giant marconi sweet peppers

10 years ago

question regarding my marconi sweet peppers. So this was the last transplant i had added to garden couple weeks back. i bought the transplant with 3 smallish (2-3inch) peppers already on the plant. Transplanted ok and plant is very healthy, however, the growing seems to have stopped and i dont see anymore branches where the peppes grow off (or whatever these are called) developing.
is this due to the plant being transpalnted with peppers already on it, and now only concentrating on those 3 peppers? should i cut off those peppers now and let the plant re focus on plant growth and sprouting more stems with flowers/peppers? what is best for this case? not sure if the plant is just being idle and stubborn and i should wait, but i also dont want it to remain small (its about 11-12 inches tall and biggest of the 3 peppers is about 5inches, they grow to about 8inches).

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myluck
10 years ago
I don't know where you are located, I'm in central Indiana and my Marconi peppers are real behind this year along with the rest of my peppers. Its been rather wet this season and cool. Peppers like it hot and dry. Memorial day weekend is when I put mine out at about 10 in. tall and no branches. They put on 3 blossoms each, developed 3 little peppers and just sat there staying the same size. Now just this last week they have grown to about 16 in. and branched. They also put on lots of blossoms. Could be the season starting. Nothing seems to be "normal" this year
digdirt2
10 years ago
should i cut off those peppers now and let the plant re focus on plant growth and sprouting more stems with flowers/peppers?

That is the standard and recommended practice for all transplants. Personally I recommend never even buying any transplants with fruit already on them as it is a sure sign of a stressed plant. Why start with one that is already stressed? But it you do the best odds for the plant is to remove any of those forced blooms and/or fruit.

Dave
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