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

Why are all my pepper flowers falling off? This question used to be a bigger concern for us before we understood why flowers drop from pepper plants. There are several possible causes, some of them natural, and others caused by over-loving. In this video, I'll share the most common causes for pepper flower drop and how you can improve fruit sets.
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There are a few reasons for flower drop that I didn't discuss, including plant disease and insect damage. If these are the culprit, you'll likely have other, more obvious issues at hand.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & about pepper flowers
0:58 - Natural flower drop
1:44 - Pepper variety
2:33 - Container size
3:18 - Temperature
4:20 - Nutrients
5:07 - Over-watering
5:46 - Poor pollination
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[@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.

[@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!

[@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 :)

[@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!

[@mwright6395]

These always make me a better gardener!

[@Shared-Experiences]

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

[@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.

[@MrChargie13]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@friendo6257]

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

[@PepperGeek]

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[@Just_mossing_around]

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!

[@sonnygunz5178]

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

[@lorenzodelacruz1887]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@DonPandemoniac]

Very educational, as always!

[@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!

[@bhavyagoel4222]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@deannakrupp2013]

Great garden information

[@trini1833]

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

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! Glad we could help :)

[@flyindonkeyodoom]

Was just wondering this...thanks!!

[@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 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MrSmoothprod10]

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

[@PepperGeek]

Glad to be of service :)

[@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!

[@johntheawsomeful]

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

[@PepperGeek]

Welcome!

[@johntheawsomeful]

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

[@nml5536]

I love this channel so much!

[@PepperGeek]

😊☺️

[@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

[@GimpSlayerGeneral]

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

[@PepperGeek]

Good tip, thanks

[@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.

[@matttorres7038]

Awesome video growmie

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Really helpful video, thank you!

[@PepperGeek]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@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

[@gaywizard2000]

Good info! I grow peppers in Calgary Alberta at 3,000 foot elevation and a 4 month growing zone! I try to pick nice hybrids with a short maturity time or buy them big!

[@PepperGeek]

Wow, yep that sounds like a smart way to deal with the short season

[@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.

[@Badavlin]

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

[@janzebuski3559]

Another video of great info! Thx

[@redbone7040]

Excellent thank you for this 👌

[@HeladrixStudios]

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.

[@martinexoticsusa]

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

[@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. =]

[@broccoli5408]

Good video, thank you.

[@bibibaksh1533]

Thank you for your advise

[@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.

[@rubiora9586]

Excelent video thank you soo much

[@deepalsirisena1803]

Thank you.

[@mallerieswain2507]

Thank you!

[@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

[@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!

[@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/

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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)

[@ti-nu4ou]

Thanks

[@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...

[@nunyabisnass1141]

For me its just the weaker flowers that get dropped. Some nodes have up to 10 flowers, and i certainly dont expect all of those to remain. Another reason you may be dropping flowers is pest damage while the flower is developing. It can continue to grow but also be deformed with no stigma. I found that over fertilizing can also deform flowers. Getting a lot of flower growth too quickly probably upsets the hormones in the plant stuning a vital growth stage. This year im growing a meatier ghost pepper variety and everything about its growth is normal, except its stems are unusually straight and thick, and they are even out pacing my habeneros. If they turn out well maybe I'll try crossing them with bells or banana peppers just to see what happens.

[@aromero004]

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

[@simplegreen6596]

@peppergeek Here's a question i haven't been able to find an answer to. I have two scorpion pepper plants that are doing a great job surviving the Texas heat, but i haven't had a single pepper. They drop (assuming because of extreme temps. Will a pepper plant regrow a flower at one of the flower crotches (nodes?) if one has been there and already dropped? Or will it only grow flowers at new nodes? I know if i cut back a pepper plant and over winter it, new growth will generate new flowers. These plants are getting pretty large so i guess im asking do i cut them back now and try to spur some new growth before our long season is over, or let them go and assume only new growth will produce new flowers?

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@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°+

[@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..

[@ShortBusTrip]

I swear your watching my search history and making videos based on that. This is like twice now I recently search for something and you produce a video days later 😂

[@PepperGeek]

Haha, we do some research, but it isn’t that creepy 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@coinjunkyag1626]

Thank for sharing 👍🏻🇨🇦👍🏻

[@PepperGeek]

You bet :)

[@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

[@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!)

[@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.

[@chiviasylka1522]

Hey Peppergeeks! Thanks for the vid. But I do have a question, why do fertilized pepper fruits turn yellow and then fall off? I've noticed this in my pepper plants. At first it was whole flower drop, now it is the fruit that is falling. Thanks.

[@gombiloto]

Local insects (bees, butterflies etc...were never able to pollinate flowers).. Had to it myself with a paintbrush

[@RFabs89]

Hey peppergeeks. Great video, as always. Not too sure it's a good idea to sprinkle water on the plant when it's too hot though.. Anyways, can you do a video on how chilli peppers that are usually hot, can come to be completely without heat (I got both a Jalapeno and a Tarahumara doing this at the moment while the other chilli varieties are as expected). Cheers!

[@splashyreacts]

Great video. I live in South Africa, i cant afford the chemical fertilizers you have recommended. What food scraps would make good fertilizer for flowering pepper plants?

[@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

[@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

[@chillifarmer8402]

Great vid man :) Personally, I think that when the plant starts to run out of flowers, it means that it does not have enough nutrients and can not feed them anymore.Greetings from the Czech chili community :D

[@valamaas]

In Australia we literally water out peppers with ice cubes during the hottest time day.

[@HELLRZR-nm3vv]

I freeze tubs of ice for tomato plants when it stays too hot at night to set fruit otherwise. Figured that out on a so exposure, hot, 2nd floor balcony nobody could ever grow tomatoes on. Tomatoes are life, lol. Will try some ice on the sissy peppers, too..thanks!

[@moisesm9602]

Should've tried this. Mine died in a heatwave.

[@ryanscarborough6703]

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

[@iCazZiStronZi]

I am doing Red Knite Bell Peppers and Banana Peppers and chili peppers.

[@1kinut800]

I grew from seeds one serrano plant and one of those rainbow pepper plants. Both have now been thrown into recycling. I had both for about a year. Oh, I live in an apartment get mostly afternoon sun in 3 windows, and there is no outdoor space. Both plants gave 3 peppers each. That's all. I wanted the plants to bush out, not grow really tall but both just wanted to grow upwards. I used a q-tip to try to manually pollinate when I saw new flowers. I tried trimming them back from the top hoping they'd bush out instead but they just started to die off. Again, I only got 3 peppers from each plant. I figured that maybe pepper plants were not real good indoor plants when you are limited in bright or sunny window availability.

[@davidniemi6553]

You're right, light from a window is usually not enough for a pepper plant to really thrive and peppers are not typically great indoor plants in the long term. Even a part shade spot outdoors can be much more productive. Things that can help: 1) make sure it is in a large enough pot for the size and type of plant 2) periodically add nutrients to the soil 3) supplement the sun from the window with at least a small LED grow light on a timer. Note that some varieties of pepper are naturally bushy and some are naturally tall, serrano is kind of in between but not naturally a small bush. You can alter the shape somewhat with pruning but the choice of cultivar is important if you want a small productive plant.

[@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.

[@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).

[@jt-xn8bw]

Could another reason be planting hybrid seeds? Please let me know. love the video

[@PepperGeek]

I don’t think so, unless it is a new hybrid you are planting from a custom cross, then the fruit set rate may be variable

[@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!

[@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