Peppers.... in pots :)

PerfectParadox

hello people with probably greener fingers than moi.

I have a nice little (well its alot bigger than it was) pepper plant and chilli pepper plant.

now the normal pepper plant has 2 maybe 3 good size peppers growing, but I think i read somewhere that you should cut the early ones off to help later ones.... how do i tell the difference between early/late and am i too late.

there are more peppers than i chose to try and count on the hotter plant do i do that same with this one?

sorry for being a bit clueless... any help going?

a1cat

Never heard that advice to cut off some of them, IMV just ignore it.

Best thing you can do is give them a decent feed - tomato or geranium fertiliser, three times a week - but make it a bit weaker than the instructions say. And stand them in the sunniest position you can find.

PerfectParadox

a1cat wrote: »

Never heard that advice to cut off some of them, IMV just ignore it.

Best thing you can do is give them a decent feed - tomato or geranium fertiliser, three times a week - but make it a bit weaker than the instructions say. And stand them in the sunniest position you can find.

so should i take them out of the temporar/mini greenhouse to get more sun or keep them in there to keep them warm... (tho the mini cucs ARE trying to take over in there.)


thank you for your input!

Sambucus_Nigra

I always nip the first flower off as it then sends out loads more. But that's at flower stage, not at pepper stage.

I also never feed peppers - they like it the meaner you are to them. Mine only get watered once they start to wilt.

a1cat

I always feed ours - with fab results!

They love nutrients and fruit better, like tomatoes.

Greenhouse in the sun, for sure.

Sambucus_Nigra

I don't feed mine - also with fab results.

Easy come, easy go and all that.