Pepper problem

Painkiller

Last year I decided to grow normal peppers & mild jalapeno peppers.

The Jalapeno plant had a huge yield of peppers but they all developed some sort of scar tissue - hard, brown, verticle lines on the peppers.

The normal pepper plant had a low yield as all of the peppers kept dropping off when they were very small.

That was my first attempt at growing peppers & was a complete failure. If anyone could tell me what went wrong & how I can stop it happening this year it would be much appreciated.

TIA

foreign_correspondent

the lines you describe on the jalepeno sound like corking which is quite normal and a characteristic of the variety - did it look like this?

Painkiller

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

the lines you describe on the jalepeno sound like corking which is quite normal and a characteristic of the variety - did it look like this?

Yep... didn't look particularly pleasant to eat.

Looking into it, it seems people prefer the corking... perhaps I shouldn't have dumped the plant in the garden waste bin :undecided

I grew them as a pizza topping where a smooth skin would have been preferable.

RHYSDAD

Painkiller wrote: »

perhaps I shouldn't have dumped the plant in the garden waste bin :undecided

kimmee

Like OP I grew a normal pepper plant last year and again like OP had a very low yield as the most of the fruits dropped off whilst very small.

I did have a few mature fruit (although fairly small) which tasted so much better than shop bought peppers. I'm going to have another go this year, trying to grow at least 5 plants so I would be very interested if anyone had any tips on how to grow these sucessfully.

I grew the plant in my conservatory which gets sun all afternoon and evening.

Any tips would be gratefully recieved - thanks

Farway

kimmee wrote: »

Like OP I grew a normal pepper plant last year and again like OP had a very low yield as the most of the fruits dropped off whilst very small.

I did have a few mature fruit (although fairly small) which tasted so much better than shop bought peppers. I'm going to have another go this year, trying to grow at least 5 plants so I would be very interested if anyone had any tips on how to grow these sucessfully.

I grew the plant in my conservatory which gets sun all afternoon and evening.

Any tips would be gratefully recieved - thanks

As you grew them inside, did you do the bees job for them by dabbing flowers with pollen from other flowers on the plants?

If you did not then that explains why most dropped off, they were not fertilised and thus of no use to plant for spreading it's progeny

kimmee

Farway wrote: »

As you grew them inside, did you do the bees job for them by dabbing flowers with pollen from other flowers on the plants?

If you did not then that explains why most dropped off, they were not fertilised and thus of no use to plant for spreading it's progeny

No I didn't, didn't know I needed to . Sorry for my ignorance, but how exactly do you do that? Do you have to do it with flowers from the same type of plant?

Maybe I would be better to stick them outside on my sunny patio.

Many thanks for the info Farway.

foxgloves

Hi,
I've not grown jalapenos before but have oredered some seeds to try this variety this year, and in the info about all the different varieties, the catalogue actually stated that the sort of 'scar' markings on jalapenos are characteristic of that variety. I didn't know that either as I usually grow different ones. At least I know now, so won't assume it's something I've done, like erratic watering.

kazwookie

Mine fell off as well, I put it down to lack of watering on myside !

Sally_A

Every year, I try peppers, and every year I say "never again" Mine are grown in an unheated greenhouse, the hoverflies do a good job of pollinating, but I find home grown ones really thin walled, and it chokes me to say - not as juicy as the shop bought ones: but I will persevere until my seeds run out, as I can't believe that I'm not having success when my other greenhouse crops are so good.

Re Jalapenos - I tried these, and found they were no better than mini sweet peppers, yes they are supposed to be scarred on the skin, however, I like my food spicy, and found I get better results from growing small fiery chillies such as Pretty in Purple, on the plus side, you can also freeze them whole for use from November to July. They too, can also be added to a pizza topping - just cut them very thinly, and also sprinkle the odd seed here and there Do NOT scratch or itch your delicate bits after slicing :rotfl:

Painkiller

I'm going to have a go at growing Habanero Chocolate, Yolo Wonder & Sweet Banana peppers this year.