Pruning, Staking, Mulching & Fertilizing Young Peppers: Get Them Ready to Produce!

Here is The Rusted Garden Link to Amazon for Seed Starting & Gardening Supplies
amzn.to/2FgufvF Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!
Join The Rusted Garden FB Gardening Shop & Video Page
/ therustedgardenvideos
One video that covers basic pruning, staking, mulching and feeding your young peppers. This is the best way to set them up for great production. Mulching is a great way to slow weeds, conserve water and create a disease barrier from soil born diseases.
Follow me on Instagram for 60 Second or Sow videos and Gardening Tips... / therustedgarden
Welcome to My 1st Vegetable Garden. This channel is 100% dedicated to new vegetable gardeners that want to learn and have lots of questions.
Check out my associated Blog: The Rusted Garden!
therustedgarden.blogspot.com/

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Seed Starting Supplies: amzn.to/2GrGaZ7 Please Support My First Vegetable Garden: Garden Fertilizers: amzn.to/2DIQDRY By using these Amazon links, any purchase Garden Disease & Pest Control: amzn.to/2Fqvl8e you make returns a % of sales back to MFVG. Grow Lights:amzn.to/2GudeiO I turn most of that back into the garden and videos. Amazon General Search Page: amzn.to/2DZBzyZ THANKS! Greatly Appreciated - Gary (MFVG)

[@ceyhununnotas279]

Hi...Can you tell me use of fertilizer periods during the growth process?

[@angelshejethropads3399]

Hi! When should I water my pepper plants? Thanks

[@angelshejethropads3399]

My pepper plant don't get fruits.. flower always fell.. what should I do?

[@Klink52]

Gary, thanks to your invaluable vlogs on growing and pruning young pepper plants, I am swimming in peppers (bell, jalapino and sweet banana). Out of the 20 plants I planted, I have an average of 4-5 peppers growing on each plant with more on the way! Thanks again!!!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

That is success! So glad.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

Last year I tried growing 2 bell pepper plants in 5 gallon buckets on my blacktop driveway. They did phenomenally well! I got a huge yield and nice thick walled peppers.

[@user-qw7xy3pj3p]

This year I am doing paired peppers, as I've heard good things!

[@julianmartinez8396]

Do you pollinate your bell pepper

[@fog1962]

Black pots ...peppers like warm soil

[@topgrain]

I bought Jalapenos at Walmart that were already 2 plants in the pots. I left them paired, put them in 5 gallon pots, gave them some liquid 10-15-10 that I had, mixed in some worm castings, and boy have the plants taken off. Unbelievable growth, and the plants are definitely not in each other's way.

[@sunny4799]

The Nurse in me says "wow, what beautiful veins"!

[@bryanromeo7949]

I gotta give it to Gary, above and beyond 👏

[@billastell3753]

WOW it is amazing how differently peppers are treated in different areas. I'm up in Canada zone 5. I don't prune at all and don't stake. The odd one tips over but usually no harm is done. Could be that up here they grow slower and therefore are more solid.

[@honeste6652]

Super helpful. Now that I've already gotten pepper plants growing from seeds in a box planter, I need to figure out how to transition them to something larger or at least individual spaces.

[@omogolonkgogelang6802]

Please give more insight on fertilizing; at different stages as the plant grow.

[@cheyennemcgaugh]

Thank you. Your video had exactly what I was looking for.

[@ciarasherrianne]

The staking info and tying was super helpful and just in time for my garden.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Glad to help.

[@brujero13]

Great video, I have a Jalapeño seedling that is now developing into a nice plant but I started late in season. I have only given it coffee grounds and it so far its doing good, seems the least maintenance of my plants. Zone 9 btw

[@tahminapondit3272]

So cool idea, I love this idea

[@kathleenm.talkie9202]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very helpful.

[@korbandallas8931]

you now plant 2 peppers per container, correct? I love the pruning of peppers. Great base early on when u trimmed and left 4 to 6 leaves, the stems become massive and support so much. love the new home also, my goal is to do the same upgrade. thanks

[@danelokikischdesign]

Looking sweet!

[@eduardoquintero7205]

hi Gary I don't know if I'm doing this right ....ok I have jalapenos plants in containers its about. 102 degrees outside it has flowers and buds I live in texas should I move them ....

[@catbee1452]

Thank you, Gary. Very helpful video. What is the reason for planting the front row of peppers inside containers and then buried half way?

[@freddieivory625]

Great tips, thanks for sharing

[@paulschmaltz8559]

now i know why my pepper plants blew over, thanks a million for a great tip

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Glad to help. Please check out my seed shop at www.therustedgarden.com. Thanks.

[@mushtaqahmad3129]

Thanks so much sir very good advice God bless you

[@eduardoquintero7205]

hi Gary it's been a month since I added fertilizer and lime. on my jalapenos plants in containers ....do I add fertilizer and lime again or just fertilizer ?

[@malakingdude]

leaves can be used to flavor soup as greens. They are mild and really good. I blanch and freeze them in a heavy baggie to save for winter.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Thanks for the tips

[@tombombadilofficial]

Look for recipes for *Tinolang Manok*

[@Klink52]

About 1/3 of my bell peppers are full grown but still green. How long does it them to take color (red, yellow, org)? They were planted late March.

[@clarkansas6590]

Good information

[@evolutionfilms1]

Thankyou!!

[@Jppepperseeds]

Good video

[@theblogofsingh]

Thanks for the video helped out alot. Do you think it's too late to plant peppers in July? I have some left over seed and wanted to use it rather then let it go to waste. I'm IN MD thanks!

[@tigerhop]

Oh my gosh I thought you were supposed to prune peppers aggressively to produce more later, but didn’t know it was different in zone 7!

[@ineshianewton7740]

Hello Gary my pepper plants leaves have holes in them something is eating them.. what do I do?

[@kaylacunningham9159]

How would you add the type of fertilizer you used first, after mulch is put down? Do you move the mulch aside, sprinkle by the plants, and then push the mulch back over?

[@chamindapremasingheai2859]

Good Agriculture

[@SpiceyKy]

Your rock Dude!

[@carlosestrada51]

I’m currently in the process of growing boysenberries in my backyard which I planted about a week ago and I was wondering, I water them in the early evening just avoid burning and I will soon be adding the fertilizer for the first time which I read in the instructions behind the bag that if I’m growing berry plants I have to fertilize them every 2 months. Could I fertilize them and then water them? Let me know when you get a chance please.

[@willydig1873]

How hardy are peppers , will the hold up to heavy yeilds . The stalk could break if the stalks are weak.

[@mistyfinley5615]

Just now watching your video and have a couple questions , are these in pots in the ground? Is this better for the peppers? First time growing peppers and started from seed they were doing great and I planted them when they were about a foot tall then my neighbors chicken pulled them and I replanted them but they have not grown anymore in 3 weeks so I would love some advice on how to help them .

[@jackiehorsley9263]

enjoyed your video your pepper,s look great I have four pepper plantain my garden one of the pepper plants is a jalapeno i am not normally a jalapeno pepper eater but I heard this jalapeno pepper plant is supposed to be mild so I'm going to try it

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

It is milder for heat. And even less so removing seeds and pith.

[@Daniellextina87]

I have wooden stake type dowels...would that work? Or will the wood create problems? This is my first year container gardening (I live in an apartment and have a small patio) and my pepper plant is quite big already. I had no idea I needed to ‘stake’ it. I’m grateful it hasn’t broken yet!! We’ve had some windy days

[@bkanand3115]

Thanx for this useful vedio ..please guide how often we have to fertolize the capsicum plant with liquid fertiliser like seasol pr powerfeed granules...i have grown it in a pot ...please guide any help Would be highly appreciated..the label on the plantbsays watwr and fertilise regularly..does that mean everyday it need to be water and fertilise ?....thanx in advance..as begginer i m very confused 🤪😁👍

[@mandalorian1994]

Is it always essential to use fertilizer? Or could I just go with mulching? Because I just planted 2 of them in my back yard. And I know for a fact I need to mulch them. Granted I just got them today

[@izzzzzz6]

foliar feeding with a weak mix. nice!

[@luca4741]

Hi Gary. In one of your other videos, you showed how you top your paper plants when they are in small seed pots. I took your advise and did that this year and my peppers plants were so big a healthy this year before I planted them outside. Most of them were 5-6" high. Since I planted those peppers into my garden, some have grown to 12-14" high but most are smaller then that (maybe 8- max). To make things worse, they are flowering now and some even have small peppers growing on them all ready. In the video I mentioned above, you removed any flowers when the plants are smaller so it would concentrate all its energy on getting bigger. I was wondering if I can still remove flowers late into the season on a pepper plant? I'm trying to get the plant much larger before it has to bare fruit,. The pepper type are Corno Di Capri sweet peppers. Finally, you use Coffee grounds in your pepper plants. Do you sprink it on top of your mulch or do you pull that away and sprinkle it there? Any and all your advise is very much appreciated.

[@alidea20]

I’m also in zone 7. My pepper plants have small white flowers. If the plant doesn’t yet have fruit do I pinch off these buds? I’m finding different information on this.

[@isaacfrerichs3305]

Gary: I am having issues with a young jalapeno plant. Can I send you pictures for some feedback? Pretty please???

[@soylayazz12]

How often do you feed them??? Thanks!

[@ranibegum8859]

I was growing a white pepper tree that was 5ft tall and I was growing it for 4 months and there weren't any flowers growing on it how come?

[@monouramone3832]

Please write down the fertiliser name that you used at the last of the video with water?

[@kuredumas7164]

those fertlizaers that are available in the US are too expensive in my country and some of them we just don't have down here. How could I add good P and K to my hot pepper ? Greetings from Paraguay! A very enriched compost in enough?

[@pollykettle19]

u are doing a great job , very informative 👍

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Thanks

[@1947dhammond]

thank you very kindly for video. My peppers are very tall stemmed and yes, I've pruned them. I live in warm humid climate in Texas. My plant is very tall and is about to produce more peppers. What advice could you give me on prune them?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

You might be in zone where peppers act like bushes and dont die off because of frost. In that case people prune them multiple times Please Visit my (The Rusted Garden) Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More

[@titanart6225]

Gary, this is the first year peppers in one space grow technique, I assume you stayed in the same way and type in the same way. I have 24 inch bamboo stakes but they don’t appear to be as thick as the ones you use in the video, yours looks pretty thick. If the bamboo stakes can’t support the plant should I add a center thicker stake, to use the 3 stake tomato technique you’ve used in another video? Also what do you use to mark your plants? Are those pain stir sticks?

[@Pyxe_ZA]

Can you do a video on how to prune when your region doesn't get frost, and the plant grows throughout the year?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

I cant LOL. I get hard freezes and havent really done it. Check out my new Amazon Influencer's Shop. Anything you buy on Amazon helps The Rusted Garden when using my link. Ill be putting what I use in videos there for 2019. It is all set up by categories. Thanks. www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden

[@patchracho]

Wow...

[@gmogames]

Hey Gary, My pepper and tomato seedlings are getting some green algae/mold, should I worry about those, do I need to let the soil dry to try to kill it? Thanks a lot!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Algae is okay.

[@MBihon2000]

I eont have the time tO do what you do to your peppers, but mine just grow and keep producing humongous fruits.

[@leiannbranham6576]

Thanks for the videos you share. I have let my tomatoes overgrow. Any tips on pruning without damaging the plant? They are indeterminate and planted about a foot apart. Thanks in advance.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Sure slowly remove bottom leaves to great a gap. If you are talking tall... remove some sucker and leaves every couple of days to create space for air to flow. Key is to take a little, let them recover a few days, take a little etc. Never remove more that 25% of the leaves at once.

[@leiannbranham6576]

Gary Pilarchik thank you.

[@tenfiguresayearchina836]

Where did you get your stakes ?

[@markcarlbrabazonpurvenas-s9703]

peppers seem to grow better and if they stheir leaves stouchineachthe one year thde plants looked fantastic but weren’t setting fruit it wax unusual ly hot one of thdother vendors st the market said to shade them i set up lattice panels over theand thdy rewarded the shade with s best production year ever on spite og thd heat theyhsd to endure

[@rkuehhas]

Gary do you reapply fertilizer for the pepper plants or tomato plants if so how often?

[@jamescatlover123]

if you use liquid apply ever 2 weeks, if granules every 4 weeks

[@MorroccoM13]

so no epsom salt for peppers?

[@ketematullu7691]

Is there a special reason why you have the peppers in planters instead of using garden itself?

[@ellaisabellelovitt6679]

What’s the brand of that fertilizer did you use before mulching. Thank you

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

I really just buy what every organic is on sale. They all have about the same stuff. But to answer your question, I dont recall. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

I was considering using three bamboo stakes about three feet above the ground in a teepee formation. Do you think this is overkill?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

You probably don't need that many but it would look cool. ...Here is The Rusted Garden Link to Amazon for Seed Starting & Gardening Supplies amzn.to/2FgufvF Any purchase of any Amazon items, gets credited to me. Thanks for using my link. It helps fund my garden videos!

[@lucasgrowsbestyt]

True. I appreciate the link to Amazon, buy I would probably just buy stakes from home depot or a local garden centre. Great idea to get people to fund you though, I may do that if my channel gets big.

[@fotyfar]

Thank u for all ur great vids , appreciate ur good tips all the time, God bless u and bless all the work of ur hands🙏May I ask u , why u put them in containers in the ground ( of course with the button removed) , I know u have a point , may u please share this point , for I cannot get it? Please excuse my ignorant 🌸

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Thanks. You dont need containers. But containers let you put all the resources in 1 spot. Watering easier. Feeding the water soluble fertilizer is easy. They warm a bit quicker. I can manage around them with mulch. But it isnt needed.

[@chrisgreenthumbassociation9220]

Love your videos thanks I just started a you tube channel beginner gardener patio gardens hope you can give me advice along my way thanks..

[@namitanarang1437]

Could not understand what mulching material you use Second which pen you use to name your plants on wooden sticks Thanks a lot

[@odetdpseconddletdpseta9343]

Gary do you prune your pepper's main stem, to get better/more yield?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

I do when they are young indoors 1x. Ill be doing a video on it soon. Please visit my seed and garden shop www.therustedgarden.com for your seeds, seed starting supplies, package seed deals, oils and my new LOGO'd journals and harvest bags. THANKS! I have coffee mugs too but shipping is SO MUCH for them. Working on that.

[@2zone333]

would worm tea work in place of the fish emulsion?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

No not strong enough but a good addition for other benefits. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More

[@lucyw.mcmellan7274]

Very informative, thank you. 👍

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Glad to help. Check out my new Amazon Influencer's Shop. Anything you buy on Amazon helps The Rusted Garden when using my link. Ill be putting what I use in videos there for 2019. It is all set up by categories. Thanks. www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden

[@haydenbrayton]

Hi there! This is my first year growing peppers, they are all looking great at about a foot tall and very bushy. However, some of them are already putting out flower buds. Is this okay? Or should I pinch the first couple off?

[@hayleyjones4426]

What happened? Did u pinch ? Please I'm growing bell peppers

[@haydenbrayton]

@@hayleyjones4426 It really depends on where you live and how far along the plants are. If you have plenty of time in the growing season it might be beneficial. I live in Michigan so I just let mine go, and got a great harvest last year. Where I live I have to get starts that have already been topped and managed. If I tried to start from seed the plants simply wouldn’t have enough time.

[@RelaxxationStation]

I watched so many videos where they promise if ypu prune the top of your pepper yozll get multiple peppers as a result. I dunno which to follow now

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

It does help a lot. But i found super hots and bells dont like it. But if you dont prune the tops, you still get great production. Experiment., Please visit my seed and garden shop www.therustedgarden.com for all your seeds, seed starting needs, neem & peppermint oil and more. Thanks!

[@hieronymuswiesenkraut3628]

6:54 lol, foliage shielded all water

[@doritataca6982]

I have papper plant but the flowers are falling and no peppers on the plant.

[@evelinsilva4867]

How long did it take to grow? Purchases one last month and I haven't seen any growth. I pruned the top and it looks like the bottom is about to have some tiny leafs

[@fog1962]

I have a 3 year old pepper plant...zone 9-a..no hardwood mulch...to much acid and it robs the nitrigen

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Its not so acidic and it wont rob nitrogen up top on the surface. Mixing fresh mulch into earth causes the issues. Please visit my seed and garden shop www.therustedgarden.com for all your seeds, seed starting needs, neem & peppermint oil and more. Thanks!

[@benjaminsurnip9923]

What's the brand of that mulch

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Just whatever Home Depot was carrying. No dyes. Any plain shredded hardwood is fine.

[@primalconcretesledge3137]

How about caging bell peppers?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

They are pretty stocky. Sometimes the can be left alone but a cage is fine.Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed Shop. - 43 packs of seed for $30 www.therustedgarden.com/collections/my-first-vegetable-garden-seeds-supplies-discount-packages

[@Islandgirlwrites]

Do you feel okay about blocking earthworms from aerating your peppers by burying a pot collar around each?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

The bottoms are open. Plenty of worms get in.

[@RunaaSteinamrk]

Did your experiment work? Having two plants together in a small space?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Yep for peppers I always put 2 in a space now.

[@RunaaSteinamrk]

Gary Pilarchik is that bell peppers or hot peppers? I'm also very happy that you said that because I accidentally planted two together and can't separate them now, so I'll just leave them together 🙂

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Yea you can keep them together. I do all kinds of peppers.

[@papablueshirt]

I like the fish emulsion fertilizer, however when I use it the raccoons rip up my plants. I was heartbroken when I went to the garden and all my new plants were ripped up by a raccoon. Needless to say, I no longer use it as it is not worth the risk. :(

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

I believe it. Not worth it. Please Visit my (The Rusted Garden) Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More

[@mtrader369]

Hey there. I just moved to Maryland from NC and would like to ask some questions about starting garden here. Do you have an email to ask some questions?

[@antoniofuentes4608]

What do you mean by "pruning as needed "

[@DAlexKablack]

prune the leaves that are dying off or if you've planted two plants next to each other, the leaves that are growing into each other. If your pepper leaves aren't getting any light then they're just sucking up moisture and energy that could be used by the plant to grow. By pruning some of the leaves that aren't getting light or are shaded by the other plant, you redirect that energy to other parts of the plant. Also any diseased, dying or dead leaves you will want to remove as they may introduce disease to the plant and are only sapping energy that could be used otherwise.

[@anaguzman8873]

Hi! The tiny peppers buds are falling from my plants... What is happening to them?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Lots of rain can do it. Heat can do it. Sometime just combos of Nature do it. If the leaves look green just let it go and it should be fine.

[@andreaaparicio9759]

Hi yeah that happens to my chili plant all the buds and flowers keep falling off i put my plant inside because outside is way to hot and windy so i put it inside and they still fall off do you know why?

[@marleanhunt7653]

lovely plants thanks for the info tip to safe your plants from the cold you could make a type of tent out of green house plastic you can staple the bottom of the plastic to a pole so you could roll up when needed this would make a weight to keep the plastic down taught I would share I did this already protects from the blight also and air circulates also

[@myskullisred]

4 ft stakes?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

4 to 6 usually

[@lutvijahrnjic9670]

Loved your videos for years but now that I just heard you say that the chemical fertilizers are perfectly safe….???

[@maryleigh8990]

Anyone have any thoughts on why my ghost peppers wont set fruit? 100's of flowers, zero fruit......

[@armini0]

No pollination between the flowers perhaps?

[@rkuehhas]

Tap to vibrate the flowers everyday and see if that helps

[@maryleigh8990]

@@rkuehhas thanks for the suggestion. Ill try that😊

[@Juan.Melendez]

My pepper isn't growing so well Gary. I bought it at home depot with the little cup it comes in. There are a few leaves coming in but it is not growing. What needs to be done?

[@BeautyInYOU583]

Juan Melendez it took mine almost 3 months to pop out

[@Juan.Melendez]

Ericalane B what do you use to help it? I had mine for a few months and it's burly growing

[@mrsmincey9731]

would scotts top soil be good to use also after potting plants and in raised beds after amending and transplanting plants instead of mulch

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

It is fine to use as a part of amending. The more organic matter you can add too the better in the long run.

[@robertl.fallin7062]

And then there are the videos claiming pruning is nessecary.

[@jessicahart2172]

Everybody gardens differently. Create your own method/processes based on your location and preferences.

[@terryramsingh472]

My experience is that pruning automatically caused the pepper to grow new branches all over the trunk. Whereas before it was more sparce.

[@DAlexKablack]

I like to think of it as... Pruned plants will produce a bunch of peppers at once while an unpruned plant will enable you to harvest over a longer period of time

[@glow1815]

Did you grew them from seeds? I tried from seeds it never grow not sure why

[@Pyxe_ZA]

Get yourself some palm peat if you are starting from seed. Plant it directly into the palm peat in plastic cups with drainage holes, no soil or any other fertilizing agents. Then keep in a warm place. Keep it moist, but not wet. It should sprout in 7-10 days. Once the seedlings have grown to about 5 inches, then you can transplant into larger containers. Also, try search KZbin "double cup method for planting peppers", I follow that method and it has worked for me. Happy gardening

[@XaViEr3520]

I never understood why people think peppers only live for one season, they can actually live for years

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

As long as freeze doesn't come. My area kills them off.

[@XaViEr3520]

Gary Pilarchik true but a lot of people think they only last one season and then just throw them away or compost them. Then again I’m in zone 9 and we don’t have freezes here

[@Vector_Ze]

XaViEr3520 - Zone 9 gets no freezes? That's too absolute. Definitely not a true statement.

[@takudzwandoro9556]

I'm in Zimbabwe africa and doesn't freeze.. Trust me pepper can go a long way

[@Pyxe_ZA]

I live in South Africa, and we don't get frost. My peppers are going on the 3rd year now, and they produce twice a year. Summer and late autumn

[@odetdpseconddletdpseta9343]

Your stakes are more expensive that all them peppers you are growing. Wish I've had those.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

They were pricey. I try and find them on sale. Please visit my seed and garden shop www.therustedgarden.com for your seeds, seed starting supplies, package seed deals, oils and my new LOGO'd journals and harvest bags. THANKS! I have coffee mugs too but shipping is SO MUCH for them. Working on that.

[@walgrenz]

if you live in California not needed to stake

[@426superbee4]

I strip mine just like tomato's ~ leave the fruit nods on There double leaves, all the single leaves GO'S ~ Plus branches that are really suckers, and don't produce any fruit, but leaves ~ THEY GO TO. I want fruit! Not leaves i can't eat leaves

[@afendiafendi9642]

its not really to grow peppers. they just happen to die in a sudden week. it really sad me up.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Sad.

[@thedesertfarmer4094]

Looking good, I am also growing peppers on my page, go check out the vids!

[@TechnicalBarbarity]

i keep hearing that there is no point in staking peppers unless they are large ones like bellpeppers. People who have been growing for their whole lives are telling me this

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

If they yield heavily, they will break branches.

[@jamescatlover123]

Stakes make the stem weaker that's why don't put one. Make them independent do that the main stem would be thicker.

[@sandrasingh4949]

Gary my peppers trees are getting dry or the leaf small what to do?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

I need to see a picture.