Warning!!!This is what happens if you don't remove the early blossoms off your young pepper plants.
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2019
- some pepper plants start putting out flowers while they are still small and sometimes when they are still inside the cups where you direct sow the seed,if you let the flowers develop ,the plant will stop growing and will concentrate all its energy on the flowers ,you must remove the flowers if you want for the plant to grow into a big bushy plant and become more productive.
Since these were grown 2 years ago it is too late for any advice to help. However, someone may come across this now or in the future and find the information helpful. If you remove the peppers that are already there, as well as the blossoms, the plants will recover. Also, pruning them to leaf joints will encourage new growth instead of fruit production. I find that once peppers are root bound, they are very, very slow to bounce back. You have to totally uncurl the root ball and even trim some roots off depending on how bad they are. Splay the roots all the way out when you plant them - Do not leave them curled up or they will continue to curl even in the ground. One of the biggest mistakes gardeners make with peppers is over fertilizing. Too much nitrogen will result in small plants and small peppers. They are the opposite of tomatoes in that regard. They are not heavy feeders. Also, they need as much direct sun as possible and the hottest temps available. You don't have control over the temperature but you do have control in where you plant them and it should be direct sun. They want 10 to 12 hours a day if not more. In my experience, the first 30 or even 60 days after I plant my peppers outside, they do very little. Then they explode into growth and flowering and I'm careful to prune them so that they are short and bushy rather than tall and spindly. Both will produce peppers but the tall ones will need staking and any heavy peppers will cause the plants to snap, also if you let them get tall the stems are much weaker and a good wind gust could snap them. I live in the Northeast corner of the United States, USDA growing zone 5b. I start my peppers earlier than any other seeds because peppers take so long to mature. Generally, a bell pepper or a hot pepper take between 150 and 180 days to be fully mature. That 6 months and in my area we only have 7 months a year without snow so it's always a close call with the peppers and some years it gets cold before they've gotten productive. As you learned, if you don't remove the blossoms early on, the plants will be slow in growing in their attempt to support the fruit instead of the overall plant. I don't look at it as a mistake, I look at it as a gardening lesson that we sometimes need to experience to learn from. Now you know and you've shared the advice with others. Happy gardening.
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Very helpful! I just noticed that all 6 bell peppers plants that I bought from Home Depot two weeks ago are having a lot small peppers but they are super low like 5-6” tall only. I did not know what’s wrong but feeling it’s really wired . Will follow your channel.
I'm glad you made this video. I have like 3 bell pepper plants that are really small but already has developed like 10 flowers on each plant. I'm about to go pinch them of right now. Thanks for your honesty.
I know this vid is 2 years old lol, but it's because the plants are stressed as they where/are root bound, now they are desperately trying a Hail Mary attempt and focusing all their energy to produce seed before it dies. Yes, remove the flowers for at least 2 weeks after you get them into the ground to give the plant a chance to grow it's roots. Thanks for the reminder to check for flower buds and pinch them off, I just planted them yesterday.
Thank you for further clarification on the why. Makes perfect sense.
I think he cross pollinated over the years if he’s using his seeds and these are all hybrid plants
I laughed when you started calling them midgets 😂😂😂
He says it with such hate 😂
😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one who laughed
I laughed too, but then I remembered that type of speech is not politically correct and I became terribly offended. Altitude challenged would be more appropriate.
I ment nothing by it,I wanted to say dwarf .
From this first time gardener, thank you so much for showing what happens when we don’t remove flowers from the young plants. There’s so much to learn and I appreciate all the videos on how to do things and especially how not to do things. Thanks!!!
I'm glad you liked the video, welcome to the Channel.
Yes ty so much..... I'm picking my blooms right now as we speak....
Can they recover if you don’t remove them?
@@t.johnson6707 yes they can,but the plant grows very weak through out the life of the plant,it falls over etc.but it will continue to grow as soon as you get your first harvest and will continue to put out peppers,not as many but it will .
@@MyHighDesertGarden thank you I'm outside right now removing all flowers from these small pepper plants I have Serrano, jalapeno, yellow bell. New to growing Chili's, different then squash and beans. Simple mistake thank you for pointing this out my friend. 👍
I live in Florida and I have grown pepper plants, I never removed flowers, they did grow peppers while being small, trust me give the plants time, they are now 3 foot tall and I have harvest hundreds of peppers, I have about 20 plants.
The plants you see on this video were able to recover after awhile and like in your case I was able to harvest peppers through out the growing season but the plants grew very tall and weak.
you live in florida and you have to start them indoors and leave them there long enough for them to flower? i am in tn and start planting seeds in early february. i get them outdoors about mid march, way before they flower. of course i will not put them in the ground before average last frost day which is around april the 7th.
That’s only because you are in Florida.
I am in Michigan. We only have less than 5 months of growing season. It won’t have the time to grow tall if flower and produce fruits early.
And watering with a mild fish kelp mixture in the planting hole helps transplant issues as well
@@paulk5311 Florida grower mostly worry about summer heat. I grow through most of the year..
I don't remember hearing this before. But you have cleared up my problem from last year and this year. Now, I know. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I've been gardening off and on since a teenager (62 now) and I don't remember having this issue before. Not from big box store or home grown ones. 🤔🤔 Thanks again. Gardening is a forever learning proposition. 🙂
It’s our first year growing peppers and we are clueless. Thank you for that information and for the mini tour. All your plants look so healthy and happy!
“Pep-pers” love the way it rolls off his tongue.
For anyone who might be reading this, also be careful of when you put the plants out. Wait until nighttime temps are consistently above 50 or they will get stunted in cold weather. Even a couple nights of cold can stunt them! Peppers like warm weather!
Depends on how young they are. I have a jalapeno or serrano ( not sure exactly since it has yet to fruit) that I overwintered & it has been ok outside in the low 40s. Even throwing new shoots
as soon as the daytime temps get to 60 or so i put them out in the sun. at night for the first few days i will bring them in unless night time temps stay above about 50. after bringing them in a few days they stay out all the time unless it gets cold enough to frost or freeze.
they do not seem to get stunted doing this but i will not shock them to temps below 50 until they been out a few days. this is done to my tomatoes, peppers and any other i may start indoors. i never keep them indoors long enough for them to bloom but then i live where i can get them out usually in early to mid march and put them in the ground the 2nd week of april.
@@fungi42021 Yeah they can survive just fine on cold nights, as long as they get some warmth during the day, and it doesn't get under ~35
'Felt bad for them'. Love it.
I just started gardening and transplanted two bell pepper plants. I went out yesterday and saw two peppers coming in. I thought to myself, "sweet, they starting already". Then I saw this video and now I hope those two fruits and the flowers' sacrifices are not in vain lol
Update. I'm glad I followed this advice. Each of my plants have a minimum of 4 peppers coming now. Thank you!
Welp I'm chopping my flowers tomorrow. Lol
Same!!! Lol
Well this was a timely suggestion by the algorithms.
Me right now 😌
@@rstlr01 indeed.
Same
You are so right. That’s what happen to my ghost pepper tree, the energy went into the fruit and not the tree. My tree was a midget, 6 inches with 6 peppers. I cut off all the peppers and now the tree is growing like crazy and new branches is growing on it also. Thanks for sharing!!!
My ghost pepper's flowers all dropped so I took it inside. Right now it's larger than my forearm, it got humongous! Now I just want a damn pepper lol
Thank you for showing how the peppers grew.
Thanks MHDG. Great job. Good info. I’ll check out more of your videos.
Thank you for sharing. I just started gardening and have some peppers that I'll be transplanting soon and you've provided a great service to others.
Thank you for the lesson that you teaching us about removing flowers from pepper trees when they are still have to put more energy on growing than fruiting.
I’m just learning more about peppers and gardening and your video made me giggle. So glad you posted your humbled lessons! Can usually only get this sort of knowledge through mistakes and being smart enough to figure out what the mistakes were . Again thankful! It was very entertaining
I'm glad you liked the video
Thank you so much! I just topped my bell peppers they are still in small pots and began to flower, this video helped me make an informed decision to top them.
Hahaa love this thank you so much!! Straight to the point and not too much talking before getting down to business!! New subscriber here!!
Same. Subscribed as well.
Thank you for sharing, I’m about to start my peppers for the first time and this video was super informative!
This was a recommended video on UA-cam. Keep up the good work and thanks for the reminder!
Thank you for making this video. I live on the eastern plains of Colorado and the wind, sun, wind more sun, and last week a freeze...it is challenging. I really appreciate your love of gardening and I wish you the best!
You're very welcome
Oh my, thank you soooooooo much. You have literally just saved me, and I’m grateful beyond words.
Spot on this info you want a big plant so more pods I like to top a get more branches more pods and depends on how good you are with good nutriants happy growing 👍🏻
This was very helpful, thank you! It answered exactly the question I had
I bought plants already started for my first garden last year and peppers one one of my choices. Small/Stout plants which at first yielded some peppers, but then never grew all summer... thank you!
I'm so glad I seen this. My banana pepper is small and has flowers
Thx for sharing this. I'm experimenting with the topping off stuff this year. Topped of about half. Just to see the differences.
Wow, I didn't know this. I am currently growing a ton of peppers and they are just seedlings right now. Glad I planted late!
I did the same thing with the peppers I planted late. They were in cups for so long and when I finally had room to put them in the ground, they already had flowers. I didn’t cut them off either. Now I’m here is a huge difference between the ones I topped off and the ones I let go. Oh well, it’s how we learn right? You’re garden is beautiful!
Definitely, gardening is a good learning experience, is good to experiment sometimes.
Indeed
New subscriber here. It's funny I would see this because I had questions about my peppers and chilis.. they are in a greenhouse in dirt and they are very green and flowers are starting now some are taller some are short. I was very curious because I could never grow them. But they look pretty good. Tyfs have a great day! 🌶😉😍
Makes sense, just picked some flowers off mine. Thanks
Thanks this was a timely reminder for me. Great video and garden.
Didn’t know this, thanks for the tips!
Thank you Papi you help me very much! I no very experience but I learning!
Great video, I have just removed all the flowers off my chilli plants, no chillies yet! Thanks for your video
Thanks for sharing. It's really helpful!
Hello!
Great information about your lovely peppers! Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome
Thank you for this hard lesson to learn. It is why I start my seeds later than I used to. I used to get flowers underneath my grow lights. Now I start my hot pepper seeds 4 weeks before outdoor transplanting, instead of the suggested 8 weeks. I also only give my tomatoes only 3 weeks maximum time from seed to outdoor transplanting. I never had this bad of a problem as they still grew outside. But, it is good to know that I can still pick the early flowers off as a precaution.
Thank you for sharing this!!
dang, shade cloth...why didn't I think of that...nice one chap...that's something for me to sort now :-)
Thanks for sharing this important lesson!
I've never removed my flowers (z5b) and they've been fine for me. What gets my plants stunted is putting them out too early. Colder temps seem to scramble their brains. IMO
Wow thanks for sharing this. I have some pepper plants that are small but trying to produce. Maybe I should let them get bigger first.
They prefer to be called 'little' plants, not midgets!😅
All these midgets!! lmfao Not making fun of short people here cause I'm not your tallest tree in the forest by far. It's just funny lol
I believe they are *plants of short stature* lmao or they just haven't grown tall enough for their width, hence my problem 😆
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I didn't mean anything by it,I meant to say dwarf, my apologies 😕😅
@@MyHighDesertGarden You sent this reply to the wrong person. You must have clicked my name by accident. I didn't make a comment to you or about this
I spent many years trying to prove either way. I now never prune and never denude of any flowers. If you’re experiencing lag (what some people refer to as “concentration of energy”) then many things could be contributing factors. The simple truth is the plant knows exactly what to do. Despite our feeble human attempts to manipulate the plant’s anatomy in some way to get results that our imaginations have created, the plant will adjust and do its thing. Our best approach should be simply providing great living soil, and a lot of light. Pruning of any kind has never resulted in more harvest by weight than leaving the plan alone, in optimal conditions. Generally, if a grower is experiencing lag beyond normal transplant lag, it’s due to the soil/available nutrient content and light. Subbed! Enjoy the channel very much!
Man, there's a reason those methods exist. They work. I'm seeing their effect now both on my cannabis plants as well as my peppers. Plants will absolutely adapt, but they can be trained to increase the yield if done properly.
Omg...thank you very much for this video,
Thank you so much!! I was wondering why my pablano isnt growing. Flowers be gone
Your are funny. 😂😂 , I do enjoy your videos
Great video I learnt a lot from you even though a different climate here in Ireland the same thing happened to me last year and I would never have figured it out so many many thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge just a new subscriber 🤝
Anytime,I'm glad you like the content.happy gardening!!
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Great advice! Thank you
I think as one or two others have suggested it was probably being root bound in their pots that caused them to start flowering early. Don’t forget that any plant will rush to reproduce as soon as it feels stressed.
I just don't know why I didn't know that after all these years of gardening.
Moral of the story: Sacrifice some early peppers to allow your plants to grow much bigger. End results: you'll triple or quadruple (or more!) your seasonal harvest!!
Awesome strategy if you don't live in Canada and are trying to grow super-hots in an outdoor greenhouse with in extremely short growing season. I'll take a few peppers over none, any day.
Thank you for sharing your tip my friend 😊
Thanks for the tip!
If you snip all the tops off the branches , they will grow like crazy !!
they will put out additional shoots but i get about the same amount of peppers whether i snip them or don't. basal on the other hand will double the tops every time you cut them off and because you eat the leaves and do not have to wait for them to flower and produce fruit you can do it all growing season long.
you do that with peppers you will get a lot of bush but no peppers.
@paul k put phosphorus in your soil, that helps with flowers
@@billysbigworld6166 that phosphorous and potash makes me plants grow really well especially the smoking flowers
@@paulk5311 this is my experience as well, the plant will produce the same amount of flower wther tall or stocky. Stocky is stronger as well, and the plant doesnr have to work as hard to cycle its horomones so you actually get increased growth
Love the wateting system you have.
💚💚💚 this video is everything 🙌
Thanks for the info
Also thank you for tip on Carolina Reapers, new to Growing did not know Carolina Reapers took longer
They take forever
Wow they look healthy
Hi 👋 👋 greetings from Kansas state. Horas
This an eye opener, I now know what to do with my pepper 🌶. Thanks sir
You are most welcome
Go Wildcats!!!
Thank you!
I never removed the flowers and all my pepper plants have always been big and tall. It could have been too low humidity for a considerable period of time before being watered. You also need to check the city water. It could be more than 7.5 ph. After several seasons, it could affect the soil acidity. Peppers and egg plants love slightly acid soil.
Same here,I never remove the flowers and mine grow tall and bushy with lots of peppers. I always use an organic fertilizer also.
What was the height of the plant, when the flowers appeared?
His plant looks small for flowering.
@@candi1904 I currently have habanero,serrano,black cobra and jalapeños. All my plants start flowering young around 1 1/2 to 2 months and when they're around 8 to 12 inches tall.I keep them in full sun for 7 to 8 hrs. They all continue to grow and produce a lot of peppers. More than I can finish. I always end up sun drying most of mine and use them later in salsas.
@@joekidd777
Ohh okay, I now understand his plight.
Thank you for your response!
Same thing happened to me and i haven't seen my peppers growing in months but they are flowering.
Thanks for showing this. They actually produce pretty well still for being so small. I will remove all blooms however until my plants are bigger.
Great video
Boy, this video appeared right on time for me!!! Thanks. Running out back to deadhead my little peppers! Only the red bell peppers have flowered so early. The green ones have not.
Is this the same for tomatoes?
Yes,that works on tomatoes as well
I live in Canada and grow peppers. Our growing season is little over 3 months. I never removed any flowers and by 3 months (from seed) they were 18-24" tall and over a dozen peppers on each plant. If I had a longer season I might try pruning but I fear it wont recover before its ready to harvest.
If that works for you ,I would not remove any flowers,what I would do rather is to feed my seedlings with nitrogen base fertilizer (Miracle-Gro potting soil would do) also you need to start your seed inside a grow tent using LED growing lights two months ahead, by the time the growing season starts, you will have two months head start....
@@MyHighDesertGarden I did start my seeds earlier this year indoors. They indeed got about 2 months head start on my plants from last year. The ones I planted from seed in the greenhouse after frost (mid May) and I harvested quite a few peppers by late August. I am hoping for even better results this year.
I bought a bigger Carolina reaper plant and planted it, but it barely growing. I was worried, but I saw a tiny bit of growth in a week. Thank you for the tips!
Carolina reaper plants take forever to take off be very patient because in three or four weeks you may not notice any progress but just be patient
Nothing wrong with removing the peppers. They might be stunted because of the super hot weather before. They do put on growth if the weather and nutrients are right.
Wow mine look just like this!!
Don't worry,They will recover afterwards but the plants will grow very weak and will not be as productive.
Yep I remove peppers AND give them healthy doses of nitrogen on top of the all purpose espoma dry organic I use. This causes the plant to grow big and branch out without concentrating the energy on peppers. Keep doing this and once you have thick stems and big plants allow peppers to grow - BUT not on the tops ever. I always pick the top peppers off no matter what.
marcjtdc curious why the top ones?
Yes. Why pinch off the top ones?
Not sure, but imagine it's to keep the plant grow out instead of up.
Good helpful video. Thanks
Don't be afraid to take of the first blooms on anything you grow, they take the goodness away from the rest, just try
The same for tomatos! I always remove the blooms until the plants are almost 2 ft tall.
Mine our short also, thank you for letting us know it stumps the growth.I will also cut the flowers.
Remove the complete top,rather than picking each individual flower,you will not hurt the plant,it will make it more bushier and more productive
@@MyHighDesertGarden I have one big green pepper and lots of flowers but only one large pepper. So I should pull the flowers?
Wow very nice 👍
I'm growing peppers 🌶 for the first time. I hit the like button . Im glad I came across your pod cast. It gives more valuable information.
This podcast is older than most out here. You have done a excelent job showing more than others have. I will be coming back to see more of your valuable information you have shared on growing peppers.
Kindest Regards,
Joel Curtis Alm
Thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated, happy gardening!!
Thank you sir
Funny growing in a pot at home, my plants are about a foot tall but i have noticed amazing root growth. I think not only is the energy going to flowers but to roots as well
i would leave the pepper plants alone if thats the case,the problem i had here is that the seedlings were root bound badly and the pepper plants started to put out flowers prematurely and they were never removed when i had the chance .
you still have time to prune them!! in 2 weeks they will be much bigger, good luck!
I like you said “ not like this midget “, poor pepper plant
I didn't mean anything by it,it was my poor vocabulary, I ment to say dwarf ,my apologies 😅
Love the accent!!!! Sound like my tio
We're laughing that you call them miget plants🤣🤣🤣 they are miget plants!!!🌱 Good tips, thank you!🌱😎
ty im in lake LA gonna go get those blossoms
Make sure to remove the complete top rather than removing each individual flower.the plant will start putting out new side shoots within 3 to 4 days
Thanks for the info ! I’ve never had luck with pepper it seems like the bugs always get them for me !
If you have bugs issue,try growing them in pots
I'm currently going through the same thing with my Carolina peppers.
I find it interesting you don't attribute their poor performance to them being root bound, instead of the flowers. I consider the flowers a symptom of them finding no new nutrients.
You want them stocky like that..
Wether they are tall, or short, tou will get generally the same ammount of peppers. And you do have some very nice sizedpeppers indeed! Thats all the proof you need that youre doing just fine!
so what you're telling me is that if I want a quick production of peppers I should leave the flowers GOTCHA
My friend, I recognize THAT "pencil"- ANYWHERE!
(My grandpa, was a Carpenter for over 45yrs thru a TriState County & Northern states as well. Traveled all the way to Pennsylvania for a few, select "friends"/"Business Acquaintances"- anyways. )
...been giving it some REAL, deep- thought as to picking up where he left off. (Since I "apprenticed", under him for a good 5-6 yrs, I don't see "HOW"/"WHY" it shouldn't be a big deal. )
I'm failing with my pepper plants and now I know why 😭
Remove peppers. Prune lower leaves. Keep consistent moisture and it will take off.
Take off all peppers when ready to eat .then trim the main branches .by cutting off the side branches off and leaves . But remember to proun the plant when has 9 leaves
Why if I may ask? I'm new to gardening. My bell pepper plants are still small and have a few leaves on. I have to count them tomorrow tp see exactly how many leaves they have already.
What did you do? I have pepper under lights as it's cold in summer here and it's in winter. So I'm giving them a head start but had to trim top them after the 3rd set of true leaves. I'm cutting buds because they are covered. Hopefully they pull through as I have a bunch of miss matched workshop LED's and fluro's
Omg that shade cloth is such a good odea fir my balcony omg im doing this next yr i love it n utll give me some privacy. Did u get that on Amazon or at the garden stores?
I'm I. NY state a d I've never picked blossoms off. My jalapeno plant right now it 3 1/2 feet tall a d has about 50 peppers on it.
Must be some good soil 😆
Trust me you cannot go wrong using Miracle-Gro potting soil