one, I'll try it next years. I try to grow a couple of type every year. Mostly indoor as where i live in Cumbria England it is cold and wet most the year. So indoors mainly, although just like the wifes tortoise they are put out on warm days, lol. Side note the tortoise absolutely loves the leaves. Which is another reason i grow them.

this is actually a great Idea for overwintering! should be less chance of aphids etc getting in since your regrowing the plant from a small cutting.

I have done this a couple times and it really takes more than a month to see any new growth. I think i rather plant new seeds.

@2:24 would you sell me the tokapi glass 😂

"If it has aphids it gets the hose again" I hope I'm not too late for my peppers, we had some cool nights and maybe I forgot to water them... I'll try to rescue the lemon drops ❤

Do you have recommendations for ideal thickness of the stem?

Move them to potting soil just after the first root formation ( 2-3 rootlets of 1/4 to 1/2 inch) so they don't develop into water roots. Allowing the roots to get as long as shown in the video will cause transplanting trouble. There may be some minor wilting when doing it this early because the roots are so short but the cuttings will establish faster and be heartier in the long run, just mist them or raise the humidity if wilting is excessive. Moving established plants from hydroponic systems to soil always causes long lasting transplant shock when compared to soil→soil or aeroponic→soil.

Togepi

Ha I had that same small Togepi glass as a kid. I wonder if it's still at my parents' house...

If I were to do this under grow lights, how many hours of light per day would the cuttings need?

I would do that but aphids are such a pain to keep on top of as I always miss some lol

If I live with 365 days of summer so winter isnt an issue, would i get a new plant that's producing peppers faster with propagating or with starting from seed?

Would this work near the end of the growing season?

How many hours of direct sunlight should they get when indoors? What's the minimum?

Must be something in my water, but I've never successfully water rooted any plant. Been trying for years. Air layering seems a lot more consistant imo.

When would you say the best time of the year is to do this if you live in the North East? It sounds like October is a good time since it could take 1-2 months for roots to form and allow growth under grow lights until late April. Just guessing though

I would like to try this just not this year as they have done worst then ever

I did this a day ago. If you're tapping into my phone mic, I will find out, and I will sue

Does propagating a pepper plant reset its live span for that piece alone?

Great video, thanks. I live in CT also and at 1:45 in the video I felt right at home. I could see your pepper leaves chewed up and a white residue on the leaves. I thought, yep the beetles were killing their peppers too and they had to dust them with pesticides.

Mine always rots at the cutting point in the water after a month or so.

If you keep repeating this process, do you eventually run out of space for people and only have peppers?

stinky beans and jengkol fruit sir

Pick a peck of propagating peppers!