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Bell Pepper Issue
John Waterman2
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TFlowes drop off at the base either before or shortly after opening so the fruits do not for. They are adjacent to a chilli which has long well formed fruits so growing conditions are the same for both. Where am I going wrong what should I do with them
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Try using a small soft brush to hand-pollinate the flowers as soon as they open. I always do this and have had 100% fruit set so far this year. All you need to do is very gently push the brush into each and every open flower.
didnt get any more flowers to try the brush, have a lovely bushy green plant no flowers and no peppers what did i do wrong? feel let down as this year as I started late spent £3.49 on a plant but have planted fed and watered for weeks and only rewarded with green growth no fruits.
Next year try just taking seeds from a bought one, they germinate very well on the windowsill when they are fresh, then dont feed until you see the flower buds, you've made it lazy. Feed with tomato feed .
Supermarket sweet peppers
if i keep the green house warm is there any chance of late flowers and fruits r just get rid of it now
You may lose the season now Philippa, but down here we are forecast a good warm week, you may be lucky, I dont know what they are called, they were from Lidl or tesco but they all came true. Last couple of years I have grown the bell type ad John has, they came true from their seed as well.
John, I would say you may as well chuck em, its took late for flowers to come if they hadnt already. Start next year with a free one, just dry the seed off a bit and put it in a pot, slightly cover with compost, put on windowsill and wait, prick out in 3 inch pots when
they are about 2 inches tall or when the second leaves form, then wait till the roots fill the pot before potting on, if you put them in a too big a pot they wont grow for you, they will just get straggley. Treat them like a tomato plant. Pot on gradually until they are in 8/10 inch pots put a strong cane in.
Yes same here!
I read that you can actually keep pepper and chilli plants in the house/green house with fleece over winter and they will survive, they are not an annual. So I'll be getting keeping mine that I did from seed this year and see of they live.
Here is a good link giving instructions on how to overwinter them.
I cant see the link!
I find after they have produced so much fruit, the plant looks just about spent. So easy to grow from seed, I wouldnt use up the space.
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/overwintering-peppers.htm
The peppers are meant to be bigger in the second year. I don't see the point of throwing a decent plant out of you do have the room. We've got that many house plants that two more won't make much difference!