can i do anything about my snapped peppers?

brians_daughter

Hi all, i expect the answer is no but i thought i would ask the question.

I have come home from work today and found that my garden table has somehow collapsed and the 4 pepper plants i had on it have all snapped off completely. I expect that they are now fit only for the bin but is there anyway i can save them - even if its only for them to produce peppers for next year? They have snapped half way down the plant so the fruit and flowers are snapped completely from the rest of the plant.

It seems such a waste, i have grown them from seed since march and the peppers had just started to fruit over the last few weeks, so mad isnt the word!

ladylouise62

I believe that most (if not all ) peppers should be perennials (as should runner beans - one warm winter they regrew the next year as I didn't dig them up!), but our climate isn't good enough. I have kept chilis overwinter inside and successfully harvested next year - but it's finding enough space with light inside that's the problem. It's worth a try, you can't lose anything.

misskool

How far of the bottom did they snap? Peppers are bushy plants anyways so some people actually nip the growing tip off to keep them short.

So it may be possible to get some peppers still if they are not snapped right off at the bottom.

mcgrow

You can try grafting them back together again. Take the two broken stems, and slice them with a very sharp implement at an angle of 30 or 40 degrees, join them and tape the stem. If the graft works, they'll start growing normally again after maybe a month.