Hot pepper dropping buds and flowers
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15 years ago
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leaves, flowers and buds dropping and furry leaves?
Comments (19)Hmmm so i havnt done anything to it yet but the buds leaves and flowers seemed to have stopped dropping...it was originally in the shade and i put it out in a place that gets half a day of sun about a week ago and i think thats what seems to have helped it. The flowers have faded in the sun though and dont look as deep pink :( which is alittle disappointing i guess...The leaves still have that white furry stuff on them though so i might wipe them down again but it is looking alot healthier. The leaves with the dots on them that you guys though might be mites fell off and no more seem to look like that...maybe i am in the clear? will keep a eye on it still but......See MoreFlowering hot pepper plants problems...
Comments (2)From what I've read peppers aren't light sensative as far as trigering flowering etc. goes. Mine flower under Fluorescent light easily. I'm not growing most of mine in hydro. Most are going outside in pots. I usually add calcium to get my buds to pod out if they are dropping. I think Peppers are time triggered for budding. When they get old enough,under the right conditions they bud.Some faster than others. I've never figured out why 1 plant puts out pods easily while another under the same conditions drops buds. For Hydro it could be a PH thing. Peppers are supposed to like 6.5 (I think) so try going up or down for a week and see if anything changes. PH determins what nutes are available for your plants to use in general. Especially when it comes to Magnesium,Calcium and iron among others. The few plants I have in Hydro are around 6.5-slightly up or down from that at times...I'm not the best at checking as much as I should. I don't do much more than add water between fert. changes like I probably should. Maybe check out the hydro board. Post your findings here though,it might interest others....See MorePeppers, Heat and Flower Drop...
Comments (2)It's been in the upper 90's - 100, with lows in the upper 70's here for 2 months. Every flower that my 6 jalapeno plants have produced thus far has fallen off. They sit under the drip line of a tree, so they get direct sun morning and evening with filtered light from about 11-5....See MoreSweet peppers perform poorly compared to hot peppers. Help?
Comments (27)Have you tried mulching them (with such as a wood mulch or bark mulch)? Peppers generally seem to like mulch (especially if they're in the ground). How much soil do they have? (I ask because some people put a layer of plastic under their raised beds to keep weed roots out.) Your bell peppers might need more room for their roots. What variety of bell pepper are your growing? Some are easier than others. How big were the plants at transplant time? Bigger plants (so long as they're healthy and vigorous) seem to have an advantage. If you grew from seed, you might not have started them soon enough. We've had more success with store-bought bell pepper plants (transplanted in the ground) than seed-grown ones, so far (whether in-ground or in containers, and the store-bought plants got sizeable fruits fast; they were probably California Wonder), and I think that's mainly because of their maturity. If I heated my 6'x5'x3' greenhouse, I might be able to start them sooner, but, yeah, I only have so much time without heating it (early in the season) before I need to transplant them. Anyway, the bell peppers I've liked the most from seed have probably been Big Bertha F1, White Cloud, and Keystone Resistant Giant (the latter didn't get a fair trial, but I liked how it was doing in a tiny container, transplanted late). White Cloud does not have large fruits, but it is a bell type. To date, I've grown most of my peppers (all from seed) in containers, without mulch (most kinds with good results, but some don't seem to thrive in containers). I've tried a few seed-grown ones in the ground without mulch in recent years, but they didn't do well (same for all kinds of unmulched seed-grown peppers in the ground, though). We did a few sweet peppers in the ground with mulch last year, and they thrived. We've done some in raised beds in the past (without mulch), with okay results, and before that, we usually just had them in the ground without mulch (with store-bought plants) with excellent results. We're doing a whole row of peppers (many kinds, hot and sweet) in the ground with mulch, this year, and they seem happy so far (happier than the container peppers). We're also growing peppers in containers (with mulch) this year. The only bell I'm growing this year is Keystone Giant (in the ground, with mulch, from seed); feel free to ask for an update later. I agree that Lipstick is a good alternative to bell peppers; I've grown it two or three times (in containers). You might also like Neapolitan (it can be prolific and early). Chervena Chushka is another good alternative (but it likes a good amount of soil, although it does well in big containers). Georgescu Chocolate isn't bad (small fruits, though). I know it's not even close to a bell pepper in shape, but for a good sweet pepper, you might also try Jimmy Nardello Italian (it's sugary sweet). I haven't tried Cubanelle, yet, but it sounds pretty great. Marconi peppers and Corno Di Toro Giallo seemed at least as difficult to grow as bell peppers for me, though (in large containers, without mulch)....See Moregreystoke
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