Topping Pepper Plants & Two Months Results
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- In many of my pepper videos, I have explained why and when to top peppers, but because it's part of a video grow log, people that have not followed the series have trouble finding it. In this video, I focus only on topping peppers. Please feel free to comment, like, subscribe or share the videos. As always, thank you for watching!
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thanks for getting to the point and not making it a long presentations, and thanks for the week 2 and 2 month update that shows in one video. This is what I like to see, straight to the point with updates. love it.
Ditto
I was building up the courage to do this when a vicious hail storm swept through my area and did it for me. This only happened 2 weeks ago and already plants have bounced back far bushier than before and those that were previously struggling have taken off.
I am not gonna lie when I seen how much you cut off I was like whoa man, but as soon as I seen the results my jaw hit the floor HARD, this is absolutely stunning and I will DEFINITELY be trying this as I don’t grow peppers in pots over 1.5 gal so this would help loads
Thank you for this! I would never have thought to top pepper plants more than a pinch if they get too leggy. The amount you removed made me cringe, but what good results. 5 minutes and 41 seconds of fantastic knowledge. That's efficiency!
Why am I watching this at 2:13 am? I am not even growing a plant.
Interesting, still.
Edit:
13th January, 2020: I have a vegetable garden now. Seriously.
Damn.. It is exactly 2:13 AM here now and I am also not even growing a plant. Spooky.
and here 8:43 pm which is kinda mirroring/flipping/upsidedown yours
haha
Lmfao me to i have to be up at 530 it's 10 past midnight
*im watching this at 7:10 PM pst and im not growing a chili plant BUTTTT, i am growing many other plants and have houseplants*
Tanks for your videos. Often people start a video but never gets back to show the results. You always make complete logs. Cheers from South Africa!
I've been watching your double cup videos and this one just now. You mention having to provide the right amount of light. It is obvious that there is adequate light, seeing such spectacular growth. When you are showcasing these plants, and they are being grown indoors, please mention the light that you are growing them under. It would be helpful to the beginners like me who are struggling to find appropriate lighting. Thank you for all the information that you provide. Your channel is among my favorites. Take care.
What a helpful video..... I watched it a month ago, and thought I'd give this tutorial a try on some of my own Pepper plants.. The results so far are amazing.. Bushiest plants I've ever had.. They are very sturdy, and the stalks easily support the weight of all the side-shoots.. Thanks for posting..
You are the king of low-end-super-simple successful hydroponics! :)
After watching and watching your videos, I topped all my baby annual flowers and they are growing like crazies ! Many new shoots in 3 days only and they look heathier and stronger. Yesterday I bought 2 baby Bask peppers, I'm giving it a try. Many many thanks !
This came into my feed just the right time I'm growing peppers for the first time....I grow in pots I don't have the yard space to transplant in the ground
Thanks very much
You should check out some of the self-watering container concepts. They're great for growing w/ minimum space and cost. Look up "Gardening with Leon", if you haven't already.
My suspicion is is that google heard you talking about your pepper plant and started giving you suggestions for it.
Pruning greatly prolongs the time required for producing fruit. This CAN be made up with increased growth but only in areas with long growing seasons. It's why pruning is not so widespread in many parts of the US. By the time you get tomatoes or peppers in the ground in, say, Wisconsin, it's hard to throw away a months worth of production when you know the first frost will be in September. My peppers were still producing abundantly in November last year (Middle TN) so for me pruning was worth it.
I like your video because the continuation follows immediately in 1 video. The results can be seen immediately. Thanks!
Omg thank u so much. I am a beginner and when someone as me if I was going to top my new pepper plants, I told him that I just put top soil on it and he told me topping means cutting the tops off so I am here on TH-cam to find out. So I love this video. Thanks
What fertilizers did you use and how often? Thank you for a very detailed and to-the-point-video.
Hey there Khang I just topped my pepper plant just below the Y, and after a week, little side shoots are starting to grow... Your advice was indeed helpful... I think my chilli plant was going to be very tall and skinny if I didn't top it in time!
Thank you, this video helped me in topping my pepper plant. Me and my pepper plant are very happy.
I’ve seen people top their peppers one time and they claim it doesn’t effect the harvest much, but I don’t think I’ve heard of doing it multiple times before and I can see why you do it!! More people should see this video, there’s your proof! Is that largest one an over wintered plant? Or a second year pepper plant? I found your video looking for hope for my pepper seedlings that were demolished by hail, there are side shoots coming out of some so seeing this video has giving me hope that I’ll know how to care for them to get a harvest. Thank you!
Makes this season the mistake and didn't topping the chili's :( so they are very long and unstable) so this was a lesson for me, next season I'm going into topping 👍🏻
You dont have to top the plant to achieve desired results. Pull all the leaves off the bottom of the pepper plant and it will signal the plant to make off-shoots. I never top and all my plants have multiple off-shoots, even up to 8 or 10 offshoots on some.
I like how you say what someone would be thinking. Gives a really good perspective!
Well, I'm going to be brave and top n trim my plants this year.....Khang, you are a pepper plant God. 😉
This was the BEST explanation and example of pruning your pepper plants. Thx
this works well on plants that you grow for the leaves like basil. it produces more leaves but i have not found it to produce more fruit. it just slows down the flowering which means you have to wait longer for peppers.
Agreed.
Thank you for saying this. I'm just starting out and I was thinking the same and it's good to hear it confirmed from someone else.
More branches means more peppers, at least in the following year
catwithoutthe hat .. Wow! I wouldn’t know how to act if I had a plant produce 10 peppers, let alone 3 or 4 times as many! I’m going to prune mine tomorrow. Never knew to prune until I watched this video, along with several others tonight. I hope I get lots of peppers. :)
Yes. I agree 100%. The fruits are amazingly many +++
I did this to a habanero plant that looked almost identical your plant and it never recovered. It tried to grow, but then went completely dormant, despite it being early in the growing season. I did it a day or two after putting it in it's final big pot, and perhaps that and losing so much growth was too much stress for it. It was a beautiful pepper plant.
Wow! I've seen many videos about topping peppers, but I never saw one that showed all the stages--boy do they look healthy! I will certainly watch your channel for any hints on growing peppers. I just started growing them and though they grew well,they were all over the place and some even uprooted themselves during a wet spell--they were too tall.
ive had a pepper plant growing for like a full year now indoors with decent light & minimum fresh air, its still kicking and getting huge, now growing 15 peppers per cycle
Just found this video. Omg this is just insane. Love it!!!!
Thank you for making this video. I have never topped my plants because I wasn't sure how and how much to remove and was afraid of permanently damaging plants. I had heard about it but no one ever showed me how to do so.
Thanks for this video. This was one of the hardest things I had to do my garden, and I have to say it paid off. Though but necessary decision.
I love this comment. I did mine yesterday and i was afraid i was hurting it. But i hope it is rewarding.
i have watched this video about 3 years ago and i have tried this technique out in my garden and it works!I actually have 2 habanero plants from last year i decided to dig up and put into huge planter pots and they are still here today and are becoming loaded.I top all of my pepper plants and have experimented this year on topping the other branches that grow out(i only did a couple on that experiment and they are doing well!).Thanks Khang for showing this.And to others watching,if you have peppers do this technique you will not be disappointed.
You have some awesome looking plants . I top 50 % of mine after they are outside in containers but whatever you are using for nutrients is far better than what I am using .
HoschtonBoy Thanks! I am using Masterblend 4-18-38.
Perhaps I should try that.
+Khang Starr What is that? Where do you purchase it?
Julia DiGaetani Masterblend is a water soluble hydroponic nutrients. You don't have to use this particular brand, any hydroponic nutrients will work, but it may require you to mix them differently.
Do you really enjoy your peppers grown in artificial mediums rather than soil???? You are a Pepper God, I always follow your If I need a certain answer to a Question. You keep it straight to the point and it’s easy to follow your directions.Thank You Mr.Khang
The stalks on your plant is awesome! I have never grew peppers before but this summer I plan to and I'm following your advice and topping them.
That's because it's hydroponic.
WOW that is one beautiful pepper plant!!
Man Aww man! You'r pepper plants are impressive. I just topped a bell pepper plant as an experiment. Hope it works!
Did it work?
I tried both ways this yr.
Hands down my topped peppers exploded with growth and endless amts of fruit. The ones I did not top are tall and finally putting on peppers. The ones I topped are on their 3rd harvests.
I first learned to do this with a weed plant
who cares you pothead
blakespower I never said I smoked it clitdick.
Polo Life thanks dude 😍😍😍
Thank you for the beautiful flowers that you give us. Have a good weekend
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I've grown peppers for 30 years outside. No need to top plants if you want the most production. Pick the peppers often and the plant will create more.
Clip doesnt show any fruit. Just leaves.
I agree with that statement and I have been farming organically for 25years.
Topping pepper plants stunts growth and sets it back for a while. Under studies done where 100 plants were left to grow naturally and 100 that were 'topped', the plants left to grow naturally on their own consistently did better overall percentage wise.
Everyone does everything differently.
Thanks for this information. It' the same for Kentucky Wonder Green Beans. The more you pick, the more you get.
Thank you for sharing. I gave up growing pepper because I got only three or four peppers. I'm going to give it another shot and see how many peppers I can get.
Don't be scared people it works every time. Good vid thanks :)
bri bro Unless the cut gets infected and the plant dies, I prefer gently bending the top over and tie it down with string, same results!
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+m. mouskovitz *wink wink* ;)
Simon Petrus you naughty boy 😱
Hi, I'm starting a blog on growing and breeding peppers this year using the seeds of my favourite store bought peppers and seeing what I get from them. I look forward to cross pollinating them also which I've seen a few videos for and then growing those seeds to finally see what grows. I will also be topping my peppers this year for stronger growth.
What was the results? Did you get fruits from your seeds?
@@sandratorres1858 No they are still very small, this year I will try to grow them and see what results I get.
It’s a little scary but I plan to try this. Thank you for the clear instructions!
Well I just did as you showed in the video and I’m so glad you showed exactly how to do it! I know in concept it’s so easy to do but put to practice you really feel like you are cutting off the best part of the plant and really seems counterintuitive!!!
Great videos watched quite a few now, keep up the good work, thanks for all the advice
Gorgeous plant!! I just topped my Piñata plants because they were about 6" high and bent over just from the weight of water drops on leaves or a fair wind.
Topped a habanero = started growing horizontally aka in a 90 degree angle.
Month later: topped again.
Now(2 months later): it is a bush full of flowers ready to be pollinated
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Well. As I am new to gardening, for the last 3 years I've been planting pepper plants from Home Depot garden center. I buy the largest plants I can get and I plop them in my garden in rich composted soil. I live in Phoenix, AZ....harsh dry and hot and surprizingly chilly during the winter. Still peppers seem to thrive for me. I have not been trimming at all and the plants get kind of leggy. I am so happy to see what you are doing by topping the plants while they are young. You are just fearless!!!! AND I do see the advantage of directing the shape by topping techniques. Yay for you that you not only experimented via trial and error, but also that you are sharing with the rest of us out here. I am encouraged to try more trimming of the plants. I have one question for you. Are you harvesting your peppers as soon as possible? Or do you leave them on the vine until you want to eat them? I think I leave the fruits on too long. It might seem silly, but I like to look at them in the garden.
I usually harvest all the red ones off to use, and leave the rest to continue growing. Fresh is always best in my opinion.
Would have been better if you'd had a control plant that you didn't trim so you could compare side by side with the topped plant after 2 months.
Yes. To a novice, like me, it looks like you've gone back to square one after all the original leaves were removed.
Exactly. Maybe Khang, what you are promoting is valid but the way you have presented it is thoroughly unscientific and unconvincing.
Repeatedly destroying growth to promote growth?
In order to convince me you would have to show many plants planted at the same time... half of them topped and half not... in the same soil to the same conditions and measure how much fruit they produce over a season.
For example you are putting these plants so far behind it may be that the untopped plant would actually put out just as much fruit over the same period of time because they got a head start in bearing. There are so many bogus videos on TH-cam. I'm not saying yours is bogus because I have no way of knowing without further research. But it is thoroughly unconvincing and lacking in critical and even minimal evidence.
I am still tasked with the job of researching this in order to find out if you or are right or not.
takencareofbidness
You don't have to research it, really. When you top a plant, it sends up shoots. Each shoot buds and fruits like another plant. So instead of five or ten peppers per plant, you can get twenty or more. Same thing with trimming leaves. The more growth that is being generated, the more leaves there are, and the more leaves, the more fruit the plant can support growing. Pretty basic stuff.
I'm not your dear.
takencareofbidness
Who cares whose dear you are not? If you couldn't come up with a good comeback in a whole day, just say nothing. 😁
I was about to send you a question about this but searched it and low and behold you already did a video on it and somehow I missed it when it came out! Thanks for the info! I have the biggest peppers that I have ever had this quick and I think it is because of your masterblend recipe! Thanks so much, Khang!!
+RevtosTV I've seen your updates, they're looking awesome!
Thank you! And thanks for your videos, they are a treasure to all pepper lovers and growers in general!
Very informative videos, thank-you! Question: How early should I start topping them? I have some young seedlings that have been growing for about 4 weeks now.
Did you even get an answer? I was wondering the same thing.
I did this to some Pablano plants, some Serrano plants, and some Red Savina plants this past spring and I have to admit it quadrupled the amount of pods I was getting from my gardens in the past.
I had NO idea, I have about 350 seedlings at the moment of various kinds, I am going to have my work, literally cut out for me!!!!
Those plants are absolutely beautiful
Does it work with human beings ?
Yes, I cut my head off and 2 weeks later I was sprouting 3 new arms
yes kinda... i cut my dick i am now 1 big bush of dicks.
Nice results with that plant...great looking plant. I tend to pinch back my plants pretty aggressively when they are young as well....and tend to "2nd guess" myself about it....but the long range results seem pretty good.
“The plant needs the leaves” ... proceeds to cut off almost every single leaf
That’s Khang for ya lol
Plant lives...
😅
2 1/2 months later you have what you began with just with a jungle of leaves, wrong way to prune a pepper plant.
But where are all tge baby peppers. Youre wasting your and our time.
great video question i have a small reaper growing thats starting to produce tiny peppers should i clip them until the plant gets bigger???
how can your plant be that big after only 2 months? where do you live?
TheBanAna
Hydroponics, bruh.
I have always been too scared to prune peppers but after seeing your results I think I will try it this year. Would you give me recommendations on how often and how much to feed/fertilize your plants in grow bags please?
Does this topping work the same for most peppers? Same cutting procedures? Just afraid the fruit would be too heavy on a short plant
+PharmSilver Yes, it will work for most if not all peppers; I have done this with many different types of peppers with much success. The weight of the fruit is more of an issue on a tall and skinny plant. Also, by stressing the pepper plant, the fruit will usually get hotter.
If the plant senses the fruit is getting heavy, it will grow a thicker stem.
This is why you can actually grow watermelon up on a Nylon web.
Terry Thomas
Brookhaven Gardens
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
Thank for this. I haven’t topped my pepper plants. So, my plant aren’t at all bushy. The leaves are only media size and thin. Once our heatwave dies down, I’ll have a look at my plants and see what need trimming.
Might be a bit late to top them now, in July but, a bit of pruning here and there might help a little.
I'm a little scared at attempting this, however, I'll give it a go.
Update?
Yes update?
Delighted to give you an update. I have six, healthy jalapeno chilli plants. Nice and bushy. Sorry for delay responding, I'm new to this TH-cam business.
I top and strip all my pepper plants from leaves when ever i get a aphid infestation. The plants don't seem to give 2 shit's 'bout it .
Thank you for this! I am new to gardening; I put a pepper plant outside in soil, and it has given me a TON of peppers already. But I want to do the indoor, and have also been struggling with knowing how to top off properly. You answered my questions wonderfully! Thanks again, and God bless!
margenlou1 You're welcome!
you trimmed the leafes because it was too bushy, then two months later its 100x more bushy...
Innocent lemon taking that first topping makes the plant growth hormone go everywhere else, and the plant doesn't get "leggy" when you do this.
Although I had no idea that they'd become anywhere near this "bushy,"
@@horseblinderson4747 getting a less "leggy" plant is not really something to aim for. The plant gets leggy for a reason. the reason is a to little DLI and a wrong spectrum, therefore the plant actually needs to be more leggy to archieve its full photosynthetic potential. Topping it will result in shading by its own leafs which doesnt add up to the same photosynthetic yield as it would otherwise. greetings
Your plants are beautiful. I’m gonna try this with my pepper plants. Thank you!
I need to see your fruit production because of topping----not just leaves.
Exactly….he's bragging about a bushy plant 2 and half months after pruning, I'm already eating peppers by that time....
@@Leo.407 The pods and flowers are all over. maybe take a harder look
You should watch his videos before making a comment like this
Great video! I’ve been trying to figure out how to make my pepper trees not gory straight up and rather out. I’m so glad I found this video, thank you so much!!
What difference does it make if you don't top the plant?
+Vinod Karia Topping is a preference. I like topping my plants because it promotes more sides shoot to grow. This will make a nice canopy when everything is fully grown out. More branches equal more fruits.
Thanks for your advise
+Khang Starr Wont that produce a less quality harvest because all of the plants energy is having to go to so many places? I have my worries with this method even thought it seems logical..It just doesn't seem natural. Your also causing the plant so much trauma and it is working extra hard to survive. Please provide a valid explanation other than preference, I need to understand fully before I take this advice. I am still learning and trying things too.
it is Natural!
think if the plant out in the wild...
an animal comes along and starts eating a few leaves
the plant responds with new bushier growth!
--Rick
Topping the plant means you cut the main stem and the new growth will have two stems instead of 1. By breaking the apex of the plant, it forces the plant to put all its energy into the lower shoots, and so the plant grows more bushy than tall, and by doing so..more of the plant gets light as oppose to just the top, and you have more fruit at harvest time! Removing all the leaves though as was done in this video is overkill in my opinion and is not necessary, delays production for nothing. Top the plant once or twice and remove 'a few' fan leaves at most, not all!
I’ve followed these instructions and it worked perfectly. Thanks for this video
What kind of pepper plants are these ?
They look amazing. What fertilizer, or other nutrients do you use?
Looks obvious, but when he says "Top", he means PRUNE, right??
Yes, I’ve grown peppers before but have never pruned but I will in about a week. In watching video’s, I’ve learned after topping-actually cutting off the top-you should have 6-8 leaves left on the plant. I can’t wait to see them bush out.
Not EXACTLY. “Topping” is specifically cutting the current top of the plant, forcing the plant to send new growing outward. “Pruning” is referring to cutting any growing, but usually the side shoots, not the top.
wow! the longer I discovered your videos, make me become braver,lol coz i was so afraid that I will end up killing my thai chili plant, thanks again. I have poivron plants , banana pepper plants and the thai...they just grow just like that I was so afraid to even touch them. merçi beaucoup!
When you pointed at the plant and called it ready it seemed to get a little disappointed. :D
Thank you for sharing. I am a 76 years old from Peru Saith America and have just began my hobby in growing my own vegetables.
Would like to know how to prune peppers that have long almost leafless stems and what nutrients should I use. They are growing in pots indoors as we are having sub freezing weather in Denton TX.
this tricks isgood also for marijuana
I think that's were topping, FIMing, LST etc came from.
Definitely isn't for poppies though
Dave Kent poppies make lots of seeds
Absolutely
cali budz absolutely
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It's like a cosmetic surgery for the plant.
I have been watching your videos more and more. Very informative I am growing indoors using hydroponics and an aquaponic system. The trimming method you have described has greatly influenced my plant growth.
Wow thanks for this video! Took my serrano pepper plant and topped it recently in a DWC system and it's gone crazy! Also noticed you live in DFW!! I'm in Fort Worth! Here is my grow room -> imgur.com/a/ZxaPb
lol thats funny im in dallas and im about to get some ring of fire peppers off the launchpad. no picks of my growroom yet its still a work in progress lol. do you guys have any source on hydroponic pepper growing its hard to find online
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Nice video. Got a bell pepper plant in a 5 gallon that I have not done this to, after seeing this I'm so going to now. Thanks!
Daniel Witzel Thanks, Daniel!
Your voice is so soothing- I love it!
You show the best topping videos out there. Thank you sir.
I am very happy to have found this video! I have not had as much success with my peppers as I'd like. I am sure this would be extra helpful! Thanks!
Thanks so much for this. I’m a pepper newbie. I’ve just been doing all this, including getting rid of a lot of leaves. I was so concerned whether it was ok so great to see this confirmation.
Many thanks!
I got new idea,I can now apply to my pepper plants.thank you so much😊 watching from Philippines
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Great video. very informative. I very much appreciated you video taping the time sequence. Many folks posts great videos about the subject but see the results makes the video that much more interesting. Thank you
peppers are expensive at the store so this is a great idea for increasing production
Nice plants...but what am I looking at,I know it is a pepper, what is it growing in?What nutrients do you feed it,and why is it in the house?I never heard of this or seen this done before,and would like to try this.
How long have you keep a pepper plant? When I lived in El Paso, TX many years ago I keep one in a 5 gallon bucket and would add Dehydrated bat droppings, worm castings, and lime three time a year and harvested peppers for 4+ years until moving. Never trimmed it, it was about 4' X 4' tall/wide. Always loaded with peppers, during the winter took it into the greenhouse and during the summer kept it on the patio next to the grill area. Nothing like home grown food!
Yesterday I discovered your channel and I LIKE VERY MUCH
Watching this 2020. Very timely as I am about to top my own chili
Top notch production quality. I love seeing progress in one video.
Thanks I tried it last year on one plant and that plant was bushier and produce more chili’s
I do this with all of my bushy plants, flowers and all, to promote the bushiness.
Very beautiful transformation! I'll try this to my jalapeno and habanero plants. Never knew how simple
Thanks for your.video. this is new to me, i just started my back yard garden . Will this trimming work for me?
I have 3 pepper and will try one first.
good looking plant bro?
what kind of pepper plants are those? they look so healthy.
what kind of fertilizers do you use while they are potted?