Your peppers please!

too larry

too larry

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macsnax said:
I picked up a mammoth jalapeno today, along with a mild jap and a dragon cayenne. I have a felling you know peppers better than me.... What are your techniques for pinching buds early? Or do you at all?
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Do you mean like topping? I have tried it, but it's not something I do on most of the plants. They seem to self top anyway.
 
macsnax

macsnax

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too larry said:
Do you mean like topping? I have tried it, but it's not something I do on most of the plants. They seem to self top anyway.
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Sorry, "buds" was a poor choice of words.... I mean pinching or cutting off blooms until the plant gets to a desired size or stage of growth. Kind of how we can control when to flower a pot plant.... I do this with my tomatoes and was debating how to go about my peppers this year. I'm high in the rocky mountain's so growing peppers here isn't the greatest even on the warmest of years because of low night time temps.
 
too larry

too larry

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macsnax said:
Sorry, "buds" was a poor choice of words.... I mean pinching or cutting off blooms until the plant gets to a desired size or stage of growth. Kind of how we can control when to flower a pot plant.... I do this with my tomatoes and was debating how to go about my peppers this year. I'm high in the rocky mountain's so growing peppers here isn't the greatest even on the warmest of years because of low night time temps.
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I've never pinched blooms on peppers and tomatoes, but have done it on big pumpkins. Also have pinched blooms on peach trees. You need to or the fruit will be small.
 
macsnax

macsnax

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too larry said:
I've never pinched blooms on peppers and tomatoes, but have done it on big pumpkins. Also have pinched blooms on peach trees. You need to or the fruit will be small.
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Right on thanks man. I think I'm going to let them bloom right out of the gate this year, maybe if I give them every chance to make fruit I'll get a bigger yield. There's not a lot of info on growing peppers in my conditions out there. I do better than other people up here, but always looking to improve.
 
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