Peppers are almost identical to tomatoess in that they do better if left to struggle a little. Tough love or controlled neglect, call it what you like. I wouldn't feed it more often than every three or four weeks.
Looking at the colour of the fruit and the amount of colour on the stems, I think it's probably a variegated variety. Variegated varieties can get very colourful.
Thanks so much, i will love my peppers but be tough from now on. I am amazed - I didn't know peppers like this existed, you learn something new every day My tomatoes seem to be doing ok- I've also been feeding them once a week and giving them much more water than the peppers. No sign of any ripening though - do you know how long that usually takes?
I'd lay off the water and food on the toms, too. Ripening is solely down to temperature. The fruit doesn't need direct sunlight. Optimum temps for ripening are low-20sC and higher. The lower the temps, the longer they will take. As a very very very general rule of thumb, they usually take 4-6 weeks from the time they begin to change colour from the darkest green.
Thank you for all the advice. Low 20's is probably the highest we've had this summer and not on too many days, so I guess they'll take quite a bit longer. I'll cut back on the water and food now. PS the purple pepper hasn't been fed or watered all week and there's no sign of wilting and it's growing incredibly every day
Well, there you go. Peppers - or toms, for that matter - in containers just don't need daily watering unless they're in full sun all day and it's about 35C. With feeding in containers, you only have to allow for the fact that watering will gradually leach out the nutrients you add when you feed. It doesn't happen overnight, though. It might barely happen within a week with daily watering. Even if it does, the plants need a break from nutrients. They need to cope for themselves. And they will.
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I should have asked, how often do you think it should be fed? the bottle of feeder only really gave info about outdoor plants so I wasn't too sure...
Peppers are almost identical to tomatoess in that they do better if left to struggle a little. Tough love or controlled neglect, call it what you like. I wouldn't feed it more often than every three or four weeks.
Looking at the colour of the fruit and the amount of colour on the stems, I think it's probably a variegated variety. Variegated varieties can get very colourful.
Thanks so much, i will love my peppers but be tough from now on. I am amazed - I didn't know peppers like this existed, you learn something new every day
My tomatoes seem to be doing ok- I've also been feeding them once a week and giving them much more water than the peppers. No sign of any ripening though - do you know how long that usually takes?
I'd lay off the water and food on the toms, too. Ripening is solely down to temperature. The fruit doesn't need direct sunlight. Optimum temps for ripening are low-20sC and higher. The lower the temps, the longer they will take. As a very very very general rule of thumb, they usually take 4-6 weeks from the time they begin to change colour from the darkest green.
Thank you for all the advice. Low 20's is probably the highest we've had this summer and not on too many days, so I guess they'll take quite a bit longer. I'll cut back on the water and food now. PS the purple pepper hasn't been fed or watered all week and there's no sign of wilting and it's growing incredibly every day
Well, there you go.
Peppers - or toms, for that matter - in containers just don't need daily watering unless they're in full sun all day and it's about 35C. With feeding in containers, you only have to allow for the fact that watering will gradually leach out the nutrients you add when you feed. It doesn't happen overnight, though. It might barely happen within a week with daily watering. Even if it does, the plants need a break from nutrients. They need to cope for themselves. And they will.
Thank you, my mind is now at ease! And the second pepper is fully purple now