Why Do Pepper Flowers Fall Off? Pepper Flower Drop - Pepper Geek

[@synthesizerneil]

Best gardening channel ever. You actually give the information and don't waste people's time with long intros and music and other crap. Informative, to the point, easy to understand. And you even organize and provide time stamps. A lot of people don't do this and you can often find yourself scrubbing through a 15 minute video to the find the information you need. So huge kudos to you guys.

[@dazingamaine4318]

totally on point. had no airflow. thanks for saving my plant

[@Baroness72]

Thankyou for getting straight to the point. I hate it when people talk for 5-10 minutes before getting to the point.

[@pageboy25]

My first pepper is almost ready. About to harvest a very beautiful Trinidad Scorpion.

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Congratulations!

[@PepperGeek]

Nice. Good luck with that thing...😈

[@liltwistofcaine]

You’re brave as hell on that one

[@hairybass480]

@@PepperGeek the devil emoji says it all. I got my older brother with one. He was trying to be macho and I told him right as he took a bite. He wanted to cry. I know he did. He was getting in a car to leave. What a suffering ride that must have been.

[@hairybass480]

Have you eaten one? Gnarly little things. I got a lemmon or citrus flavor followed by a blowtorch in my mouth and belly.

[@divyasrikanth4621]

Thank you, I was getting depressed with the amount of dropped flowers I woke up to every morning. This helps!

[@PepperGeek]

Happy to hear it! Some flower drop is definitely normal

[@1289apa]

You posted this video just in time! I started to worry when I noticed the flowers dropping on my jalapeño plants a couple days ago. Thank you for your insight and reassurance! 👍🏻♥️

[@PepperGeek]

Glad we could help!

[@glow1815]

My Corbra peppers thrived in Phx heat and loaded all years round lol. I never fertilizer or nothing i just watered daily. And grew in not soil. This was befor i was into gardening i know nothing about gardening. I know so much now as i started gardening full time with lots and lots of research. Videos like yours help me a lot being successful in gardening with my mini garden. Because all i am growing is varies of peppers. Yes i am peppers lover. Thank you!

[@calvinatwood5376]

Been a subscriber for a couple of weeks. We live in Thailand and have 9 jalapenos' coming up in 8ea., 3 gallon grow bags. We transplanted from seedlings a few days back and they "took off". I'll try to update on progress. I'll probably get some 5- or 10-gallon bags as well. Coming from Texas I have wanted to grow these for years. Finally got some seeds and they are looking good. Appreciate the knowledge you share young man.

[@homehelpheart7440]

Thanks so much for this video! I am growing mini bell peppers and cherry tomatoes indoors in grow bags this year, all from seed. My garden is looking amazing but the first two flowers that the pepper plant made both fell off within 24 hours, so I have been all over KZbin trying to find out why. You're the first one to address that issue so thanks!

[@Shared-Experiences]

I have 13 different peppers going and it's beautiful 🥰 working on jarring and making powder.

[@Moss4ev3r]

I'm growing pepper plants in a greenhouse for an AgScience fair project, and your videos have been so helpful in learning how to care for the peppers! I've been growing California Wonders, Anaheim peppers, and sweet banana peppers!

[@PepperGeek]

That sounds like fun - hope your plants turn out great!

[@rhoeasie]

Thank you! We've just gone through a heatwave and my flowers were popping off one after another, I was panicking. I think I had overwatered also slightly (although thankfully no pooling) and the plant simply had tons of flowers to begin with so it just shed off a few. I now see a couple of chilies that have started developing so perhaps I can call off the rest of the panic! If we get another bout of heat I'll just move the plants to a cooler spot, I made the mistake of leaving them frying at a very exposed spot which I think may have done it. So excited to see what comes from these chilies. This channel is so valuable to new growers like me, so thank you again!

[@PepperGeek]

Awesome, glad you have a plan for it if a heatwave happens. And thanks!

[@samljer]

Thats a big tip right there a lot of people dont get. not just peppers either plants have a way of knowing how big their pot is and what they will be able to support.

[@samuche7752]

Thanks pepper geek for this wonderful information, I was taught to water hot pepper plants once a week so as not to over water them. I would really like to grow pepper during the raining season, thinking of growing them in high ridges to avoid water log but I'm scared as they would get to be watered more than once in a week. Respect from Nigeria

[@truthpreppin7630]

This is my third year growing peppers. I love it! I’ve used a lot of your tips and recommendations. Just now starting to get serious serious!

[@lorenzodelacruz1887]

Only 870 likes? You have a great presentation. 8 haters. Thanks for the show

[@legitcompgeek]

My bell pepper plant has been growing flowers and yesterday after almost a month I got 1 growing. I have 15 different peppers all growing awesome. just that one bell pepper was stubborn. Ty for the video and tips. Your videos are always the same problems im having.

[@BlackJesus8463]

I love Bell peppers but I can buy them at the market for a dollar in some places. I don't even think my best example was that much better than the ones I can buy whenever, because Mexico.

[@PepperGeek]

You bet! Yep, bells can be tough to get a good healthy plant, but there are many different varieties to try. Sometimes one will outperform in your particular climate

[@matthiasknaak8527]

Very good Videos man . Very straight to the point, very informative, taught well spoken and structured . Ty

[@PepperGeek]

Appreciate the kind words, glad to make our vids!

[@MrSmoothprod10]

Thank you I am a first timer, and this video helped a lot.

[@PepperGeek]

Glad to be of service :)

[@mwright6395]

These always make me a better gardener!

[@FinnMacCuhl]

Literally this vid crops up during a heatwave in Ireland and I was wondering why the drop - now i know.

[@RCPrepping]

Hello from central Florida USA!

[@mehsatunnainen9726]

I'm currently growing three chili plants at my bedroom window and as someone who has several years of experience, your advice is on point. Except one of the chilies is dropping all the flowers. The two others are having ripe fruit right now. The problem one is the one closest to the balcony door so there might be some below 18°C temps involved.

[@larskoppelaar7870]

You got the best guide on peppers! Love the great tips and tricks! And thanks again on the advise you are giving.

[@PepperGeek]

You bet! Thanks for watching :)

[@davidisaacson9328]

I grow my peppers in both containers and in-ground. I've taken notice over the years, that the peppers in containers are notoriously bad with blossom drop...whereas the peppers growing in-ground suffer significantly less blossom drop. I mainly grow the Super Hots(Ghost, Scorpions and Reapers). These peppers always give sub-par results, per plant, for me in pots. Somethin in that ground I tell ya!

[@sonnygunz5178]

Thank you so much for posting this video because this is exactly what is happening to my Hatch chile blooms. 😭

[@fredsch3993]

This channel and chiliwelten from germany are the best! Great Job!

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you! :) I've watched a few vids of his, wish I could understand German

[@RJ-nl8do]

My reaper plant was dropping dozens of bugs. They are about 4 feet tall in and are indoor. Watering more often helped alot.

[@prestonhollis284]

i’m currently growing ghost peppers, and they love the heat. i also found out they are the perfect pepper for people that forget to water there peppers often but i don’t recommend it. they can just handle it bette than other pepper plants

[@se7encureton]

Iv been doing Fresno’s but man it’s been freaking 113 in the Ca foothills. I brought my chili’s in and my herb garden and my cat went to town on my basil..

[@prestonhollis284]

are they in ground or in pots

[@se7encureton]

@@prestonhollis284 pots tell I get some more growth on them.

[@craigdawson7632]

Hi guys, another good vid and particularly good timing as I'm about to stop picking early flowers on my larger plants. Some have nearly maxed out the space they have to grow and they are pushing laterals. 1200 X 1200 tent 3 levels of racks, 50 plants (will need to be thinned). 20-30 deg under a mix of fluro & LED, basically what ever was free 😀

[@PepperGeek]

Nice - Hope it works out for you, that's a lot of indoor plants!

[@lanceyrocks9634]

Great vid PG. Thanks for sharing ur vid. I'll keep in mind what you said and hopefully Kid gardener will have a nice harvest by the end of summer

[@michaelforrester816]

One of my Morugas has set fruit. Only in a 12l pot, its 4ft tall. Germinated in Jan. Didnt top it as our season is short. Grown in a conservatory in the north east of England. Cant wait to try. Your advice is invaluable!

[@PepperGeek]

Awesome! Glad we can help and good luck with the plants

[@MrChargie13]

Love pepper plants and love this channel, thanks for sharing…very informative😍

[@pebbleface2]

Excellent, clear & informative presentation. Also well -paced -many KZbinrs use machine gun presentation.

[@cowboyblacksmith]

I heard one time that flower drop could be because of low magnesium. I sprinkled some epsom salts around the base and did a foliar feed with some, it seemed like it helped. I'm glad to hear all of the potential causes though, I had no idea.

[@GimpSlayerGeneral]

I like the long very soft paintbrush method to help the pollination process..

[@PepperGeek]

Good tip, thanks

[@raymondkyruana118]

I needed this video last year haha! I think I've worked it out for this year although it's a little too early to tell. Thanks for the info

[@diannebartkus9893]

My indoor bell pepper plant is now 38" tall in a 5 gallon bucket, she's a beauty but yeah, blooms just dropping...I just tickled some blooms and hoping within this week I'll see some set...🤞

[@DrValerie800]

Thanks! I love your channel (maybe that's because I love peppers); love your straight-forward presentation and all the helpful information. I don't grow in soil (no land, stupid HOA rules, etc). My peppers are grown from seed indoors, hydroponically, using Masterblend 4-18-38, Silica Blast, Calcium Nitrate, and Magnesium Sulfate. I get lots of flowers and lots of fruits; I shake the plants daily once the flowers start popping out. I have 3 bushes per 3 gallon bucket. Yes, they go through a lot of water, just like my tomatoes. Last time I grew bell peppers (California Wonder) I got about 13 medium-size bell peppers on a 3 ft tall bush. It did need to be staked--difficult in bucket--but it was worth it! Those were the sweetest, tastiest bell peppers I've ever had in my life...I had no idea they could taste that good. My Anaheims and Poblanos did equally as well. While I hadn't thought about it at the time, those bushes kept producing; as soon as I harvested a batch, more flowers would set. Duh...there are no seasons indoors, LOL.

[@leannekenyoung]

That’s been my experience as well!! No seasons and they just keep cycling through these growth cycles of producing and then growing more greens and stems and then putting on blossoms and then putting on fruit and then ripening and then once the last one is ripened they begin all over again! I’m on my sixth or seventh cycle for my sweet red lipstick peppers this is the first plant I’ve ever grown I moved it into a 40litre container and it really seems to love it! I have two air stones in it and I fill it about once a week. It’s continuing to grow I wonder how many cycles will it continue to grow. How many did your plant grow or is it continuing to grow?

[@DrValerie800]

@@leannekenyoung I only got through about 3 cycles on the peppers before I accidentally destroyed all of them trying to get them out of the guest shower. That is the hazard of trying to grow food crops in a tiny overstuffed condo! It's much harder moving those buckets of water and stabilizing the plants at the same time than it is when they are in soil. So I started new ones this year that are now about 3 ft high and doing great. Hopefully they can stay there and avoid my clumsiness for the next few years.

[@leannekenyoung]

@@DrValerie800 yes it’s been my challenge where to put some of these vegetables that grow monster plants to produce them. One thing I do is prune my plants heavily it’s like they are bonsai plants and I cut off as many leaves as possible and leave the hanging peppers, but it seems it’s a losing battle because before I know it the plant has recovered from my heavy pruning and seems to have put on even more leaves then it had previously. It’s a weekly project cutting of all the leaves but it also allows me to see the blossoms too so I can be sure to tickle as many as possible and I think it results in more peppers. I was just curious how long one of these plants could actually continue to grow and produce before it eventually dies off. I have noticed so much new growth at the end of all the stems and it’s absolutely fascinating to me how it is growing. We have ours in a 40litre container and I wonder if I should be putting it in to a larger container I do have one that is just under 100litres and I was going to transition it when all the peppers had been taken off but the way the plant is growing now with each stem having its on unique grow schedule there is never a time when there isn’t a pepper on it. Which is a great problem to have. I’ve also never changed the nutrients out but I assume if it wasn’t as healthy as it is then it would be something to worry about but with it continuing to crank out the peppers I don’t think it’s a big worry. I do change your the nutrients from a light recipe to a pepper growing recipe. I also put in a certain amount of cal-mag in it too. Is there anyway to know the water must be changed out rather then just doing it routinely? Is there anything I should be looking for either with the plant, the roots or the pepper?

[@DrValerie800]

@@leannekenyoung Well I'm no pepper expert (that's why I'm here), nor a hydroponics expert, so I'm not the one to ask about all that. I just bumble along, doing the best I can and continuing to learn. I know it's recommended to change out the nutrient water every 2 weeks but I've never done that. I just add to it and I've never had a problem. I do pH balance everything and my tap water comes from an underground aquifer, untreated, so I don't have to deal with municipal chemicals. My dwarf heirloom Violette de Bordeaux fig has been in the same big container for over 3 years now and it's 10 ft tall and doing great. My other plants I'd had going for a couple years, I let die out due to a housemate moving in and taking over the other bedroom, which WAS my hydroponics room. I do add Cal-Mag when I see any hints of hypochlorosis, which usually only happens during a huge growth spurt...like when my 1 ft fig grew another foot in a couple days. And since I'm growing mostly nightshade vegetables, I check closely for any hint of blossom end rot.The only plants I've had to give a severe haircut to are my Principe Borghese heirloom cherry tomatoes, which are wild n' crazy indeterminate vines that you could grow an entire arbor with from ONE plant. Since those are in my living room and bathroom and have taken over both spaces, a haircut is necessary every couple of weeks. And they go through water/nutrients at around a gallon a day.

[@leannekenyoung]

@@DrValerie800 wow! I could only hope for that problem seriously my tomato plants are soooo sad if it wasn’t my daughters wedding this weekend I’d be pulling them out! Maybe I’ll replace them with the cucumber plant that I’ve got in a little mug that’s really starting to grow! I won’t give up on tomatoes though I want a nice beefsteak tomato that actually tastes like a tomato for a change and not some imitation plastic tasting one from the grocers. Lol! I just thought I’d ask you because you seem to be a bit more advanced then I am in your hydroponics knowledge. Nothing better then someone with experience to share and learn from. It’s funny I always wanted to grow lettuce and grow enough that we would no longer have to buy it from the grocers. There is just the two of us but I guess we eat a lot of it. My main objective was not to use a growing medium if I could help it, just because when it fails it’s a waste and I hate things covered in algae to me that’s worse then dealing with soil. So I tried a few things and I asked a lot of people and most are using that rockwool or hemp fibre and I tried both but wasn’t impressed and the cost was crazy I thought. So I was determined to find a way finally I stumbled upon Mr. Duzee1 and his KZbin channel it’s called Keep on growin’ and one of his videos from more then three years ago he had put up and said about how to grow self-watering microgreens well I’ve not even been interested in them before but I watched it because I had seen a couple of his other videos that I found interesting and I just thought he was kind of unique and without a doubt had some knowledge and did a decent job explaining it in the kiss method which was exactly what I needed. Lol! Well for some reason I had never even thought that microgreens were really just a seedling but had a lot of them all together I don’t know why it never occurred to me but it hadn’t. Apparently if you were to be taught hydroponics in a structured environment the first thing you would be introduced to would be microgreens!! Who knew? I sure didn’t. Sooo in this one video he shows how to grow of all things lettuce seeds. No microgreens aren’t some special seed like I was thinking they must be. It was like a light bulb went off over my head and I thought as he was showing how to do this I thought wow I could take some of these out and put them in my NFT system and no more worries how to germinate and grow lettuce seeds or any other seeds really although so far I’ve only tried lettuce hhhmmm maybe I’ll start a little wee amount of tomato seeds this way?! Anyway since learning that one little step my ability to grow Lettuce has gone crazy!! In a very good way! Not only did I plant four different varieties of lettuce I thought or at least I hoped that while my lettuce was growing super fast in my NFT system the lettuce in my inverted take out container would be growing much slower because it was just drinking plain water not nutrient enriched although I have since added some just to keep them growing but I probably don’t have to. So my lettuce in my NFT system will give me 5 weeks of lettuce harvesting once a week an overhaul harvest and whenever we need a little here and there through the weeks. So I thought there’s no way I’m going to be able to slow down these microgreens to last six weeks before I’ll need them again, and here I still have almost full trays mind you the trays are much smaller 3”x4” maybe so then I thought I have to do more with this so I have these big baskets that fit into a 5gallonbucket perfectly they are really design I think for growing large things like broccoli and cauliflower or cabbage maybe I don’t know. So I thought why couldn’t I put the nutrient rich water just up to the bottom of this basket end take and put individual seedlings placing them so the roots stick down through the bottom of the basket and use hydroton pebbles to hold them in place and if I build the pebbles up high enough so that they are out of the water they should get algae on them. So that’s what I did as an experiment, my idea with this is that instead of harvesting weekly I’ll let these grow until they become full heads of 🥬 lettuce. Because I’ve yet to do that. So after I had the seedlings in and the pebbles I noticed that with all the slits in the basket that a lot of light was getting in to where the water is and once I put a bubbler in it was spraying water up on to the pebbles which cause algae and I don’t want that so I lined the insides of the bucket with tin foil shiny side facing towards the plants so that the grow lights will reflect off of it and make it much brighter because the grow lights were quite high. Anyway so I have that growing like that and the reason for the air stone/bubbler is because I’ve found any kind of plant in nutrient rich water that is just standing water begins to smell funky over time(maybe that’s why they say to change it so often?? Hhhhmmm) anyway when you had oxygen the water no longer has that icky smell at least that’s been my experience. So that is doing well but I still had loads of microgreens so I took four of my trays that have super deep cups and I put a plain tray with no holes under it and then I put a lid on top so kind of creating a mini greenhouse environment and I took the lettuce and I would rinse off the excess dirt and I would take a few microgreens together and just place them down in these trays and as long as there were enough seedlings together that they couldn’t fall down and through the hole at the bottom it just might work and the sides Of the cups are tall so they support the lettuce as it grows and this is not really a kratky method but I don’t have any bubblers in them either but I also don’t keep a lot of water in the trays just enough that they don’t run out and it’s really interesting how these are growin with the roots underneath all of the roots have knitted themselves together underneath. So now I can pick up the whole tray and none are going to fall through or anything because they are providing this structure of support for each other. I just find that so cool. Anyway so I have tons of lettuce growing now which is great we are keeping up with our demand and I’m going to take a big bag of lettuce to give to my daughter this weekend. They aren’t going on a honeymoon or anything and her fiancé loves my lettuce I took them a big ziploc bag a couple weeks ago and it reminds him of the lettuce his grandma used to grow in the yard. They couldn’t believe how crunchy it was. lol! Anyway just thought I’d share that.I hope my long txts aren’t annoying.

[@reneerichardsonbooks]

New gardener here trying to grow jalapenos and habaneros in California! Hopefully my two flower drops on my habanero are normal or because I overwatered a bit. I’ll let it rest! Thank you for your help!

[@PepperGeek]

Glad to hear it - good luck with the peppers!

[@Frenchfry_911]

Currently having a heatwave in my area! Now i understand , thank you :)

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

I started pepper(Cayenne) growing this year, in the temperate zone, kept 2 large bushes identical in growth, one produced around 40+ fruits sharing a 20l pot with 2 small lemon habanero that didnt have a fun time for some reason healthy but no flowers the other pland who was alone in a 20l pot with a little less soil kept dropping all flowers. I added only 4l of the same soil and boom it starts producing in every flower. Now my question to anyone out there is, are peppers really this sencitive??? 4l added to about 12l soil 16 ish in total was enough.

[@friendo6257]

I was just about to search your channel for a video on this topic. Thanks!

[@PepperGeek]

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[@jaredw289]

Already harvested over 100 habs!! The superhots are just now forming peppers. All in 15 gallon mesh pots. South Carolina provides great pepper weather minus the 100+ degree days in August. Hope everyone is successful in their grows!! GOD BLESS 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@johntheawsomeful]

Very informative, glad I found another great pepper channel 🔥🔥🔥

[@PepperGeek]

Welcome!

[@johntheawsomeful]

@@PepperGeek thank you I'm addicted to peppers now lol

[@Cabbage-dz9rt]

thanks for this I was worrying about my plant and I saw this video! I did get a pretty spicy early flame pepper although it was pretty small. Nice video!

[@twiztedmind864]

Good info. My reaper plants have yet to set a fruit. Dropped about 50 flowers between the two.

[@PepperGeek]

Just curious, where did you get the seeds?

[@twiztedmind864]

@@PepperGeek I got a bonnie plant from walmart.

[@moisesm9602]

I picked off flowers and saw some growth on my bell pepper. It was starting to flower again when a heat wave happened and I wasn't home at the time so it died. I hope I can grow it again.

[@ottoman4r]

May was really cold. It set my pepper plants back a lot. They have lots of growing to do before they'll flower. Hopefully there is enough time left.

[@craigdawson7632]

Just a thought may not be a good one. Maybe get some 2nd hand tunnel house plastic and some plastic plumbing pipe to stick in the ground making a series of arches, attach plastic. Super cheap tunnel house with parts that could of gone to the dump. Up-cycling, keeps it cheap and may raise the average temp enough to exstend your season.

[@williambuonsanto6048]

Same mine..i live in south italy, we had a bit of snow at the end of april/beginning of may...hope by August will get something

[@BlackJesus8463]

We might get warm fall weather bois!

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@matthewpotts4529 How many of those got ripe?

[@joanies6778]

I didn't transplant mine until June, being our last frost date was 5/22, then we had 4 days of straight deluge, hail, etc, followed by a figgin heat wave of over 100° for 5 days. I covered them during the highest heat of day... Dang, they are polinating and a few peppers are started.

[@Badavlin]

Good vid! Another cause can be humidity level being low.

[@C-Mack33]

Jalapeño plant has been dropping buds consistently. Hoping watering less will do the trick. I don’t feel like been overdoing it but we will see.

[@trini1833]

subbed...these are all the answers ive been looking for

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! Glad we could help :)

[@dlighted8861]

Tnx you answered a lot of my questions. If I saw one flower drop off it would trigger me into "Oh No" mode. 😁 Now I need to know why my tabasco pepper plant isn't flowering at all. 😶 Its in good potting soil with compost added,plenty of space,well draining large container with a mild fertiliser added.

[@efrainhernandez2255]

I’m a hot pepper lover it’s a little 2 late to grow soMe extra hot hot pepper but next year I’ll try your knowledge and experience a new growing extra hot hot pepper

[@johnnycampbell3422]

I'm new to peppers, doing a bunch of thai and a Carolina reaper. I really enjoy these plants and the yeald of thai is amazing.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, it is always impressive to see so many peppers on a single plant. Would be interested to see how it compares to bell peppers or similar by _weight_ though

[@johnnycampbell3422]

@@PepperGeek great question. Diffrent plants: Weight of peper yeald (full season) vs. Weight of plant (including roots). Someone had to do this before.

[@allenguerrero7696]

My jalapeno plant has been struggling here in southern california and now that its starting to cool down my plant can actually take full sun without drying out it be getting 120 here and by 9 am it can already be 90-110 but luckily its starting to be 90 or under

[@deannakrupp2013]

Great garden information

[@icouldjustscream]

I'm growing 2 peppers per 7 gallon growbag (with a marigold also). I have ~ 12 bags done up like this. I've pinched the blooms until recently to let the plants fill out more. They are doing well. More blooms now, one baby pepper growing. Next year I will try 3 and 4 plants per growbag to see how far I can push it and still maintain healthy plants and get a good yield.

[@PepperGeek]

Sounds great! Multiple peppers per pot is definitely okay, but some varieties can use all of those 7 gallons. Annuum varieties are probably the best candidates for doubling up.

[@davidniemi6553]

I'll add on to what Pepper Geek said...I started experimenting with doubling up last year and found it works best with small-leaved peppers with sparse growth habits, modest-sized root systems, and modest-sized fruits. In addition to C. Annuum, most C. Frutescens and C. Baccatum varieties can also double up well (especially if eventually planted in-ground. But most C. Chinense cultivars and super-hots have dense foliage and root systems so doubling up doesn't work as well for them). As for details: I use 2 or more seeds spaced out evenly in each starter cell when starting from seed, to try to get 1-2 viable pepper plants per starter cell. If there is a big difference in size or shape I pull the inferior-looking young seedlings out during early transplants to larger pots. Iif I'm feeling generous I put the ones I pulled out in a "misfits" pot or bed to give them a second chance. When long-term doubling up is not the goal, I try separating the doubled up ones to a single plant in the first or second pot upsizing -- it can be pretty easy when the soil is moist and loose and the roots are still small -- I use a small plastic spoon to help get them out. One other note -- if there are cells with no plants up at transplant time, I add them into the top of the pot with the same variety in case some come up later. Latecomers are not always vigorous enough to be useful, but at least I know which variety they are. (Some small-seeded varieties like Tabasco are very prone to slow germination).

[@Uneke]

It’s been +40c here and POURING every other day. So my plants are hurting. I’ve been trying everything to save them, shade, cover when raining but man it’s been hard to keep up. Thanks for the advice

[@joshkillz2724]

Hey I have. One put I start getting little bug under I put a spray now there falling what can I do ?

[@keithchaffin1139]

i have 4 plants that arent producing any peppers, tons of flowers but they all eventually fall off. 2 red ghost pepper plants and 2 carolina reaper plants. i guess i need to see if its been too hot for them cuz its consistenly 85-95 here in southern oregon plus we have had at least 2 or 3 heat waves of 100°+

[@ahsenkhan1593]

very informative video . keep up the good work. all the best from Karachi, Pakistan . My Plants are having a real tough time in setting fruits. may be because of hot weather of Karachi. I am waiting for winters now. I am using fabric pots

[@margaretneufeld1946]

I have a pepper plant outside in the garden has a ton of flowers always drops them only think I would now think could be the problem would be the heat .but on the other hand before it was so hot it did the same thing . Super confused actually

[@vBDKv]

Every single of my flowers dropped off, but it was because I was growing them inside in pots (and you guessed it, no wind). I then took them outside (still in pots) where the wind and bees could have a go at them. New flowers formed and plenty of peppers growing nice and big. I cant wait to taste :)

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

my is starting be like that.

[@creationlabsinc.189]

Once a week shake the plant or use a q-tip to artificially pollinate. Once I started doing that a boom of pods formed

[@aromero004]

Hi, love the channel, first time pepper grower, I can't identify some cauliflower growths on my plants, help

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

I have some blossom drop on my greenhouse peppers in the greenhouse. Going to put my shade cloth up.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

My Cherry bomb peppers a fruiting an my Bulgarian Carrots look good.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Pepper Geek has good info thank you and your wife!

[@ryanscarborough6703]

I'm growing cayenne peppers and about half of them dry up and shrivel on the vine. Any idea why? Thanks!!

[@meggo329]

I too started a pepper plant (sugar rush peach) seed on June 15 on June 30th is sprouted.

[@PepperGeek]

Nice. Those do take a long time to mature and ripen in our experience (but the peppers are actually still pretty tasty unripe, too, and great for pickling!)

[@supercontesergio]

do you really recommed to put cold water on the pepper's leaf during hot sunny days???? and the termic shock???

[@PepperGeek]

Yeah we do it sometimes if the plants really need a break from the heat - doesn't harm the plants

[@PreatorRaszagal]

@@PepperGeek Isn't there a chance for leaf burn if you water the foliage while the sun is up? Like water drops acting like prisms and causing damage to the leaves. I have always heard that you should not spray your plants with stuff like neem oil at least while the sun is up. Either way, interesting and informative video! Never even thought about the fact that some might just drop naturally hehe

[@juliaf_]

@@PreatorRaszagal midday rain happens quite often and the peppers are fine when the sun comes back out. It's a potential issue, but it seems a bit overblown

[@frankburns8871]

I think another cause is low overnight temperatures. If it gets below around 50F, give or take a few degrees, a lot of plants will just be like, "nope, don't like this..." Typically only a problem in spring/early summer and early autumn in most areas.

[@mikedillard835]

I have one plant where the flowers are not opening (Jalapeno).....Cayenne are good....I'm in upstate S.Carolina - have started bring into more shade from 1pm till 4pm...been in the low to mid. 90s spikes to near 100 all my pepper plant's are in 1gal. cont. an produce very well but this one...been watering "LITE" to "MODERATELY" 2 to 3 time's a day over 24 hrs. depending on daily temp's....thank for you're time....Mike..

[@lidip8700]

I was hoping to find the solution to blossom drop, not the causes. Mine dropped from extreme temps. So now what I can I do to encourage the plants to grow more blossoms? I'm guessing concentrating on watering them either a liquid 0-30-30 (or something like that). Liquid for immediate uptake vs the granulars that are slow release.

[@Robert-xp4ii]

Someone's up early too.

[@craigdawson7632]

Woke up at 12 and raided the fridge for left over venison chilli and Lamb shanks. Awsome but probably not needed. Vid while munching

[@asarerebird8480]

Leaf curling only at the crown of pepper plant,, remedy?

[@Kimlee-yj6og]

Mine problem is full size mature peppers dropped like crazy . Do you know what causes that??

[@PepperGeek]

Some varieties drop when overly ripe, but otherwise sounds like disease or maybe drying out/environment conditions

[@fpsgamingpcs6921]

I have Jalapeño Cayenne peppers banana peppers that are doing fine but my Bell peppers I have no peppers on them and the buds keep falling off or the tiny peppers fall off what you think?

[@PepperGeek]

Could be a nutrient or watering issue. Also, some varieties are more sensitive to hot temperatures. Our plants always produce best once the heat of summer begins to come down

[@haroldgreen1425]

It's been around forty years since I had a big garden. Back then I'd add compost, manure, and leaves each year. I had really nice bell pepper plants. Each plant was making dozens of peppers. So many that limbs would frequently break off from the weight. I could easily put the success of those peppers down to the compost and all but I don't believe that's what made them so productive. Each winter I'd burn several cords of wood in the fireplace and add it to the garden all winter long. I did that for years. Warning, unless your soil is very acidic the fireplace ash will eventually make your soil alkaline.

[@CarnivoreConservative]

My issue is heat. Every year i get nothing until around August. Super frustrating. Trying in ground this year with a shade. Ca temps in my area have been hot this year

[@hogg8888]

What about if loads of flowers fall off but its like the chillis have started growing but seem to of have stalled. Growth just stops while they looknlike tiny little buds

[@EddyFeyen]

Would it be possible to send you a pic of a pepperplant that i don't know what it is? I ordered seeds and it should be Trinidad Yellow Scorpion but doesn't look like it at all

[@iCazZiStronZi]

I live in Canada about 20-30 min North of Toronto. We usually don’t have issues with droughts. But this past week it has been 30°C (86°F) plus. One day even went to 42°C (108°F). This morning I went to check my garden and one of my bell pepper plants dropped an immature pepper about an inch long and a little less than an inch wide. It has stopped producing flowers at the moment but I am sure when it cools down it will spring back into action. But my question is if can I mist a plant in the garden that I can’t move to the shade? Or I shouldn’t mist them in direct sunlight? I just don’t want my plant to get stressed to the point of dying. Thank you love the videos!!!

[@AndrewsArchives]

Pepper Plants are so temperamental, but so fun to grow!

[@PepperGeek]

Agreed - it is fun to have something to take care of, it makes the end result more rewarding :)

[@AndrewsArchives]

@@PepperGeek Absolutely. I'm growing in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, Zone 3a. Jalapenos do surprisingly well up here. Shorter growing seasons, but hot summers, with a solid amount of rain

[@tttony9426]

great info,i have 1 question please,my lunchbox peppers have no taste when green but as soon as they turn yellow or red they are So sweet,how does this simple color change make such a big flavor difference,thanx

[@bbaasje]

What about humidity?

[@kenhinde]

I’ve live in Houston, TX and I’ve got a rocoto pepper I’m trying this year. I know you’ve said it is not a particularly easy plant, and you feel it is even less productive in the NE heat. So I’m just trying to get it through the hot Texas summer, and I think it’ll be a perfect winter pepper that will fruit for me in the colder months. My question is it is really flowering like crazy. It is actually a big beautiful plant with tons of the purple flowers. Do you think if I picked half the flowers, it might put in more energy to fruiting with the remaining flowers? I figure why not, I’m really planning on it being a winter plant anyway.

[@lowlevelplato]

Won’t sprinkling water on the leaves in the hottest part of the day sun burn them? I have habaneros, jalapeños, ghost, reaper, 7 pot, and scorpion all next to each other here in Southern California and the reaper and 7 pot struggle mightily in the constant 100 weather

[@monicavaccaro8872]

Thanks Pepper Geek for all the good info on peppers. I have peppers that are going brown, but not like the blossom end rot, it's more like just hard browning throughout the pepper. The leaves usually deformed and curly due to irregular watering. But the browning of the pepper really confuses me.

[@PigRipperLAW]

We use a small new paint/makeup brush to hand pollinate. 🖌 Love the video!

[@PepperGeek]

Great tip! I've seen this - probably a more gentle method to avoid disturbing the delicate flowers

[@PigRipperLAW]

@@PepperGeek thanks. I agree with your hunch.

[@mytech6779]

If I recall correctly,(And always a good chance that I don't.) night time temps are a big factor, if the temperature is too hot all night(high 80s ish) or dips too low(50s ish) it will interrupt pollination and lead to some flower drop.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, another reason fall is more productive, good point

[@HELLRZR-nm3vv]

We live in zone 6ish. I seed peppers in June every year. You just have to choose appropriate varieties. The Native peppers never let you down..even the ones that evolved 5 zones hotter. =]

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

my jalapeno is growing peppers but when I bring them inside they don't grow flowers little to none.

[@IPursuePeppers-CTH]

plant a wildflower mix in a pot, and bring a few other plants in. it’s probably pollination

[@jorgeornelas7030]

i know that you mentioned about over watering and the water being trapped at the bottom but what about when using self watering buckets?

[@PepperGeek]

This is a different system that uses hydro nutrients. It is still important for the roots to have access to oxygen to avoid the same issues

[@poojabhardwaj2460]

Can I grow peppers under growth light indoors due unreliable weather in Netherlands?

[@averagejoegrows]

i have a pepper plant thats insanely prolific, only problem is that it wont drop pollen what so ever no idea why..

[@cyruslever586]

Can you grow in a small container and still get a big plant/alot of fruit if you use more fertilizer/feed more frequently for the size of the plant rather than the siz3 of the pot?

[@PepperGeek]

Not really, no. The pot will directly affect the amount of root mass, which in turn affects how much water and nutrients can be brought into the plant. Over-feeding can actually harm a small plant more than help increase yield

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Oh that Purple UFO. 😱 I want that.

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Same here! I'm frantically search to see if I can buy a plant. If not, I'm definitely getting seeds for next year.

[@gforcekaras]

Some available here: www.superhotchiles.com/product/purple-ufo-pepper-seeds/

[@TheKpatyh]

I have 2 plants on the terrace in containers - chocolate habanero and carolina reaper. I grow them in the same way, the habanero has a lot of fruit, and carolina can't hold 1 flower. The plants are green and healthy, as I stopped using some universal fertilizer a long time ago. Do the two varieties need different cultivation?

[@PepperGeek]

We have struggled with productivity on our reapers too. This year, we got seeds straight from Puckerbutt Pepper co (the official seed source for reapers) to see if it makes a difference. They may just require a very specific climate to grow and produce well

[@wherewolf1346]

Do you know what would cause the pods to be not much bigger than a quarter? I have a jalapeno plant, and the fruit doesn't get big. It will change color and ripen but they are to small to eat.

[@PepperGeek]

Most likely one of these 3: not enough light, nutrients, or pot size too small (this is least likely).

[@davidniemi6553]

If outdoors, cool weather can cause them to produce smaller than normal fruits. If that is the only problem, pick them and the later fruits should be normal-sized.

[@wherewolf1346]

@@davidniemi6553 would the wether being too hot have the same effect?

[@davidniemi6553]

No, I haven't seen hot weather cause small fruits, as long as there is enough water and nutrients and it is not confined to an overly small pot.

[@BigMacBook1300]

I have a deer problem, a deer ate almost all the leaves on my bell pepper plants and 8 tomatoes and 8 corn. What should I do? Pull up the damaged plants or leave them and let them try to come back and catch up? Thanks🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@IQzminus2]

Idk, but here would be my take on it. If you have plenty of room than I would leave the plants be. The root system is still intact, so as long as you have quite a bit of stem left and even better a few leaves, it will catch up a little easier than you would think, you only see half to plant above ground. It’s definitely a set back, but it won’t take as long as getting to that point the first time. But if you have limited space, and plants waiting that could take their place, then replace them. It’s a more sure bet of getting a big harvest or a harvest at all. If you would replace them with significantly younger plants, then it might take them longer time to catch up than your established but damaged plants to recover.

[@BigMacBook1300]

@@IQzminus2 thank you 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿👍🏿

[@davidniemi6553]

I agree -- leave the peppers in --they should get new growth within 1-2 weeks. Have voracious deer here too and have to put up a temporary wire fence during growing season. In the past I have had deer chomp the tops of my peppers and tomatoes. The peppers recovered pretty well, but the tomatoes and corn can only recover from minor damage.

[@williamcorbitt7060]

I'm loving your videos. You have unique varieties. Do you ever sell seeds?

[@PepperGeek]

Not yet, but we are hoping to offer a few varieties later this year (open-pollinated)

[@Jardin-de-invierno]

Keep up the great quick videos. Nice and simple. Thanks for all the information. Is it me or is the Ksls seem like the pepper every one is growing this year? I know I am😊

[@PepperGeek]

Hah! Yeah we have a couple growing, but I think they may have accidentally been crossed with our CGN 21500 - the pods look weird so far...

[@martinexoticsusa]

damn, I needed this video, my green pepper plant is doing this but I think I have a green pepper finally growing lol