Hello everyone, new to the site.

Last year at the start of pandemic, i dropped about 5 seeds of a gala apple i had just eaten into small yogurt jars with some potting mix, expecting nothing. Well in 4/6 weeks i had little seedlings come up and they started maturing to the point where the yogurt jar was no longer adequate.

I transplanted them on bigger pots and they continued to grow, even flowering in early spring. It looks like they have outgrowed the second pot, and wanted to move them either in bigger pots or in my backyard. Now, these plants have never been outdoors, hence i am worried they would wither and die. Do any of you have any ideas what would be the next best step? Many thanks in advance

Harden them off as you would any other seedling you'd be moving outdoors. Start by taking them to a sheltered/bright shade site . After a few days move them to filtered sun, after a several more days to brighter spot until eventually they are in the sunshine.
Not knowing your location or climate it is hard to say whether they can stay out overnight without further protection; but of your nights are not too chilly at this time of the year they likely won't need any special consideration.
Move them into larger - but not too large - pots with good drainage...something only an inch or two larger than the cups they are in currently. Increasing the size of he pots too quickly often results in overwatering and root damage. Better to pot-up slowly allowing the roots to develop with each successive potting. Drainage is critical.
Now for the bad news -
If you expect to grow Gala apples from these you will be disappointed. You will be growing an unknown, ungrafted variety and quite possibly will never see fruit. They are therefore better suited to being grown for fun rather than for the garden.
Looks like you've done well - have fun.

If you expect to get ANY type of apples from the plants in your photos, you will be disappointed. The plants pictured are Pepper plants (Capsicum).

Peppers are tasty, too, and will give you fruit this year.

Danita said:If you expect to get ANY type of apples from the plants in your photos, you will be disappointed. The plants pictured are Pepper plants (Capsicum).

Peppers are tasty, too, and will give you fruit this year.

Thank you very much for the advice, i am in NJ, USA, so the summer can be unpredictable we are experiencing mid to upper 90s during the day and high humidity.

I will "weather" them like you said and hope for the best.

I am aware of not expecting same fruit or even any at all, but the whole experience has been rewarding.

When i moved to NJ 5 years ago, i had brought a young fig tree with me, planted on the ground and it did ok for the first year. We had a harsh winter the subsequent year and it killed everything but the root. I was more careful with it for the next 3 years applying heavy layers of burlap and a plastic bin with some predrilled holes in it, it came back and I actually have about 1.5 dozen fruit blooming in the branches 😀.

I believe she is suggesting that I should look at the pictures and not merely answer the question posed. That seems like a lot of extra bother.
Regardless, steps to harden off your seedlings; whether pepper or apple or pineapple upside down cake remain the same.

Danita said:If you expect to get ANY type of apples from the plants in your photos, you will be disappointed. The plants pictured are Pepper plants (Capsicum).

Peppers are tasty, too, and will give you fruit this year.

Lol, thats what my plant snap keeps on telling me too, 😀, i know what i planted though, unless they grafted galas with peppers 😂

Pepper apples. Interesting... Very interesting. Those are definitely peppers. I have both an apple tree and 6 varieties of peppers. And those are absolutely peppers.

I promise you that they are not apples.
Perhaps someone added pepper seeds to your pots while preparing a salad, salsa, etc.?
If the potting mix was reused, then the seeds could have been in the mix.
Your peppers are already blooming so fruit should set soon. Peppers can self-pollinate if you just give the plant/blooms a bit of a shake. They will produce better outside, of course. As JBarstool mentioned, be sure to put them in shade at first and then acclimate them slowly to the sun since they've been inside.

I think someone is messing with him and put the pepper seeds in. Either that or he's messing with us.

Jay5613 said:I think someone is messing with him and put the pepper seeds in. Either that or he's messing with us.

Thanks for suggesting that, but i have no time to mess with anyone, just a garden and plant newbee, but have an apple tree outside that i bought from Home Depot several years back, and the leaves do look different, they have serrations on the edges, hence my confusion. Btw my apple has had many stresses in the past few years as deer have persistently overcome any defenses i have created.