Working for the County in this area, has some advantages, especially when it comes to Wild Pepper Plants.
In this area, about 30 miles south of San Antonio, Texas, the Tepin and Pequin pepper plants grow abundantly. You find them growing in many places along the county dirt roads. Recently I pulled up and transplanted two Pequin Pepper plants to my yard and am happy to say that they took.
I’ve never had any Wild Pepper Plants that didn’t survive a transplant. I’ve done the same with Tepin plants with 100% success.
What I do is make sure that when I take them out of the ground, that the roots come up with a substantial amount of soil. I put them in a container and moisten up the soil with some water. As soon as I get home, I dig up the hole or area where I will be planting them. Make sure this hole is big enough to accommodate the roots entirely without having to do any bending or cutting in order to make them fit in the hole.
When the hole is completely dug up, I fill up the hole with water and wait until it is all soaked up into the ground. Then I carefully place the plant in the hole and start adding soil. After the plant is properly planted. I add some more water to it.
I then water it daily for about two weeks. Then I water it every other day from that point on. Once it is firmly established, you can then water it about three times a week. There really aren’t any watering rules set in stone here… as long as the plant has some decent moisture so as not to dry up and die.
These plants are very hardy and grow all to themselves in the wild. In the wild they are strictly dependent on mother nature for their water. I’ve noticed however, that they do much better when their root and soil system are kept moist.
I hope this helps you out a bit.
