Bell Pepper Thread!

Hi All...these are my bell pepper plants. I will try to keep this thread updated once a week kinda like a journal. Mjetta should be syked(lol)! I hope I can harvest one before fall fully kicks in.

Yum they look like they will grow some nice peppers.

I sure hope so!

Hi All...it's been a week so here's some new pics. I accidentally pulled a leaf off one of the plants, but it seems to be recovering. What does everyone think???

Hi All.......I know I've been slacking on the updates, but I needed to get some batteries for the camera. The plants have grown quite a bit & look really healthy for being outdoors in mid-October. I think there are a couple peppers trying to start. Do bell pepper plants put out flowers or not? Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

looks good bro, she looks kinda depressed, but since its healthy looking i assume she was just thirsty.. but yes, bell peppers do produce flowers; right before the fruit.. the petals fall off, and the pepper grows out of the flower stem... peppers are really neat. i dont know where you are located, but winter is coming... bell peppers can take lower temps than`chilis, but you can always bring it inside and put it in the growroom and enjoy homegrown sweet pepper in the dead of winter...




here's mine!! shes a good bit older than yours though

Thanx for the advice & compliment. Your plant looks very nice. How tall do they usually get before they start fruiting?

yours is starting to fruit right now... see those dangly things in the second pic? they will open up, probably within the next several days, to a lil white flower.... petals fall off the flower and your pepper grows... so you dont have peppers yet, but i guess you kinda have pepper stems; wont be long. put em in a bigger pot and treat them like weed, experiment with feeding it, see what it likes and can take.

A bigger pot??? The container they are in is huge. If I could measure it in gallons it would be like at least 20 gallons. The container is also about a foot & a half deep. Is that not big enough? The soil is organic & other than water I haven't really given them any nutrients except Alaska MorBloom 0-10-10 fish emulsion once a week. Is that enough or should I give them more? I've also wondered if they need nitrogen, but wasn't too concerned right now because they look so healthy.

im sorry, i didnt realize you had such a large pot..... yes they need nitrogen, but dont over do it; it can mess with fruit set