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My peppers are flowering but I have no peppers!

mjppmjpp Posts: 7
in Fruit & veg
I have several pepper plants and they’re all growing well with small white flowers on. The flowers are starting to turn but there are no signs of any peppers. 

Am I being impatient or is something wrong??

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited August 2021
    Are you pollinating by hand? 
    Are they in your house or a greenhouse.
    Dab each flower with your finger or a paint brush and transfer to the next flower.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mjppmjpp Posts: 7
    They’re in a small outdoor greenhouse but I haven’t done anything about pollinating. I’ll try the paint brush option tomorrow. Thank you.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    It does seem a bit late now for peppers?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It is really, mine are loaded with fruits just turning red but it may show the poster what can be done in the future. 
    As they’re outside they may be a bit too cold at night. I only grow mine in the conservatory.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    Mine are the same although there are at least a few green fruit but this is the first time since I started growing chillis that they haven't been full of fruit so I've never bothered hand pollinating before, maybe a lack of insects this year or maybe the greenhouse door has been closed more.
  • LornaPLornaP Posts: 80
    I am growing some peppers outside (in Berkshire) and some on windowsills. They are the long pointy Romano type. I used a paintbrush to pollinate the indoor ones and outdoor ones seemed to do fine on their own. Fruit on both, although still green. Hoping for a sunny September!
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