Hi reemus, I have a ghost and hab. I'm no expert but I gather from what I've learnt off this forum, that pot looks long and thin, too small for two plants. The bigger the better, so they can spread their roots. I think you're supposed to be able to fit the plant in the pot, if you were to hold it upside down. As for water, less is better. Wait until dry and nearly wilting. When I first got my ghost, it went pale and droopy because I was trying to look after it too much (over-watering). Can't help with your soil, never heard of it, but I'm in the uk.

Like I said, I'm no expert, but hope this helps.

Rich.

Yes, the pot is too shallow. Should be in 3 gallon pots each or larger. Not too familiar with the Espoma soil, but I suspect it's peat based. I would prefer a bark based soil but you can make peat soils work if you are careful not to over water it. You may want to check out the container forum as that's the best place for container soil, watering and fertilizer advice. Check out Tapla's treatise on these subjects which are the best pieces of container growing advice I've found. I've been growing peppers in containers for awhile now using his methods very successfully.

Good luck! Growing superhots can easily turn into an addiction!

way too small, this is my first year using containers, but i recently repotted my superhots due to advice here, and was suprised to find the roots had made it to the bottom of my pots, and they were alot deeper than yours. I put mine in 5 gallon pots thanks to the advise here, john

I tried to grow two Ghost last year in the same type of container because I did not expect the germination results I had and did not plan to have 4 Ghost plants.

The major issue besides not being large enough container, they get too top heavy and will cause the pot to flip on its side. I ended up taking it out of the pot (the roots were so intertwined had to cut it to seperate) and planted in ground.

Bigger pot is better for sure. Not sure about the Epsoma either.

Agreed, 5 gallon pots should be considered your minimum final size for healthy peppers. 5 gallon is the size of large laundry detergent buckets.

Ideally you will want to go to Walmart or any of the big box stores and buy the really big tree sized pots. The ones you can barely wrap your arms around.

Good rule of thumb is that you should give your peppers a pot that is big enough to go over the top of the plant you want to grow. That is, you should give them as much room under the ground as they take up above it.

The bigger the pot, the bigger and happier the pepper.

I have found here in S. Fla that my Jolokias out grow 5-7 gal. pots in about 2 years/seasons. After that their production drops dramatically. I gave several to a friend who replanted them in the ground. They were clearly root bouind. They have since begun to flourish again.

I digress about the 3 gallon minimum. That is advice I would give for my zone. In your zone will need larger then that due to having a much longer and possibly perpetual season.

reemas:
apparently --at least according to one guy-- bhut jolokia plants grow up to seven feet tall and can live to seven years :) This guy has a seven-foot tall plant which bears hundreds of peppers at a go, which is about four or five years old: http://www.ghostpeppers.com/seeds.php
And strangely enough, the plant seems rather scrawny (to me), with a rather thin stem, and its pot seems inordinately small. Amazing.