Ever wonder why your sweet pepper plants just bloom and bloom and never set any fruit until just about time for the frosts to hit?
There’s a good reason!
Peppers are very sensitive to temperature change, and also to excessive heat or cold. They like their days to be consistent, and of course we all know that doesn’t happen very often.
I grow one variety year after year (California Wonder) and never get the exact same results any two years in a row.
This year, I’m experimenting with two plants that have grown at a perfect, steady temperature of 71 degrees, and carefully watching their progress.
To be continued…
I’ll have to try California Wonder. Was wondering why I’ve had trouble with mine, did even try growing any last year. But trying again this year, Emerald Giant🤞🫑
I have griped and complained for years about my sweet bell pepper harvest, and just recently decided to dig into the problem deeper. I thought it was just cold weather that affected them, but it found it is more complex than that. I hope to have better results this year.
California Wonder is a really old variety that goes back to my parents’ garden. I will look into the Emerald Giant as well!
I will keep posting on the progress of the two plants on my desk. They were seeded in January and have flower buds now.
I just added some tips to our comments on my site, I forgot to include using Bone meal/ low nitrogen fertilizer.
I’ll go check them out. I have been super busy outside. Make hay (garden) while the sun shines!!
I just read about pruning pepper seedlings for stronger bush habit & stronger branches. When seedling is 6 -8 inches, cut the main stem just above a node. I will experiment on a couple of mine and see what happens compared to others.
I will do some experimenting on a few as well. The best crop I ever had, grew shoulder height (I am 5′ 5″) and were loaded with peppers all summer.
Wow that was a successful year! Do you recall anything in particular you might have done? or perhaps it could have just been a good weather season. Well, I’m determined to give it the best go I can this year🫑💪😊