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| I just started growing peppers this year, any advice would be appreciated! I have 7 cayenne pepper plants, 6 bell pepper plants, and 4 petite pepper plants. I grew them indoors and brought them out in Mid May at about 6 inches in height. Although, they're much bigger at about 10" tall and with many more leaves, they're starting to flower profusely. I heard that they shouldn't be allowed to flower before the plant is at a decent size. What is a decent size? They haven't grown much height wise in almost a month and keep setting flowers every few days after I keep pinching them off. The petite peppers are the healthiest with a bushy look and many stems, the cayenne's second with a strong Y stalk but not as many leaves. The bell peppers are being ravaged by some beastly pest and they're all tiny 6" plants with toughened leaves and holes everywhere. One has only 3 leaves left. What eats bell pepper leaves? They're provided with plenty of fertilizer, and they seem lush green and healthy overall (nutrition wise), but they just don't seem to be growing. P.S. |
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| I'm guessing my pepper plants are about a foot and a half. They've already got peppers on them, most of which started when the plants were much smaller. My advice is to leave them alone, stop pinching off the flowers and let them do their thing. If the plants aren't ready to produce fruit, they won't.
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- Posted by AiliDeSpain 6a - Utah (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 0:33
| Loribee, your peppers look amazing! What variety? Agree on stopping pinching off flowers. If the plant is not ready to support fruit it will drop the blossoms. |
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| Thanks, they are doing well this year. I grow Ace and Lipstick. I get the seeds from Johnny's. |
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- Posted by gardengal13 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 2:01
| I think some peppers are even smaller than 1 1/2 - 2 feet. I am growing Nardellos this year and they can be really small but can produce like crazy from my research. I am hoping mine do the same :). Got a bunch of sweet pepper varieties. Will be interesting to see how it goes. |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 2:15
| Mine are growing very slow this year, it just hasn't been hot enough. |
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- Posted by gardengal13 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 14 at 7:24
| Me too prairiemoon! I planted them and immediately after the weather decided to drop to the 50s for daytime highs and cold rain for a week. This stunted them. Now they are starting to get tiny buds because the weather has been sort of ideal but the weatherman says it will be 90s by the end of next week. Hoping they set fruits before then. This roller coaster really confuses my poor plants. |
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| at the end of the season my peppers usually end up about 2 feet tall by 2-3 feet wide |
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