Most of us start our plants in 1 gallon pots, and we all know it doesn't take long to stress the plant due to being root bound, lack of nutes, etc. I know there are many small landscapers in every major city who discard or stack 10's to 100's of large 4-12 gallon plastic pots every day. Most of these guys would love to get a couple bucks a piece for them - or just give them away! Believe me, I work for one of the small landscapers on days off and am using their discards, and giving them away. A typical pepper/chili plant in a good environment living in a 2 gallon pot will yield less than 20% of the same plant in a 5-6 gallon pot, and less than 10% than same plant in a 8-12 gallon pot. Believe me, I compared them all last year. Just look em up and make the calls. Large nurseries will still try to rook you for their stacks though! Good luck! TiMo