Best gardening channel ever. You actually give the information and don't waste people's time with long intros and music and other crap. Informative, to the point, easy to understand. And you even organize and provide time stamps. A lot of people don't do this and you can often find yourself scrubbing through a 15 minute video to the find the information you need. So huge kudos to you guys.
@@PepperGeek the devil emoji says it all. I got my older brother with one. He was trying to be macho and I told him right as he took a bite. He wanted to cry. I know he did. He was getting in a car to leave. What a suffering ride that must have been.
You posted this video just in time! I started to worry when I noticed the flowers dropping on my jalapeño plants a couple days ago. Thank you for your insight and reassurance! 👍🏻♥️
I grow my peppers in both containers and in-ground. I've taken notice over the years, that the peppers in containers are notoriously bad with blossom drop...whereas the peppers growing in-ground suffer significantly less blossom drop. I mainly grow the Super Hots(Ghost, Scorpions and Reapers). These peppers always give sub-par results, per plant, for me in pots. Somethin in that ground I tell ya!
I started pepper(Cayenne) growing this year, in the temperate zone, kept 2 large bushes identical in growth, one produced around 40+ fruits sharing a 20l pot with 2 small lemon habanero that didnt have a fun time for some reason healthy but no flowers the other pland who was alone in a 20l pot with a little less soil kept dropping all flowers. I added only 4l of the same soil and boom it starts producing in every flower. Now my question to anyone out there is, are peppers really this sencitive??? 4l added to about 12l soil 16 ish in total was enough.
I think another cause is low overnight temperatures. If it gets below around 50F, give or take a few degrees, a lot of plants will just be like, "nope, don't like this..." Typically only a problem in spring/early summer and early autumn in most areas.
Been a subscriber for a couple of weeks. We live in Thailand and have 9 jalapenos' coming up in 8ea., 3 gallon grow bags. We transplanted from seedlings a few days back and they "took off". I'll try to update on progress. I'll probably get some 5- or 10-gallon bags as well. Coming from Texas I have wanted to grow these for years. Finally got some seeds and they are looking good. Appreciate the knowledge you share young man.
Thank you! We've just gone through a heatwave and my flowers were popping off one after another, I was panicking. I think I had overwatered also slightly (although thankfully no pooling) and the plant simply had tons of flowers to begin with so it just shed off a few. I now see a couple of chilies that have started developing so perhaps I can call off the rest of the panic! If we get another bout of heat I'll just move the plants to a cooler spot, I made the mistake of leaving them frying at a very exposed spot which I think may have done it. So excited to see what comes from these chilies. This channel is so valuable to new growers like me, so thank you again!
@@PepperGeek Isn't there a chance for leaf burn if you water the foliage while the sun is up? Like water drops acting like prisms and causing damage to the leaves. I have always heard that you should not spray your plants with stuff like neem oil at least while the sun is up. Either way, interesting and informative video! Never even thought about the fact that some might just drop naturally hehe
@@PreatorRaszagal midday rain happens quite often and the peppers are fine when the sun comes back out. It's a potential issue, but it seems a bit overblown
Thanks so much for this video! I am growing mini bell peppers and cherry tomatoes indoors in grow bags this year, all from seed. My garden is looking amazing but the first two flowers that the pepper plant made both fell off within 24 hours, so I have been all over TH-cam trying to find out why. You're the first one to address that issue so thanks!
I freeze tubs of ice for tomato plants when it stays too hot at night to set fruit otherwise. Figured that out on a so exposure, hot, 2nd floor balcony nobody could ever grow tomatoes on. Tomatoes are life, lol. Will try some ice on the sissy peppers, too..thanks!
Thanks pepper geek for this wonderful information, I was taught to water hot pepper plants once a week so as not to over water them. I would really like to grow pepper during the raining season, thinking of growing them in high ridges to avoid water log but I'm scared as they would get to be watered more than once in a week. Respect from Nigeria
I have a few bushes of Jalapenos in 15l tanks. Lower parts have quite big peppers now but the higher parts keep getting yellow and fell off :/ I mean the pollinated ones, i can see that there are small, green peppers on them but the whole "tail" is yellow and it falls off either by itself or only by touching it. I live in Poland so there are no heatwaves above 35C and since those are Jalapenos i suppose it should be ok with temperature around 30C ? I try not to overwater it, i check on soil with my fingers and if i feel its not dry i let it be, leaves never looked weak on them. Basically i water them every 2-3 days, depends on the soil. Maybe there are not enough nutrients ? What should i fertilize it with ? Potassium ? Like tomatoes ?
i’m currently growing ghost peppers, and they love the heat. i also found out they are the perfect pepper for people that forget to water there peppers often but i don’t recommend it. they can just handle it bette than other pepper plants
Iv been doing Fresno’s but man it’s been freaking 113 in the Ca foothills. I brought my chili’s in and my herb garden and my cat went to town on my basil..
I live in Canada about 20-30 min North of Toronto. We usually don’t have issues with droughts. But this past week it has been 30°C (86°F) plus. One day even went to 42°C (108°F). This morning I went to check my garden and one of my bell pepper plants dropped an immature pepper about an inch long and a little less than an inch wide. It has stopped producing flowers at the moment but I am sure when it cools down it will spring back into action. But my question is if can I mist a plant in the garden that I can’t move to the shade? Or I shouldn’t mist them in direct sunlight? I just don’t want my plant to get stressed to the point of dying. Thank you love the videos!!!
My indoor bell pepper plant is now 38" tall in a 5 gallon bucket, she's a beauty but yeah, blooms just dropping...I just tickled some blooms and hoping within this week I'll see some set...🤞
New gardener here trying to grow jalapenos and habaneros in California! Hopefully my two flower drops on my habanero are normal or because I overwatered a bit. I’ll let it rest! Thank you for your help!
I just want to add, it's a good thing when dud flowers drop off your plants because then the plant won't waste anymore energy on that flower. it will divert energy to other flowers.
I was once told it's caused by lack of calcium.Saving egg shells and crush them up with you hands.Put the pieces around the base and you'll get let drops.
I have Jalapeño Cayenne peppers banana peppers that are doing fine but my Bell peppers I have no peppers on them and the buds keep falling off or the tiny peppers fall off what you think?
Could be a nutrient or watering issue. Also, some varieties are more sensitive to hot temperatures. Our plants always produce best once the heat of summer begins to come down
Thanks! I love your channel (maybe that's because I love peppers); love your straight-forward presentation and all the helpful information. I don't grow in soil (no land, stupid HOA rules, etc). My peppers are grown from seed indoors, hydroponically, using Masterblend 4-18-38, Silica Blast, Calcium Nitrate, and Magnesium Sulfate. I get lots of flowers and lots of fruits; I shake the plants daily once the flowers start popping out. I have 3 bushes per 3 gallon bucket. Yes, they go through a lot of water, just like my tomatoes. Last time I grew bell peppers (California Wonder) I got about 13 medium-size bell peppers on a 3 ft tall bush. It did need to be staked--difficult in bucket--but it was worth it! Those were the sweetest, tastiest bell peppers I've ever had in my life...I had no idea they could taste that good. My Anaheims and Poblanos did equally as well. While I hadn't thought about it at the time, those bushes kept producing; as soon as I harvested a batch, more flowers would set. Duh...there are no seasons indoors, LOL.
That’s been my experience as well!! No seasons and they just keep cycling through these growth cycles of producing and then growing more greens and stems and then putting on blossoms and then putting on fruit and then ripening and then once the last one is ripened they begin all over again! I’m on my sixth or seventh cycle for my sweet red lipstick peppers this is the first plant I’ve ever grown I moved it into a 40litre container and it really seems to love it! I have two air stones in it and I fill it about once a week. It’s continuing to grow I wonder how many cycles will it continue to grow. How many did your plant grow or is it continuing to grow?
@@leannekenyoung I only got through about 3 cycles on the peppers before I accidentally destroyed all of them trying to get them out of the guest shower. That is the hazard of trying to grow food crops in a tiny overstuffed condo! It's much harder moving those buckets of water and stabilizing the plants at the same time than it is when they are in soil. So I started new ones this year that are now about 3 ft high and doing great. Hopefully they can stay there and avoid my clumsiness for the next few years.
@@DrValerie800 yes it’s been my challenge where to put some of these vegetables that grow monster plants to produce them. One thing I do is prune my plants heavily it’s like they are bonsai plants and I cut off as many leaves as possible and leave the hanging peppers, but it seems it’s a losing battle because before I know it the plant has recovered from my heavy pruning and seems to have put on even more leaves then it had previously. It’s a weekly project cutting of all the leaves but it also allows me to see the blossoms too so I can be sure to tickle as many as possible and I think it results in more peppers. I was just curious how long one of these plants could actually continue to grow and produce before it eventually dies off. I have noticed so much new growth at the end of all the stems and it’s absolutely fascinating to me how it is growing. We have ours in a 40litre container and I wonder if I should be putting it in to a larger container I do have one that is just under 100litres and I was going to transition it when all the peppers had been taken off but the way the plant is growing now with each stem having its on unique grow schedule there is never a time when there isn’t a pepper on it. Which is a great problem to have. I’ve also never changed the nutrients out but I assume if it wasn’t as healthy as it is then it would be something to worry about but with it continuing to crank out the peppers I don’t think it’s a big worry. I do change your the nutrients from a light recipe to a pepper growing recipe. I also put in a certain amount of cal-mag in it too. Is there anyway to know the water must be changed out rather then just doing it routinely? Is there anything I should be looking for either with the plant, the roots or the pepper?
@@leannekenyoung Well I'm no pepper expert (that's why I'm here), nor a hydroponics expert, so I'm not the one to ask about all that. I just bumble along, doing the best I can and continuing to learn. I know it's recommended to change out the nutrient water every 2 weeks but I've never done that. I just add to it and I've never had a problem. I do pH balance everything and my tap water comes from an underground aquifer, untreated, so I don't have to deal with municipal chemicals. My dwarf heirloom Violette de Bordeaux fig has been in the same big container for over 3 years now and it's 10 ft tall and doing great. My other plants I'd had going for a couple years, I let die out due to a housemate moving in and taking over the other bedroom, which WAS my hydroponics room. I do add Cal-Mag when I see any hints of hypochlorosis, which usually only happens during a huge growth spurt...like when my 1 ft fig grew another foot in a couple days. And since I'm growing mostly nightshade vegetables, I check closely for any hint of blossom end rot.The only plants I've had to give a severe haircut to are my Principe Borghese heirloom cherry tomatoes, which are wild n' crazy indeterminate vines that you could grow an entire arbor with from ONE plant. Since those are in my living room and bathroom and have taken over both spaces, a haircut is necessary every couple of weeks. And they go through water/nutrients at around a gallon a day.
@@DrValerie800 wow! I could only hope for that problem seriously my tomato plants are soooo sad if it wasn’t my daughters wedding this weekend I’d be pulling them out! Maybe I’ll replace them with the cucumber plant that I’ve got in a little mug that’s really starting to grow! I won’t give up on tomatoes though I want a nice beefsteak tomato that actually tastes like a tomato for a change and not some imitation plastic tasting one from the grocers. Lol! I just thought I’d ask you because you seem to be a bit more advanced then I am in your hydroponics knowledge. Nothing better then someone with experience to share and learn from. It’s funny I always wanted to grow lettuce and grow enough that we would no longer have to buy it from the grocers. There is just the two of us but I guess we eat a lot of it. My main objective was not to use a growing medium if I could help it, just because when it fails it’s a waste and I hate things covered in algae to me that’s worse then dealing with soil. So I tried a few things and I asked a lot of people and most are using that rockwool or hemp fibre and I tried both but wasn’t impressed and the cost was crazy I thought. So I was determined to find a way finally I stumbled upon Mr. Duzee1 and his TH-cam channel it’s called Keep on growin’ and one of his videos from more then three years ago he had put up and said about how to grow self-watering microgreens well I’ve not even been interested in them before but I watched it because I had seen a couple of his other videos that I found interesting and I just thought he was kind of unique and without a doubt had some knowledge and did a decent job explaining it in the kiss method which was exactly what I needed. Lol! Well for some reason I had never even thought that microgreens were really just a seedling but had a lot of them all together I don’t know why it never occurred to me but it hadn’t. Apparently if you were to be taught hydroponics in a structured environment the first thing you would be introduced to would be microgreens!! Who knew? I sure didn’t. Sooo in this one video he shows how to grow of all things lettuce seeds. No microgreens aren’t some special seed like I was thinking they must be. It was like a light bulb went off over my head and I thought as he was showing how to do this I thought wow I could take some of these out and put them in my NFT system and no more worries how to germinate and grow lettuce seeds or any other seeds really although so far I’ve only tried lettuce hhhmmm maybe I’ll start a little wee amount of tomato seeds this way?! Anyway since learning that one little step my ability to grow Lettuce has gone crazy!! In a very good way! Not only did I plant four different varieties of lettuce I thought or at least I hoped that while my lettuce was growing super fast in my NFT system the lettuce in my inverted take out container would be growing much slower because it was just drinking plain water not nutrient enriched although I have since added some just to keep them growing but I probably don’t have to. So my lettuce in my NFT system will give me 5 weeks of lettuce harvesting once a week an overhaul harvest and whenever we need a little here and there through the weeks. So I thought there’s no way I’m going to be able to slow down these microgreens to last six weeks before I’ll need them again, and here I still have almost full trays mind you the trays are much smaller 3”x4” maybe so then I thought I have to do more with this so I have these big baskets that fit into a 5gallonbucket perfectly they are really design I think for growing large things like broccoli and cauliflower or cabbage maybe I don’t know. So I thought why couldn’t I put the nutrient rich water just up to the bottom of this basket end take and put individual seedlings placing them so the roots stick down through the bottom of the basket and use hydroton pebbles to hold them in place and if I build the pebbles up high enough so that they are out of the water they should get algae on them. So that’s what I did as an experiment, my idea with this is that instead of harvesting weekly I’ll let these grow until they become full heads of 🥬 lettuce. Because I’ve yet to do that. So after I had the seedlings in and the pebbles I noticed that with all the slits in the basket that a lot of light was getting in to where the water is and once I put a bubbler in it was spraying water up on to the pebbles which cause algae and I don’t want that so I lined the insides of the bucket with tin foil shiny side facing towards the plants so that the grow lights will reflect off of it and make it much brighter because the grow lights were quite high. Anyway so I have that growing like that and the reason for the air stone/bubbler is because I’ve found any kind of plant in nutrient rich water that is just standing water begins to smell funky over time(maybe that’s why they say to change it so often?? Hhhhmmm) anyway when you had oxygen the water no longer has that icky smell at least that’s been my experience. So that is doing well but I still had loads of microgreens so I took four of my trays that have super deep cups and I put a plain tray with no holes under it and then I put a lid on top so kind of creating a mini greenhouse environment and I took the lettuce and I would rinse off the excess dirt and I would take a few microgreens together and just place them down in these trays and as long as there were enough seedlings together that they couldn’t fall down and through the hole at the bottom it just might work and the sides Of the cups are tall so they support the lettuce as it grows and this is not really a kratky method but I don’t have any bubblers in them either but I also don’t keep a lot of water in the trays just enough that they don’t run out and it’s really interesting how these are growin with the roots underneath all of the roots have knitted themselves together underneath. So now I can pick up the whole tray and none are going to fall through or anything because they are providing this structure of support for each other. I just find that so cool. Anyway so I have tons of lettuce growing now which is great we are keeping up with our demand and I’m going to take a big bag of lettuce to give to my daughter this weekend. They aren’t going on a honeymoon or anything and her fiancé loves my lettuce I took them a big ziploc bag a couple weeks ago and it reminds him of the lettuce his grandma used to grow in the yard. They couldn’t believe how crunchy it was. lol! Anyway just thought I’d share that.I hope my long txts aren’t annoying.
I swear your watching my search history and making videos based on that. This is like twice now I recently search for something and you produce a video days later 😂
Just a thought may not be a good one. Maybe get some 2nd hand tunnel house plastic and some plastic plumbing pipe to stick in the ground making a series of arches, attach plastic. Super cheap tunnel house with parts that could of gone to the dump. Up-cycling, keeps it cheap and may raise the average temp enough to exstend your season.
I didn't transplant mine until June, being our last frost date was 5/22, then we had 4 days of straight deluge, hail, etc, followed by a figgin heat wave of over 100° for 5 days. I covered them during the highest heat of day... Dang, they are polinating and a few peppers are started.
Hi there! Thanks so much for all the helpful information. I am a pretty new gardener and I'm trying to grow a few things in containers, including bell peppers. They were doing really well with quick growth and nice firm leaves...and lately, there's a been a halt. I have actually quite a few peppers on one plant, but they don't seem to be getting bigger or changing color yet (still green). I have had them going for about 3 months or so now. Any helpful thoughts? I may be overwatering...still trying to find the balance between overwatering and underwatering! We've also had some really hot days here in CO and lately LOTS of rain (for us). I would appreciate any thoughts! THANKS! :)
Hi guys, another good vid and particularly good timing as I'm about to stop picking early flowers on my larger plants. Some have nearly maxed out the space they have to grow and they are pushing laterals. 1200 X 1200 tent 3 levels of racks, 50 plants (will need to be thinned). 20-30 deg under a mix of fluro & LED, basically what ever was free 😀
I really appreciate the helpful info! Wonderful information and super helpful, but the hyper-editing and constant transitions between clips is pretty distracting. Personally, I'd rather have an unedited/low-edited video with natural glow than a clip transition every 3 seconds. Just a suggestion though! Again, very helpful video though!!! Ty for all the information
I quit bells. It's just not worth it for me. I have way better luck with production with the hotter ones, or hybrids. My favorite is the ghost pepper. The only pepper plant i use a 5 gallon pot as opposed to the usual 3. Late October harvest and freaking HUGE. Last year I got at least 125 of that tree. So fun!!
@@PepperGeek Absolutely! I missed the window for seed this year but I'm headed to the nursery now to see if I can at least get a start. What a fun obsession haha 😀
My jalapeno plant has been struggling here in southern california and now that its starting to cool down my plant can actually take full sun without drying out it be getting 120 here and by 9 am it can already be 90-110 but luckily its starting to be 90 or under
It’s been +40c here and POURING every other day. So my plants are hurting. I’ve been trying everything to save them, shade, cover when raining but man it’s been hard to keep up. Thanks for the advice
I was hoping to find the solution to blossom drop, not the causes. Mine dropped from extreme temps. So now what I can I do to encourage the plants to grow more blossoms? I'm guessing concentrating on watering them either a liquid 0-30-30 (or something like that). Liquid for immediate uptake vs the granulars that are slow release.
i have 4 plants that arent producing any peppers, tons of flowers but they all eventually fall off. 2 red ghost pepper plants and 2 carolina reaper plants. i guess i need to see if its been too hot for them cuz its consistenly 85-95 here in southern oregon plus we have had at least 2 or 3 heat waves of 100°+
I’ve live in Houston, TX and I’ve got a rocoto pepper I’m trying this year. I know you’ve said it is not a particularly easy plant, and you feel it is even less productive in the NE heat. So I’m just trying to get it through the hot Texas summer, and I think it’ll be a perfect winter pepper that will fruit for me in the colder months. My question is it is really flowering like crazy. It is actually a big beautiful plant with tons of the purple flowers. Do you think if I picked half the flowers, it might put in more energy to fruiting with the remaining flowers? I figure why not, I’m really planning on it being a winter plant anyway.
I have one plant where the flowers are not opening (Jalapeno).....Cayenne are good....I'm in upstate S.Carolina - have started bring into more shade from 1pm till 4pm...been in the low to mid. 90s spikes to near 100 all my pepper plant's are in 1gal. cont. an produce very well but this one...been watering "LITE" to "MODERATELY" 2 to 3 time's a day over 24 hrs. depending on daily temp's....thank for you're time....Mike..
I have a pepper plant outside in the garden has a ton of flowers always drops them only think I would now think could be the problem would be the heat .but on the other hand before it was so hot it did the same thing . Super confused actually
My bell pepper plant has been growing flowers and yesterday after almost a month I got 1 growing. I have 15 different peppers all growing awesome. just that one bell pepper was stubborn. Ty for the video and tips. Your videos are always the same problems im having.
I love Bell peppers but I can buy them at the market for a dollar in some places. I don't even think my best example was that much better than the ones I can buy whenever, because Mexico.
You bet! Yep, bells can be tough to get a good healthy plant, but there are many different varieties to try. Sometimes one will outperform in your particular climate
My Corbra peppers thrived in Phx heat and loaded all years round lol. I never fertilizer or nothing i just watered daily. And grew in not soil. This was befor i was into gardening i know nothing about gardening. I know so much now as i started gardening full time with lots and lots of research. Videos like yours help me a lot being successful in gardening with my mini garden. Because all i am growing is varies of peppers. Yes i am peppers lover. Thank you!
will thrips cause problems? I think I have a bad thrip problem. I have 8 plants and only 2 pods. extreamly sad. I have been looking forward to growing hot peppers for the first time and it's not doing good. fataliis, reapers, scorpions. ( they all look great ) just no pods. I'm doing everything right according to the video but am wondering if thrips can cause this. fatalis have little to NO flowers at all. scorpions have TONS of flowers but not producing. and the reapers are mid on flower production with no pods. everytime I go to self pollinate I see super small and long bugs come out of the flowers.... gggrrrrrrrrrrr HELP PLEASE. -Thanks.
I’m a hot pepper lover it’s a little 2 late to grow soMe extra hot hot pepper but next year I’ll try your knowledge and experience a new growing extra hot hot pepper
very informative video . keep up the good work. all the best from Karachi, Pakistan . My Plants are having a real tough time in setting fruits. may be because of hot weather of Karachi. I am waiting for winters now. I am using fabric pots
Hey Peppergeeks! Thanks for the vid. But I do have a question, why do fertilized pepper fruits turn yellow and then fall off? I've noticed this in my pepper plants. At first it was whole flower drop, now it is the fruit that is falling. Thanks.
Hm my pepper plant is flowering but not producing and kept falling but since I haven't thought about the part not being big enough that might be the issue even though it is a gallon bucket it might need a bigger one. I sure hope I get peppers after that because if not it will be such a bummer because it's a big nice plant and I was hoping to get some peppers by now
Some flower drop is normal, maybe try reducing any fertilizer to keep nitrogen levels where they should be. Also, high heat or poor pollination can lead to more flower drop. 1 gallon is decent, but if you're growing a large type (like bell peppers, etc.) it may not be enough
@@PepperGeek thanks for the reply I think it's poor pollination because despite me shaking it like many suggested and you try and q-tips and stuff it still doesn't pollinate like it's not having a lot of pollen of it's own. It is however enjoying the figure container I put it in I made it out of two containers lol and I've been the only fertilizing it every couple of months it's an inside plant and I don't want it to get sick. Of course when every time I use this one fertilizer I got from the store I make it as they suggest for the directions and my aloe plant gets sick every time. I don't think I'm going to use it on my aloe anymore and just use the sticks. My pepper plant quit making flowers though.. probably ended its season.... Sorry about the typos this keyboard of mine sucks
Hi I grow Carolina reaper ,plant is very healthy but all of flower dropping I'm using npk 5 5 5 , temperature is ideal, no over watering : every 3 to 4 days plant getting water,in door growing under grow light (50watt) can you help me thanks I'm waiting for your answer long time ago I subscribed to you channel I'm learned a lot but still I need to learn thanks
I've got a question for ya, my peppers are just starting to form and for some of them it seems like the flower petals are a little stuck. Is it okay to gently pick this off of the bottom of immature peppers or should I wait for it to fall by itself?
I'm no expert but I have picked them off once the flower shrivels or browns a little. Didn't seem to mess with the plant. I honestly like to because I can't wait to see how the pod is coming along. :)
@@hairybass480 thats exactly why I want to pick them off, I'm excited to see and watch them grow! 😁 Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one to do this
My mad hatter plant is putting out flowers, I don't need to pollinate them do I? There's almost no pollinators going around, but from what I understand, they have perfect flowers, but I'm not completely sure
For me its just the weaker flowers that get dropped. Some nodes have up to 10 flowers, and i certainly dont expect all of those to remain. Another reason you may be dropping flowers is pest damage while the flower is developing. It can continue to grow but also be deformed with no stigma. I found that over fertilizing can also deform flowers. Getting a lot of flower growth too quickly probably upsets the hormones in the plant stuning a vital growth stage. This year im growing a meatier ghost pepper variety and everything about its growth is normal, except its stems are unusually straight and thick, and they are even out pacing my habeneros. If they turn out well maybe I'll try crossing them with bells or banana peppers just to see what happens.
Would it be possible to send you a pic of a pepperplant that i don't know what it is? I ordered seeds and it should be Trinidad Yellow Scorpion but doesn't look like it at all
great info,i have 1 question please,my lunchbox peppers have no taste when green but as soon as they turn yellow or red they are So sweet,how does this simple color change make such a big flavor difference,thanx
Won’t sprinkling water on the leaves in the hottest part of the day sun burn them? I have habaneros, jalapeños, ghost, reaper, 7 pot, and scorpion all next to each other here in Southern California and the reaper and 7 pot struggle mightily in the constant 100 weather
I'm hoping mine are just falling naturally. It's only my bell pepper plant, and it already has at least 20 peppers forming, some almost ripe, so maybe it just can't handle more. It's still sad seeing the flowers fall off.
Adding cold water all over the leaves isnt good for the leaves. solar magnification transfer will burn the leaves and damage them. The formed droplets act as magnifers, so is counter-productive. Even if you have had luck, others in hot areas, tipically get higher solar hrs. This will burn the leaves.
I experienced issue with my shishito pepper but eventually resolved but noticed same issue with my belle pepper and paprika plant where the flowers are dropping and not turning to fruit. How do I resolve this?
thanks for this I was worrying about my plant and I saw this video! I did get a pretty spicy early flame pepper although it was pretty small. Nice video!
My issue is heat. Every year i get nothing until around August. Super frustrating. Trying in ground this year with a shade. Ca temps in my area have been hot this year
Disagree with the smaller container, maybe in soil but hydroponically I have seen a plant under a foot in a small container produce hundreds of fruits, Khang Starr has a few videos about it on his channel.
They'll get there. I pruned mine 2-3 sets over the true leaves and about 6 weeks later I had to pluck upto 62 flowers off the larger plants. 10L pots, potting soil, 20% pumice, 20% fine compost, lights are far from ideal in my tent
My habanero plant has alot of flowers but is not producing any fruit. It is outside. We have many pollenators and here in Quebec Canada it does not get that hot. Any tips?
Thats a big tip right there a lot of people dont get. not just peppers either plants have a way of knowing how big their pot is and what they will be able to support.
What about if loads of flowers fall off but its like the chillis have started growing but seem to of have stalled. Growth just stops while they looknlike tiny little buds
We live in zone 6ish. I seed peppers in June every year. You just have to choose appropriate varieties. The Native peppers never let you down..even the ones that evolved 5 zones hotter. =]
Best gardening channel ever. You actually give the information and don't waste people's time with long intros and music and other crap. Informative, to the point, easy to understand. And you even organize and provide time stamps. A lot of people don't do this and you can often find yourself scrubbing through a 15 minute video to the find the information you need. So huge kudos to you guys.
totally on point. had no airflow. thanks for saving my plant
My first pepper is almost ready. About to harvest a very beautiful Trinidad Scorpion.
Congratulations!
Nice. Good luck with that thing...😈
You’re brave as hell on that one
@@PepperGeek the devil emoji says it all. I got my older brother with one. He was trying to be macho and I told him right as he took a bite. He wanted to cry. I know he did. He was getting in a car to leave. What a suffering ride that must have been.
Have you eaten one? Gnarly little things. I got a lemmon or citrus flavor followed by a blowtorch in my mouth and belly.
Someone's up early too.
Woke up at 12 and raided the fridge for left over venison chilli and Lamb shanks.
Awsome but probably not needed. Vid while munching
Thankyou for getting straight to the point. I hate it when people talk for 5-10 minutes before getting to the point.
You posted this video just in time! I started to worry when I noticed the flowers dropping on my jalapeño plants a couple days ago. Thank you for your insight and reassurance! 👍🏻♥️
Glad we could help!
I grow my peppers in both containers and in-ground. I've taken notice over the years, that the peppers in containers are notoriously bad with blossom drop...whereas the peppers growing in-ground suffer significantly less blossom drop. I mainly grow the Super Hots(Ghost, Scorpions and Reapers). These peppers always give sub-par results, per plant, for me in pots. Somethin in that ground I tell ya!
Oh that Purple UFO. 😱 I want that.
Same here! I'm frantically search to see if I can buy a plant. If not, I'm definitely getting seeds for next year.
Some available here: www.superhotchiles.com/product/purple-ufo-pepper-seeds/
I started pepper(Cayenne) growing this year, in the temperate zone, kept 2 large bushes identical in growth, one produced around 40+ fruits sharing a 20l pot with 2 small lemon habanero that didnt have a fun time for some reason healthy but no flowers the other pland who was alone in a 20l pot with a little less soil kept dropping all flowers. I added only 4l of the same soil and boom it starts producing in every flower. Now my question to anyone out there is, are peppers really this sencitive??? 4l added to about 12l soil 16 ish in total was enough.
Mine problem is full size mature peppers dropped like crazy . Do you know what causes that??
Some varieties drop when overly ripe, but otherwise sounds like disease or maybe drying out/environment conditions
I think another cause is low overnight temperatures. If it gets below around 50F, give or take a few degrees, a lot of plants will just be like, "nope, don't like this..." Typically only a problem in spring/early summer and early autumn in most areas.
Been a subscriber for a couple of weeks.
We live in Thailand and have 9 jalapenos' coming up in 8ea., 3 gallon grow bags. We transplanted from seedlings a few days back and they "took off". I'll try to update on progress. I'll probably get some 5- or 10-gallon bags as well.
Coming from Texas I have wanted to grow these for years. Finally got some seeds and they are looking good.
Appreciate the knowledge you share young man.
Jalapeño plant has been dropping buds consistently. Hoping watering less will do the trick. I don’t feel like been overdoing it but we will see.
I have 13 different peppers going and it's beautiful 🥰 working on jarring and making powder.
Thank you! We've just gone through a heatwave and my flowers were popping off one after another, I was panicking. I think I had overwatered also slightly (although thankfully no pooling) and the plant simply had tons of flowers to begin with so it just shed off a few. I now see a couple of chilies that have started developing so perhaps I can call off the rest of the panic! If we get another bout of heat I'll just move the plants to a cooler spot, I made the mistake of leaving them frying at a very exposed spot which I think may have done it. So excited to see what comes from these chilies. This channel is so valuable to new growers like me, so thank you again!
Awesome, glad you have a plan for it if a heatwave happens. And thanks!
do you really recommed to put cold water on the pepper's leaf during hot sunny days???? and the termic shock???
Yeah we do it sometimes if the plants really need a break from the heat - doesn't harm the plants
@@PepperGeek Isn't there a chance for leaf burn if you water the foliage while the sun is up? Like water drops acting like prisms and causing damage to the leaves. I have always heard that you should not spray your plants with stuff like neem oil at least while the sun is up. Either way, interesting and informative video! Never even thought about the fact that some might just drop naturally hehe
@@PreatorRaszagal midday rain happens quite often and the peppers are fine when the sun comes back out. It's a potential issue, but it seems a bit overblown
Literally this vid crops up during a heatwave in Ireland and I was wondering why the drop - now i know.
Hello from central Florida USA!
Hey I have. One put I start getting little bug under I put a spray now there falling what can I do ?
Leaf curling only at the crown of pepper plant,, remedy?
Thanks so much for this video! I am growing mini bell peppers and cherry tomatoes indoors in grow bags this year, all from seed. My garden is looking amazing but the first two flowers that the pepper plant made both fell off within 24 hours, so I have been all over TH-cam trying to find out why. You're the first one to address that issue so thanks!
Can I get those liquid fertiliser all the way from Nigeria 😭
In Australia we literally water out peppers with ice cubes during the hottest time day.
I freeze tubs of ice for tomato plants when it stays too hot at night to set fruit otherwise. Figured that out on a so exposure, hot, 2nd floor balcony nobody could ever grow tomatoes on. Tomatoes are life, lol. Will try some ice on the sissy peppers, too..thanks!
Should've tried this. Mine died in a heatwave.
Thanks pepper geek for this wonderful information, I was taught to water hot pepper plants once a week so as not to over water them. I would really like to grow pepper during the raining season, thinking of growing them in high ridges to avoid water log but I'm scared as they would get to be watered more than once in a week. Respect from Nigeria
I have a few bushes of Jalapenos in 15l tanks. Lower parts have quite big peppers now but the higher parts keep getting yellow and fell off :/ I mean the pollinated ones, i can see that there are small, green peppers on them but the whole "tail" is yellow and it falls off either by itself or only by touching it. I live in Poland so there are no heatwaves above 35C and since those are Jalapenos i suppose it should be ok with temperature around 30C ? I try not to overwater it, i check on soil with my fingers and if i feel its not dry i let it be, leaves never looked weak on them. Basically i water them every 2-3 days, depends on the soil. Maybe there are not enough nutrients ? What should i fertilize it with ? Potassium ? Like tomatoes ?
Yes potassium and phosphorus are likely what it needs. Jalapeños can handle pretty high heat, but I have seen some flower drop when it gets hot.
i’m currently growing ghost peppers, and they love the heat. i also found out they are the perfect pepper for people that forget to water there peppers often but i don’t recommend it. they can just handle it bette than other pepper plants
Iv been doing Fresno’s but man it’s been freaking 113 in the Ca foothills. I brought my chili’s in and my herb garden and my cat went to town on my basil..
are they in ground or in pots
@@prestonhollis284 pots tell I get some more growth on them.
I live in Canada about 20-30 min North of Toronto. We usually don’t have issues with droughts. But this past week it has been 30°C (86°F) plus. One day even went to 42°C (108°F). This morning I went to check my garden and one of my bell pepper plants dropped an immature pepper about an inch long and a little less than an inch wide. It has stopped producing flowers at the moment but I am sure when it cools down it will spring back into action. But my question is if can I mist a plant in the garden that I can’t move to the shade? Or I shouldn’t mist them in direct sunlight? I just don’t want my plant to get stressed to the point of dying. Thank you love the videos!!!
My indoor bell pepper plant is now 38" tall in a 5 gallon bucket, she's a beauty but yeah, blooms just dropping...I just tickled some blooms and hoping within this week I'll see some set...🤞
New gardener here trying to grow jalapenos and habaneros in California! Hopefully my two flower drops on my habanero are normal or because I overwatered a bit. I’ll let it rest! Thank you for your help!
Glad to hear it - good luck with the peppers!
I just want to add, it's a good thing when dud flowers drop off your plants because then the plant won't waste anymore energy on that flower. it will divert energy to other flowers.
I was once told it's caused by lack of calcium.Saving egg shells and crush them up with you hands.Put the pieces around the base and you'll get let drops.
I am doing Red Knite Bell Peppers and Banana Peppers and chili peppers.
I have Jalapeño Cayenne peppers banana peppers that are doing fine but my Bell peppers I have no peppers on them and the buds keep falling off or the tiny peppers fall off what you think?
Could be a nutrient or watering issue. Also, some varieties are more sensitive to hot temperatures. Our plants always produce best once the heat of summer begins to come down
damn, I needed this video, my green pepper plant is doing this but I think I have a green pepper finally growing lol
Hello Pepper Geek hope all is well what is your opinion on a 24-8-16 fertilizer?
It’s a great fertilizer ratio for plants, but strong. Just be sure to follow the recommended amount to use
Very good Videos man .
Very straight to the point, very informative, taught well spoken and structured .
Ty
Appreciate the kind words, glad to make our vids!
80% drop on mine 3 fruit set out of 30 flower
Thanks! I love your channel (maybe that's because I love peppers); love your straight-forward presentation and all the helpful information. I don't grow in soil (no land, stupid HOA rules, etc). My peppers are grown from seed indoors, hydroponically, using Masterblend 4-18-38, Silica Blast, Calcium Nitrate, and Magnesium Sulfate. I get lots of flowers and lots of fruits; I shake the plants daily once the flowers start popping out. I have 3 bushes per 3 gallon bucket. Yes, they go through a lot of water, just like my tomatoes. Last time I grew bell peppers (California Wonder) I got about 13 medium-size bell peppers on a 3 ft tall bush. It did need to be staked--difficult in bucket--but it was worth it! Those were the sweetest, tastiest bell peppers I've ever had in my life...I had no idea they could taste that good. My Anaheims and Poblanos did equally as well. While I hadn't thought about it at the time, those bushes kept producing; as soon as I harvested a batch, more flowers would set. Duh...there are no seasons indoors, LOL.
That’s been my experience as well!! No seasons and they just keep cycling through these growth cycles of producing and then growing more greens and stems and then putting on blossoms and then putting on fruit and then ripening and then once the last one is ripened they begin all over again! I’m on my sixth or seventh cycle for my sweet red lipstick peppers this is the first plant I’ve ever grown I moved it into a 40litre container and it really seems to love it! I have two air stones in it and I fill it about once a week. It’s continuing to grow I wonder how many cycles will it continue to grow. How many did your plant grow or is it continuing to grow?
@@leannekenyoung I only got through about 3 cycles on the peppers before I accidentally destroyed all of them trying to get them out of the guest shower. That is the hazard of trying to grow food crops in a tiny overstuffed condo! It's much harder moving those buckets of water and stabilizing the plants at the same time than it is when they are in soil. So I started new ones this year that are now about 3 ft high and doing great. Hopefully they can stay there and avoid my clumsiness for the next few years.
@@DrValerie800 yes it’s been my challenge where to put some of these vegetables that grow monster plants to produce them. One thing I do is prune my plants heavily it’s like they are bonsai plants and I cut off as many leaves as possible and leave the hanging peppers, but it seems it’s a losing battle because before I know it the plant has recovered from my heavy pruning and seems to have put on even more leaves then it had previously. It’s a weekly project cutting of all the leaves but it also allows me to see the blossoms too so I can be sure to tickle as many as possible and I think it results in more peppers. I was just curious how long one of these plants could actually continue to grow and produce before it eventually dies off. I have noticed so much new growth at the end of all the stems and it’s absolutely fascinating to me how it is growing. We have ours in a 40litre container and I wonder if I should be putting it in to a larger container I do have one that is just under 100litres and I was going to transition it when all the peppers had been taken off but the way the plant is growing now with each stem having its on unique grow schedule there is never a time when there isn’t a pepper on it. Which is a great problem to have. I’ve also never changed the nutrients out but I assume if it wasn’t as healthy as it is then it would be something to worry about but with it continuing to crank out the peppers I don’t think it’s a big worry. I do change your the nutrients from a light recipe to a pepper growing recipe. I also put in a certain amount of cal-mag in it too. Is there anyway to know the water must be changed out rather then just doing it routinely? Is there anything I should be looking for either with the plant, the roots or the pepper?
@@leannekenyoung Well I'm no pepper expert (that's why I'm here), nor a hydroponics expert, so I'm not the one to ask about all that. I just bumble along, doing the best I can and continuing to learn. I know it's recommended to change out the nutrient water every 2 weeks but I've never done that. I just add to it and I've never had a problem. I do pH balance everything and my tap water comes from an underground aquifer, untreated, so I don't have to deal with municipal chemicals. My dwarf heirloom Violette de Bordeaux fig has been in the same big container for over 3 years now and it's 10 ft tall and doing great. My other plants I'd had going for a couple years, I let die out due to a housemate moving in and taking over the other bedroom, which WAS my hydroponics room. I do add Cal-Mag when I see any hints of hypochlorosis, which usually only happens during a huge growth spurt...like when my 1 ft fig grew another foot in a couple days. And since I'm growing mostly nightshade vegetables, I check closely for any hint of blossom end rot.The only plants I've had to give a severe haircut to are my Principe Borghese heirloom cherry tomatoes, which are wild n' crazy indeterminate vines that you could grow an entire arbor with from ONE plant. Since those are in my living room and bathroom and have taken over both spaces, a haircut is necessary every couple of weeks. And they go through water/nutrients at around a gallon a day.
@@DrValerie800 wow! I could only hope for that problem seriously my tomato plants are soooo sad if it wasn’t my daughters wedding this weekend I’d be pulling them out! Maybe I’ll replace them with the cucumber plant that I’ve got in a little mug that’s really starting to grow! I won’t give up on tomatoes though I want a nice beefsteak tomato that actually tastes like a tomato for a change and not some imitation plastic tasting one from the grocers. Lol! I just thought I’d ask you because you seem to be a bit more advanced then I am in your hydroponics knowledge. Nothing better then someone with experience to share and learn from. It’s funny I always wanted to grow lettuce and grow enough that we would no longer have to buy it from the grocers. There is just the two of us but I guess we eat a lot of it. My main objective was not to use a growing medium if I could help it, just because when it fails it’s a waste and I hate things covered in algae to me that’s worse then dealing with soil. So I tried a few things and I asked a lot of people and most are using that rockwool or hemp fibre and I tried both but wasn’t impressed and the cost was crazy I thought. So I was determined to find a way finally I stumbled upon Mr. Duzee1 and his TH-cam channel it’s called Keep on growin’ and one of his videos from more then three years ago he had put up and said about how to grow self-watering microgreens well I’ve not even been interested in them before but I watched it because I had seen a couple of his other videos that I found interesting and I just thought he was kind of unique and without a doubt had some knowledge and did a decent job explaining it in the kiss method which was exactly what I needed. Lol! Well for some reason I had never even thought that microgreens were really just a seedling but had a lot of them all together I don’t know why it never occurred to me but it hadn’t. Apparently if you were to be taught hydroponics in a structured environment the first thing you would be introduced to would be microgreens!! Who knew? I sure didn’t. Sooo in this one video he shows how to grow of all things lettuce seeds. No microgreens aren’t some special seed like I was thinking they must be. It was like a light bulb went off over my head and I thought as he was showing how to do this I thought wow I could take some of these out and put them in my NFT system and no more worries how to germinate and grow lettuce seeds or any other seeds really although so far I’ve only tried lettuce hhhmmm maybe I’ll start a little wee amount of tomato seeds this way?! Anyway since learning that one little step my ability to grow Lettuce has gone crazy!! In a very good way! Not only did I plant four different varieties of lettuce I thought or at least I hoped that while my lettuce was growing super fast in my NFT system the lettuce in my inverted take out container would be growing much slower because it was just drinking plain water not nutrient enriched although I have since added some just to keep them growing but I probably don’t have to. So my lettuce in my NFT system will give me 5 weeks of lettuce harvesting once a week an overhaul harvest and whenever we need a little here and there through the weeks. So I thought there’s no way I’m going to be able to slow down these microgreens to last six weeks before I’ll need them again, and here I still have almost full trays mind you the trays are much smaller 3”x4” maybe so then I thought I have to do more with this so I have these big baskets that fit into a 5gallonbucket perfectly they are really design I think for growing large things like broccoli and cauliflower or cabbage maybe I don’t know. So I thought why couldn’t I put the nutrient rich water just up to the bottom of this basket end take and put individual seedlings placing them so the roots stick down through the bottom of the basket and use hydroton pebbles to hold them in place and if I build the pebbles up high enough so that they are out of the water they should get algae on them. So that’s what I did as an experiment, my idea with this is that instead of harvesting weekly I’ll let these grow until they become full heads of 🥬 lettuce. Because I’ve yet to do that. So after I had the seedlings in and the pebbles I noticed that with all the slits in the basket that a lot of light was getting in to where the water is and once I put a bubbler in it was spraying water up on to the pebbles which cause algae and I don’t want that so I lined the insides of the bucket with tin foil shiny side facing towards the plants so that the grow lights will reflect off of it and make it much brighter because the grow lights were quite high. Anyway so I have that growing like that and the reason for the air stone/bubbler is because I’ve found any kind of plant in nutrient rich water that is just standing water begins to smell funky over time(maybe that’s why they say to change it so often?? Hhhhmmm) anyway when you had oxygen the water no longer has that icky smell at least that’s been my experience. So that is doing well but I still had loads of microgreens so I took four of my trays that have super deep cups and I put a plain tray with no holes under it and then I put a lid on top so kind of creating a mini greenhouse environment and I took the lettuce and I would rinse off the excess dirt and I would take a few microgreens together and just place them down in these trays and as long as there were enough seedlings together that they couldn’t fall down and through the hole at the bottom it just might work and the sides
Of the cups are tall so they support the lettuce as it grows and this is not really a kratky method but I don’t have any bubblers in them either but I also don’t keep a lot of water in the trays just enough that they don’t run out and it’s really interesting how these are growin with the roots underneath all of the roots have knitted themselves together underneath. So now I can pick up the whole tray and none are going to fall through or anything because they are providing this structure of support for each other. I just find that so cool. Anyway so I have tons of lettuce growing now which is great we are keeping up with our demand and I’m going to take a big bag of lettuce to give to my daughter this weekend. They aren’t going on a honeymoon or anything and her fiancé loves my lettuce I took them a big ziploc bag a couple weeks ago and it reminds him of the lettuce his grandma used to grow in the yard. They couldn’t believe how crunchy it was. lol! Anyway just thought I’d share that.I hope my long txts aren’t annoying.
I swear your watching my search history and making videos based on that. This is like twice now I recently search for something and you produce a video days later 😂
Haha, we do some research, but it isn’t that creepy 😂
May was really cold. It set my pepper plants back a lot. They have lots of growing to do before they'll flower. Hopefully there is enough time left.
Just a thought may not be a good one.
Maybe get some 2nd hand tunnel house plastic and some plastic plumbing pipe to stick in the ground making a series of arches, attach plastic. Super cheap tunnel house with parts that could of gone to the dump.
Up-cycling, keeps it cheap and may raise the average temp enough to exstend your season.
Same mine..i live in south italy, we had a bit of snow at the end of april/beginning of may...hope by August will get something
We might get warm fall weather bois!
@@matthewpotts4529 How many of those got ripe?
I didn't transplant mine until June, being our last frost date was 5/22, then we had 4 days of straight deluge, hail, etc, followed by a figgin heat wave of over 100° for 5 days. I covered them during the highest heat of day... Dang, they are polinating and a few peppers are started.
Thank you, I was getting depressed with the amount of dropped flowers I woke up to every morning. This helps!
Happy to hear it! Some flower drop is definitely normal
Hi there! Thanks so much for all the helpful information. I am a pretty new gardener and I'm trying to grow a few things in containers, including bell peppers. They were doing really well with quick growth and nice firm leaves...and lately, there's a been a halt. I have actually quite a few peppers on one plant, but they don't seem to be getting bigger or changing color yet (still green). I have had them going for about 3 months or so now. Any helpful thoughts? I may be overwatering...still trying to find the balance between overwatering and underwatering! We've also had some really hot days here in CO and lately LOTS of rain (for us). I would appreciate any thoughts! THANKS! :)
Hi guys, another good vid and particularly good timing as I'm about to stop picking early flowers on my larger plants. Some have nearly maxed out the space they have to grow and they are pushing laterals.
1200 X 1200 tent 3 levels of racks, 50 plants (will need to be thinned).
20-30 deg under a mix of fluro & LED, basically what ever was free 😀
Nice - Hope it works out for you, that's a lot of indoor plants!
I really appreciate the helpful info! Wonderful information and super helpful, but the hyper-editing and constant transitions between clips is pretty distracting. Personally, I'd rather have an unedited/low-edited video with natural glow than a clip transition every 3 seconds. Just a suggestion though! Again, very helpful video though!!! Ty for all the information
My reaper plant was dropping dozens of bugs. They are about 4 feet tall in and are indoor. Watering more often helped alot.
Love pepper plants and love this channel, thanks for sharing…very informative😍
I quit bells. It's just not worth it for me. I have way better luck with production with the hotter ones, or hybrids.
My favorite is the ghost pepper. The only pepper plant i use a 5 gallon pot as opposed to the usual 3. Late October harvest and freaking HUGE. Last year I got at least 125 of that tree. So fun!!
Yes! Ghost pepper plants are incredible
@@PepperGeek Absolutely! I missed the window for seed this year but I'm headed to the nursery now to see if I can at least get a start.
What a fun obsession haha 😀
Currently having a heatwave in my area! Now i understand , thank you :)
Don’t overwater your pepper plants, don’t overwater your glass 😝
My jalapeno plant has been struggling here in southern california and now that its starting to cool down my plant can actually take full sun without drying out it be getting 120 here and by 9 am it can already be 90-110 but luckily its starting to be 90 or under
I'm growing cayenne peppers and about half of them dry up and shrivel on the vine. Any idea why? Thanks!!
It’s been +40c here and POURING every other day. So my plants are hurting.
I’ve been trying everything to save them, shade, cover when raining but man it’s been hard to keep up.
Thanks for the advice
I needed this video last year haha! I think I've worked it out for this year although it's a little too early to tell. Thanks for the info
Hi, love the channel, first time pepper grower, I can't identify some cauliflower growths on my plants, help
my jalapeno is growing peppers but when I bring them inside they don't grow flowers little to none.
plant a wildflower mix in a pot, and bring a few other plants in. it’s probably pollination
I was hoping to find the solution to blossom drop, not the causes.
Mine dropped from extreme temps.
So now what I can I do to encourage the plants to grow more blossoms?
I'm guessing concentrating on watering them either a liquid 0-30-30 (or something like that). Liquid for immediate uptake vs the granulars that are slow release.
i have 4 plants that arent producing any peppers, tons of flowers but they all eventually fall off. 2 red ghost pepper plants and 2 carolina reaper plants. i guess i need to see if its been too hot for them cuz its consistenly 85-95 here in southern oregon plus we have had at least 2 or 3 heat waves of 100°+
I’ve live in Houston, TX and I’ve got a rocoto pepper I’m trying this year. I know you’ve said it is not a particularly easy plant, and you feel it is even less productive in the NE heat. So I’m just trying to get it through the hot Texas summer, and I think it’ll be a perfect winter pepper that will fruit for me in the colder months.
My question is it is really flowering like crazy. It is actually a big beautiful plant with tons of the purple flowers. Do you think if I picked half the flowers, it might put in more energy to fruiting with the remaining flowers? I figure why not, I’m really planning on it being a winter plant anyway.
I have one plant where the flowers are not opening (Jalapeno).....Cayenne are good....I'm in upstate S.Carolina - have started
bring into more shade from 1pm till 4pm...been in the low to mid. 90s spikes to near 100 all my pepper plant's are in 1gal. cont. an produce very well
but this one...been watering "LITE" to "MODERATELY" 2 to 3 time's a day over 24 hrs. depending on daily temp's....thank for you're time....Mike..
I have a pepper plant outside in the garden has a ton of flowers always drops them only think I would now think could be the problem would be the heat .but on the other hand before it was so hot it did the same thing . Super confused actually
My bell pepper plant has been growing flowers and yesterday after almost a month I got 1 growing. I have 15 different peppers all growing awesome. just that one bell pepper was stubborn. Ty for the video and tips. Your videos are always the same problems im having.
I love Bell peppers but I can buy them at the market for a dollar in some places. I don't even think my best example was that much better than the ones I can buy whenever, because Mexico.
You bet! Yep, bells can be tough to get a good healthy plant, but there are many different varieties to try. Sometimes one will outperform in your particular climate
This is my third year growing peppers. I love it! I’ve used a lot of your tips and recommendations. Just now starting to get serious serious!
My Corbra peppers thrived in Phx heat and loaded all years round lol. I never fertilizer or nothing i just watered daily. And grew in not soil. This was befor i was into gardening i know nothing about gardening. I know so much now as i started gardening full time with lots and lots of research. Videos like yours help me a lot being successful in gardening with my mini garden. Because all i am growing is varies of peppers. Yes i am peppers lover. Thank you!
We are going to need a bigger pot..
will thrips cause problems? I think I have a bad thrip problem.
I have 8 plants and only 2 pods.
extreamly sad. I have been looking forward to growing hot peppers for the first time and it's not doing good.
fataliis, reapers, scorpions.
( they all look great ) just no pods.
I'm doing everything right according to the video but am wondering if thrips can cause this.
fatalis have little to NO flowers at all.
scorpions have TONS of flowers but not producing. and the reapers are mid on flower production with no pods.
everytime I go to self pollinate I see super small and long bugs come out of the flowers.... gggrrrrrrrrrrr
HELP PLEASE.
-Thanks.
I’m a hot pepper lover it’s a little 2 late to grow soMe extra hot hot pepper but next year I’ll try your knowledge and experience a new growing extra hot hot pepper
very informative video . keep up the good work. all the best from Karachi, Pakistan . My Plants are having a real tough time in setting fruits. may be because of hot weather of Karachi. I am waiting for winters now. I am using fabric pots
Great vid PG. Thanks for sharing ur vid. I'll keep in mind what you said and hopefully Kid gardener will have a nice harvest by the end of summer
this other guy, Chili Chump says humidity is the most likely cause, but it's not even mentioned here... So confusing :(
Hey Peppergeeks! Thanks for the vid.
But I do have a question, why do fertilized pepper fruits turn yellow and then fall off?
I've noticed this in my pepper plants. At first it was whole flower drop, now it is the fruit that is falling.
Thanks.
I cant grow a Padron Pepper to save my life, do any of you have a suggestion?
Im struggling with this California heat all my flowers are dropping rn
Hm my pepper plant is flowering but not producing and kept falling but since I haven't thought about the part not being big enough that might be the issue even though it is a gallon bucket it might need a bigger one. I sure hope I get peppers after that because if not it will be such a bummer because it's a big nice plant and I was hoping to get some peppers by now
Some flower drop is normal, maybe try reducing any fertilizer to keep nitrogen levels where they should be. Also, high heat or poor pollination can lead to more flower drop. 1 gallon is decent, but if you're growing a large type (like bell peppers, etc.) it may not be enough
@@PepperGeek thanks for the reply I think it's poor pollination because despite me shaking it like many suggested and you try and q-tips and stuff it still doesn't pollinate like it's not having a lot of pollen of it's own. It is however enjoying the figure container I put it in I made it out of two containers lol and I've been the only fertilizing it every couple of months it's an inside plant and I don't want it to get sick. Of course when every time I use this one fertilizer I got from the store I make it as they suggest for the directions and my aloe plant gets sick every time. I don't think I'm going to use it on my aloe anymore and just use the sticks. My pepper plant quit making flowers though.. probably ended its season.... Sorry about the typos this keyboard of mine sucks
If all your flowers drop, In the south, most likely its the heat. Provide shade cloth or place in some shade.
Hi I grow Carolina reaper ,plant is very healthy but all of flower dropping I'm using npk 5 5 5 , temperature is ideal, no over watering : every 3 to 4 days plant getting water,in door growing under grow light (50watt) can you help me thanks I'm waiting for your answer long time ago I subscribed to you channel I'm learned a lot but still I need to learn thanks
I've got a question for ya, my peppers are just starting to form and for some of them it seems like the flower petals are a little stuck. Is it okay to gently pick this off of the bottom of immature peppers or should I wait for it to fall by itself?
I'm no expert but I have picked them off once the flower shrivels or browns a little. Didn't seem to mess with the plant. I honestly like to because I can't wait to see how the pod is coming along. :)
@@hairybass480 thats exactly why I want to pick them off, I'm excited to see and watch them grow! 😁 Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one to do this
@@tacobell.gourmand i kept mine on my 1st ever pepper that came through because it looked like a little hula skirt for the pepper 😁
My mad hatter plant is putting out flowers, I don't need to pollinate them do I? There's almost no pollinators going around, but from what I understand, they have perfect flowers, but I'm not completely sure
For me its just the weaker flowers that get dropped. Some nodes have up to 10 flowers, and i certainly dont expect all of those to remain. Another reason you may be dropping flowers is pest damage while the flower is developing. It can continue to grow but also be deformed with no stigma. I found that over fertilizing can also deform flowers. Getting a lot of flower growth too quickly probably upsets the hormones in the plant stuning a vital growth stage.
This year im growing a meatier ghost pepper variety and everything about its growth is normal, except its stems are unusually straight and thick, and they are even out pacing my habeneros. If they turn out well maybe I'll try crossing them with bells or banana peppers just to see what happens.
Would it be possible to send you a pic of a pepperplant that i don't know what it is? I ordered seeds and it should be Trinidad Yellow Scorpion but doesn't look like it at all
great info,i have 1 question please,my lunchbox peppers have no taste when green but as soon as they turn yellow or red they are So sweet,how does this simple color change make such a big flavor difference,thanx
Thank you so much for posting this video because this is exactly what is happening to my Hatch chile blooms. 😭
Won’t sprinkling water on the leaves in the hottest part of the day sun burn them? I have habaneros, jalapeños, ghost, reaper, 7 pot, and scorpion all next to each other here in Southern California and the reaper and 7 pot struggle mightily in the constant 100 weather
I'm hoping mine are just falling naturally. It's only my bell pepper plant, and it already has at least 20 peppers forming, some almost ripe, so maybe it just can't handle more. It's still sad seeing the flowers fall off.
When my Carolina reaper pollinates and starts to grow a fruit it magically disappears over night. It’s weird.
What about humidity?
Adding cold water all over the leaves isnt good for the leaves. solar magnification transfer will burn the leaves and damage them. The formed droplets act as magnifers, so is counter-productive. Even if you have had luck, others in hot areas, tipically get higher solar hrs. This will burn the leaves.
Local insects (bees, butterflies etc...were never able to pollinate flowers).. Had to it myself with a paintbrush
I like those UFOs
I experienced issue with my shishito pepper but eventually resolved but noticed same issue with my belle pepper and paprika plant where the flowers are dropping and not turning to fruit. How do I resolve this?
thanks for this I was worrying about my plant and I saw this video! I did get a pretty spicy early flame pepper although it was pretty small. Nice video!
Did everything and plants still not producing but still flowering. Maybe its cuz its a really hot variety.. or i suck at plants
My issue is heat. Every year i get nothing until around August. Super frustrating. Trying in ground this year with a shade. Ca temps in my area have been hot this year
Only 870 likes? You have a great presentation. 8 haters. Thanks for the show
Disagree with the smaller container, maybe in soil but hydroponically I have seen a plant under a foot in a small container produce hundreds of fruits, Khang Starr has a few videos about it on his channel.
My plants are not even flowering yet
They'll get there. I pruned mine 2-3 sets over the true leaves and about 6 weeks later I had to pluck upto 62 flowers off the larger plants. 10L pots, potting soil, 20% pumice, 20% fine compost, lights are far from ideal in my tent
My habanero plant has alot of flowers but is not producing any fruit. It is outside. We have many pollenators and here in Quebec Canada it does not get that hot. Any tips?
Should I put my red bell peppers in a greenhouse ?
Sure if you've got a greenhouse. It can help extend the season a bit on both ends.
Why are a lot of my peppers growing flower buds. Im new to growing. Should i remove them and if so when do i let them grow
Thats a big tip right there a lot of people dont get.
not just peppers either
plants have a way of knowing how big their pot is and what they will be able to support.
What about if loads of flowers fall off but its like the chillis have started growing but seem to of have stalled. Growth just stops while they looknlike tiny little buds
We live in zone 6ish. I seed peppers in June every year. You just have to choose appropriate varieties. The Native peppers never let you down..even the ones that evolved 5 zones hotter. =]
Thank for sharing 👍🏻🇨🇦👍🏻
You bet :)
I think i had another reason for flower drop of, too much sciarid