Pruning Pepper Plants 101: Is It Even Necessary?
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Date: 2022-07-18
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HoboGardenerBen
Grew some fish peppers outside in VT and it got huge and produced so many peppers, no issues. Grew a jalapeno inside by a window and string trellised it and it grew vertical really fast and was able to gather all the light in the window. I don't like pruning in general. More fun to let plants do their thing, though trellising is also a form of messing with the plant. But it's not a wounding, I don't like to wound my plants. The bushy growth doesn't seem worth risking infection. I'd just pick varieties that like to branch out if that was what I wanted. If it's a tall type, string trellising works great, just like tomato and eggplant.
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Grew some fish peppers outside in VT and it got huge and produced so many peppers, no issues. Grew a jalapeno inside by a window and string trellised it and it grew vertical really fast and was able to gather all the light in the window. I don't like pruning in general. More fun to let plants do their thing, though trellising is also a form of messing with the plant. But it's not a wounding, I don't like to wound my plants. The bushy growth doesn't seem worth risking infection. I'd just pick varieties that like to branch out if that was what I wanted. If it's a tall type, string trellising works great, just like tomato and eggplant.
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James
Epic Gardening or anyone who can answer my question, I drilled some holes into the bottom of 5 gallon Home Depot Buckets to make cheap pots and have been growing various plants including peppers in each bucket. I was going to move my bucket with the Bell Pepper plant to give my basil some more sun and realized that the roots had reached the holes at the bottom of the bucket and began growing into the soil beneath. They were not very deep but in the process of tilting my bucket, I unfortunately pulled the roots out of the ground. What should I do with the exposed roots? Will the plant be more susceptible to disease now?
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Epic Gardening or anyone who can answer my question, I drilled some holes into the bottom of 5 gallon Home Depot Buckets to make cheap pots and have been growing various plants including peppers in each bucket. I was going to move my bucket with the Bell Pepper plant to give my basil some more sun and realized that the roots had reached the holes at the bottom of the bucket and began growing into the soil beneath. They were not very deep but in the process of tilting my bucket, I unfortunately pulled the roots out of the ground. What should I do with the exposed roots? Will the plant be more susceptible to disease now?
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Norbert
I'm having a tough time growing Serrano Peppers. I got so frustrated that I pulled them all, and they keep growing back, but don't produce. I live in the SF Bay Area, and the other day observed significant growth! Like Jack and the Beanstalk growth! probably because of the recent heat wave. However, still no production.
I recently learned that to encourage pollination you can tickle the buds, which I just did, waiting to see if that makes a difference. Also, I don't see Bees or small flys hovering around them. Is there a way to attract them? Thanks!
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I'm having a tough time growing Serrano Peppers. I got so frustrated that I pulled them all, and they keep growing back, but don't produce. I live in the SF Bay Area, and the other day observed significant growth! Like Jack and the Beanstalk growth! probably because of the recent heat wave. However, still no production.
I recently learned that to encourage pollination you can tickle the buds, which I just did, waiting to see if that makes a difference. Also, I don't see Bees or small flys hovering around them. Is there a way to attract them? Thanks!
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Edekje
I have a 2 chilli plants here. I barely pruned them, and as a consequence they are about 1m tall and have a Y-fork at around 30-40cm height. Below the fork there are no leaves left, they dropped off. The plant is getting too tall and it seems wasteful to have such a long bare stretch below the Y- fork, so I would like to prune it below the fork. I am worried however that as the plant will then have no leaves, it will die. What do you guys think? Keep in mind I live in Northern Europe and the growing season is coming to an end now.
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I have a 2 chilli plants here. I barely pruned them, and as a consequence they are about 1m tall and have a Y-fork at around 30-40cm height. Below the fork there are no leaves left, they dropped off. The plant is getting too tall and it seems wasteful to have such a long bare stretch below the Y- fork, so I would like to prune it below the fork. I am worried however that as the plant will then have no leaves, it will die. What do you guys think? Keep in mind I live in Northern Europe and the growing season is coming to an end now.
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Decibell
I live in Las Vegas, it seems all I CAN grow is peppers, I don't mind because I love them, and it's fun. I watched a lot of vids about pruning and, overwintering your pepper plants. I did that once and, the plant died. I will say some need a season to ramp up for the next season. I have 6 cayenne pepper plants, 2 jalapeno, 1 banana, 3 bells, and 2 sweet. I have not pruned a one in 4 years - except for branches that die back. - every year I have more than I can eat - So I make salsa for my friends. nom.
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I live in Las Vegas, it seems all I CAN grow is peppers, I don't mind because I love them, and it's fun. I watched a lot of vids about pruning and, overwintering your pepper plants. I did that once and, the plant died. I will say some need a season to ramp up for the next season. I have 6 cayenne pepper plants, 2 jalapeno, 1 banana, 3 bells, and 2 sweet. I have not pruned a one in 4 years - except for branches that die back. - every year I have more than I can eat - So I make salsa for my friends. nom.
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Eric
So I have a dog, and he is a big boy. One day, he was walking past my Fresno chili plant, and his powerful tail literally chopped the top of the plant off. In the days and weeks prior, the plant had been dehydrated, and damaged by harsh winds, so I figured that my dog just put the plant out of its misery. However, this led to a ludicrous explosion of growth. It is now starting to flower and is the most successful looking pepper plant I have ever done
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So I have a dog, and he is a big boy. One day, he was walking past my Fresno chili plant, and his powerful tail literally chopped the top of the plant off. In the days and weeks prior, the plant had been dehydrated, and damaged by harsh winds, so I figured that my dog just put the plant out of its misery. However, this led to a ludicrous explosion of growth. It is now starting to flower and is the most successful looking pepper plant I have ever done
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Ontario
I have personally never topped or pruned my pepper plants, and I have always had great results. I prune many of my other plants, but peppers can be so finicky, I just leave them to their vices. I am in Canada, with a shorter growing season (about 5 months, so I start inside first to allow earlier flowering. To each his own though! Great and informative video.
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I have personally never topped or pruned my pepper plants, and I have always had great results. I prune many of my other plants, but peppers can be so finicky, I just leave them to their vices. I am in Canada, with a shorter growing season (about 5 months, so I start inside first to allow earlier flowering. To each his own though! Great and informative video.
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RohalussWorld
From local indonesian farmer: if you plant for yourself, no prunning is ok, you can't eat all peppers yourself and it will look prettier in your garden. The fruiting will be slower but you will have good peppers when you need it
For massive gardener or to sell, pruning will increase fruiting, but you will get peppers laterer in its life
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From local indonesian farmer: if you plant for yourself, no prunning is ok, you can't eat all peppers yourself and it will look prettier in your garden. The fruiting will be slower but you will have good peppers when you need it
For massive gardener or to sell, pruning will increase fruiting, but you will get peppers laterer in its life
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BertieFox
Thanks. First abundantly clear and rational approach to this subject I have watched. Someone growing at home is not the same as a commercial grower and so the approach must address your local conditions and length of season. It just means we may need to support our pepper bush and side shoots with fruit rather better to avoid breaking stems.
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Thanks. First abundantly clear and rational approach to this subject I have watched. Someone growing at home is not the same as a commercial grower and so the approach must address your local conditions and length of season. It just means we may need to support our pepper bush and side shoots with fruit rather better to avoid breaking stems.
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Ed
Do you have cameras in your front yard? Must live in a pretty good area. If I started a front yard garden Id have all the old ladies from down the street hopping the fence to grab a handful of tomatoes. They already took 2 of my rose bushes. Got it on camera too, legitimate 80yr old pulling a whole bush out of the ground and walking off with it
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Do you have cameras in your front yard? Must live in a pretty good area. If I started a front yard garden Id have all the old ladies from down the street hopping the fence to grab a handful of tomatoes. They already took 2 of my rose bushes. Got it on camera too, legitimate 80yr old pulling a whole bush out of the ground and walking off with it
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Bear
I am sorry you did not have any peppers that needed pruning for your video. Better luck next time. I have three pepper plants and they are producing very poorly. The peppers are very small and there are not many of them. I think I am going to have to replace them but I might try pruning them down first. Chilis.
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I am sorry you did not have any peppers that needed pruning for your video. Better luck next time. I have three pepper plants and they are producing very poorly. The peppers are very small and there are not many of them. I think I am going to have to replace them but I might try pruning them down first. Chilis.
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epic_gardening
I followed your advice last year and I got zero peppers. I think because I live in Maine and its not warm enough I should have never cut it like that. This year I have my peppers in a greenhouse on the driveway and its much hotter for them this time around. I'm still scared to cut them like this.
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I followed your advice last year and I got zero peppers. I think because I live in Maine and its not warm enough I should have never cut it like that. This year I have my peppers in a greenhouse on the driveway and its much hotter for them this time around. I'm still scared to cut them like this.
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Matt
You mentioned growing season length. Living in MN we have a 4. 5 month growing season. Does topping make any sense here? It seems like the only way this would make sense is if I plan to dig up the pepper and overwinter it after the first season so I have a larger bushier plant in future years. Thoughts?
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You mentioned growing season length. Living in MN we have a 4. 5 month growing season. Does topping make any sense here? It seems like the only way this would make sense is if I plan to dig up the pepper and overwinter it after the first season so I have a larger bushier plant in future years. Thoughts?
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Yvonne
What to do when the chili plant got too bushy? I migrated my chili plant from a pot to the ground, after a storm in late April, it doubled the size in a week. Now its so giant and a little bit too bushy. However I dont see many flowers this year, what did I do wrong? I havent add any fertilizer yet.
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What to do when the chili plant got too bushy? I migrated my chili plant from a pot to the ground, after a storm in late April, it doubled the size in a week. Now its so giant and a little bit too bushy. However I dont see many flowers this year, what did I do wrong? I havent add any fertilizer yet.
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David
I top once my peppers have 4 real leaves. Its amazing the difference. topping once theyre starting to mature is pointless. A good rule of thumb is if your young pepper looks thin and tall, top it. If it naturally already has a bushy look to it with multiple chutes, dont top it!
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I top once my peppers have 4 real leaves. Its amazing the difference. topping once theyre starting to mature is pointless. A good rule of thumb is if your young pepper looks thin and tall, top it. If it naturally already has a bushy look to it with multiple chutes, dont top it!
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