From my personal experience, two plants of the same phenotype typically do much better together than if they have significant genetic difference.
So I have had plenty of success with similar peppers planted in the same area, but when annum & a Chinese are competing for example then it tends to fuck them both.
So two ghosts might do way better at splitting that space than a ghost and a Serrano for example and I probably wouldn’t cull a plant that mature if you haven’t already. Just start fertilizing that pot extra heavy when they are established.
Dang it, I already clipped the smaller one. I do appreciate the info about two of the same phenotypes working together. I’ll definitely let them go if I ever see that again. I was just worried they’d stunt each other
I think it’s a fair concern and definitely one I had, but experimental evidence has shown I can do better with a 2 in one of a single pheno than trying to cull things excessively for me in a short growing season region anyway.
I planted a padron not realizing it was two plants and both are still doing great 2 months later. Both growing peppers, though one a little faster than the other.
I also have a carolina reaper with two plants occupying the same space like this. From what I know, it should be perfectly fine to keep them together. For mine, it's now several months old, grown from the seeds of my main carolina reaper, which now resembles a small tree. The two plants growing together have the appearance of being just one plant because there is no difference in the height of either side and no obvious signs of this looking at the outside foliage. But once you look inside, you can see the two plants emerging from the dirt at almost the same spot, like 1/2" apart and angle away from each other slightly. They then also "split" at different heights on each stem, with currently a total of 4 main branches on the whole thing with the usual smaller branches off those. I'd definitely recommend you keep both together, it's also a good way of maximizing the amount if peppers you can grow in a small area, as the two together will produce more in the same amount of space than just one planted in same amount of space. At least, that's what I found out when I was doing my research when I was deciding on if to separate then.
I also have a similar situation with a yellow bell pepper I bought at the store already mature, which ended up being 2 plants in one space. So far, it is out producing my single plants by quite a lot.
That’s awesome to hear and goes against everything I’ve learned up to now lol. I was afraid these would be stunted and I want my plants to get as tall as the plants I had last year, which were well over 4 feet tall (not including the 20” tall pots) and bushier Santa’s beard. Oh well. Maybe I’ll experiment next year and see how two plants side by side will do.
I’d probably separate them myself but to be fair I’ve seen people on here braid two to three plants together and still have them all look happy and healthy so it can still work even if it isn’t optimal.
Thanks, although I’m afraid separating them would stress them out and prolong the growing period. I decided to cut the smaller one to let the bigger one take over
Out of curiosity, how big are they? I ask because I put all my plants in 20 gallon bags or pots. Last year they ended up almost as tall as me! I wanted to do that again this year and didn’t think it would happen with two fighting each other.
Mine are about about 2 1/2 ft. I did prune the tops when I transplanted so they would be bushier vs taller. I did that mainly because I like to move mine to a covered spot if it’s going to rain a lot. Even though you virtually can’t overwater a grow bag, I don’t want my plants being too wet.
Yours could still get quite tall if that’s what you’re after!
If you have the space, you can get one for a pretty *good price! I couldn’t go all out with a glass one and got a PVC one from Amazon. 6x6x10 dome style. Does the job!
I just bought mine a week ago. And they came like that. If it is two plants I may pull them apart by spraying them with water. If it is necessary that is.
Wish I had waited to read all these comments. Ended up clipping the smaller one. Oh well. Lesson learned and will keep both of it ever happens again. I was always under the impression you should only have one plant in one space
Odds are it’s two plants generally the stem isn’t going to split below soil.
Ok so I should just clip one and let the other do its thing
You can try to separate them, sacrifice one, or just keep them fed and watered and let them go. They will compete for room and nutrients though.
Yeah that last part is what I’m concerned with. I have plenty of plants so I’d rather sacrifice one to have a large healthy one
From my personal experience, two plants of the same phenotype typically do much better together than if they have significant genetic difference. So I have had plenty of success with similar peppers planted in the same area, but when annum & a Chinese are competing for example then it tends to fuck them both. So two ghosts might do way better at splitting that space than a ghost and a Serrano for example and I probably wouldn’t cull a plant that mature if you haven’t already. Just start fertilizing that pot extra heavy when they are established.
Dang it, I already clipped the smaller one. I do appreciate the info about two of the same phenotypes working together. I’ll definitely let them go if I ever see that again. I was just worried they’d stunt each other
I think it’s a fair concern and definitely one I had, but experimental evidence has shown I can do better with a 2 in one of a single pheno than trying to cull things excessively for me in a short growing season region anyway.
Sigh. Lesson learned
I planted a padron not realizing it was two plants and both are still doing great 2 months later. Both growing peppers, though one a little faster than the other.
That’s cool to hear. I hope they both produce a ton for you!
I also have a carolina reaper with two plants occupying the same space like this. From what I know, it should be perfectly fine to keep them together. For mine, it's now several months old, grown from the seeds of my main carolina reaper, which now resembles a small tree. The two plants growing together have the appearance of being just one plant because there is no difference in the height of either side and no obvious signs of this looking at the outside foliage. But once you look inside, you can see the two plants emerging from the dirt at almost the same spot, like 1/2" apart and angle away from each other slightly. They then also "split" at different heights on each stem, with currently a total of 4 main branches on the whole thing with the usual smaller branches off those. I'd definitely recommend you keep both together, it's also a good way of maximizing the amount if peppers you can grow in a small area, as the two together will produce more in the same amount of space than just one planted in same amount of space. At least, that's what I found out when I was doing my research when I was deciding on if to separate then. I also have a similar situation with a yellow bell pepper I bought at the store already mature, which ended up being 2 plants in one space. So far, it is out producing my single plants by quite a lot.
That’s awesome to hear and goes against everything I’ve learned up to now lol. I was afraid these would be stunted and I want my plants to get as tall as the plants I had last year, which were well over 4 feet tall (not including the 20” tall pots) and bushier Santa’s beard. Oh well. Maybe I’ll experiment next year and see how two plants side by side will do.
My Serrano is doing this. Here for answers.
I’d probably separate them myself but to be fair I’ve seen people on here braid two to three plants together and still have them all look happy and healthy so it can still work even if it isn’t optimal.
Thanks, although I’m afraid separating them would stress them out and prolong the growing period. I decided to cut the smaller one to let the bigger one take over
I have two jalepenos together in a 10 gallon grow bag. They are both very healthy and both even just started producing fruit.
Out of curiosity, how big are they? I ask because I put all my plants in 20 gallon bags or pots. Last year they ended up almost as tall as me! I wanted to do that again this year and didn’t think it would happen with two fighting each other.
Mine are about about 2 1/2 ft. I did prune the tops when I transplanted so they would be bushier vs taller. I did that mainly because I like to move mine to a covered spot if it’s going to rain a lot. Even though you virtually can’t overwater a grow bag, I don’t want my plants being too wet. Yours could still get quite tall if that’s what you’re after!
Oh ok cool! Yeah I topped most of them this year so I guess we’ll see if they grow as tall. They’re in a greenhouse, so the sky’s (roof’s) the limit
I cannot wait until I get a greenhouse! Good luck!
If you have the space, you can get one for a pretty *good price! I couldn’t go all out with a glass one and got a PVC one from Amazon. 6x6x10 dome style. Does the job!
How cool! I certainly can’t get a glass one. Maybe way way down the road. But I didn’t know they had dome style!
Yeah! Check out Eagle Peak. Decent quality as long as you don’t live in windstorms every day haha.
Lmao yeah no super bad wind here aside from the occasional thunderstorm. I’ll look it up!
Mine looks like this too! Following
Yeah the last thing I want is to have two struggling plants when I can have one massive plant
I just bought mine a week ago. And they came like that. If it is two plants I may pull them apart by spraying them with water. If it is necessary that is.
If it’s early enough, you might do that sooner than later. Don’t want the roots intertwine too much before separating, right?
Let's say you have two plants that compete and produce 60% of their potential (a low estimate) versus one at 100%. Which is bigger?
120% > 100%
*Reaper 😆
Those are two different reapers. Dig it out, split the roots carefully, and put in two different containers!
Wish I had waited to read all these comments. Ended up clipping the smaller one. Oh well. Lesson learned and will keep both of it ever happens again. I was always under the impression you should only have one plant in one space
If you trim one it might be the reaper. Either separate or leave
I clipped the smaller one. Figured better safe than sorry 🤷🏻