Summer pruning our peppers

The greenhouse is very full and messy with all the tomato plants, pepper plants, aubergine and herbs, so it's time to do a little maintenance and a little pruning on my pepper plants.
Summer pruning is very different from the "topping" of peppers we do back in early spring, instead, this is about thinning the plant out and focusing on a productive healthy plant.
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[@anniemorrison1250]

I wanted to share a tip I recently heard for warding off slugs. So, they are making my hostas look terrible. I was told to put broken egg shells all around the plants. The sharp edges are not slug proof, but it's a good deterrent. It should help your strawberries, which you could freeze for winter salads or my favorite strawberry rhubarb pie. Love your channel and I learn a lot. Thanks, Annie

[@cherylhowker1792]

I wasn’t gonna bother. But I can see now why I should. So I will do it. And I will check that there is air flow as that’s what’s really needed. I’m glad you said about if it has fruit sometimes you have to remove for the long term. And I’m gonna make sure I remember that and that it’s what’s best for the plant. Thanks Eli for your support.

[@eliandkate]

good luck :D

[@julie-annepineau4022]

So pepper pruning and fruit tree pruning is about the same. Good to know. Love how yours are at eye level! That would make it so much easier than crawling on the ground like I will be doing to get a good view of mine!

[@eliandkate]

eye level is fine just now but I'll be cursing it in a few weeks when I can't reach things :D

[@julie-annepineau4022]

@@eliandkate 🤣 small stools are my friends too! Pushing support poles in would not be fun.

[@territrafton3100]

Thank you 🙏. Heard Gardener Scott mention today this pepper pruning video you made. Mine are way too overgrown. First thing in the morning they are getting a haircut ✂️. Thanks again for a great video 😊.

[@eliandkate]

awesome glad it might be useful! remember, don't go mad. Leave them with enough to photosynthesize :D

[@anitalloydjones3738]

Just got a Greenhouse and love your videos - thank you so much.

[@eliandkate]

Yay!!!!!!!

[@GardenerScott]

Great explanation and demonstration! This is a very helpful video.

[@eliandkate]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@suzannef3593]

So thankful your on Scotts channel. As your weather is closer to mine here on Saskatchewan, Canada. Well more or less spot on for the summer. 😂 we just get snow and -40 to -50 in the winter. Love your videos and so informative.😊👍

[@eliandkate]

Wow I can’t imagine getting winter like you guys do…. Wow!

[@suzannef3593]

@@eliandkate you guys get some interesting winters. But ours are mostly dry yours are damp so it balances out on the harsh winters 🙂 but yes it take some getting used to.🙂

[@eliandkate]

Yeah I agree…. The wet in winter seems to amplify the cold, makes it feel way worse than it should 😬

[@maureenconnelly4416]

Fantastic video. I wondered about doing this but was a bit scared. Thanks. X

[@eliandkate]

Glad it was helpful Maureen.

[@2galsfarmworks]

Hey Eli😊. Thanks for making this video. Learned a lot. I have 6 types of peppers in my 4x8 pepper bed. They just started producing and do need some pruning. I’ll need to get on my belly 😂 to prune but it’s on my list for this week. ❤

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂 there’s a lot to be said for having them at eye level

[@cathgreenwood831]

Great video thanks Eli, I shall have a look at mine now 👍

[@eliandkate]

Hope it’s helpful

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

I am growing King of the North for the first time this year and they are very cool plants. This is a great how to guide on keeping them tidy.

[@eliandkate]

Great to hear Dawn. I’m a massive fan of them, reliable and tasty.

[@peterhendriks1972]

Thank you for these tips… I think I need te do this. 👍

[@eliandkate]

You are so welcome!

[@lynngreenwood201]

Not pepper related, but just wanted to come on and say thank you. I got a greenhouse 4 weeks ago and loving it, and have been working my way through all your videos, love your enthusiasm and you have helped me such a lot. Had never heard of vermiculite and perlite, now mixing it in with my compost like a pro! 😂 I will be trying to grow Peppers next year and will save this video. So looking forward to your future videos.

[@eliandkate]

Wooohoooo New greenhouses are the most fun. I’m guessing you found my “make the most of your greenhouse videos”?

[@lynngreenwood201]

@@eliandkate I did Eli. It is a lean to 10 x 4 against a brick wall on side of the house but in a good position for sun. Making the most of every inch of space, had some shelves fitted on the wall side, another 8ft one going over the staging side next week. Bought a veg Trug in the sale after seeing your video so got a few strawberries (bought plant for now), lettuce, rocket, beets, chives, radish in. I can’t believe the excitement of seeing seeds germinating it’s unreal! And don’t even mention picking and eating my own lettuce last night 😂 thanks again!

[@lynngreenwood201]

That is in mixed salad leaves, not full lettuce by the way, they have grown so quickly!

[@eliandkate]

😍😍😍

[@eliandkate]

Fab

[@xMandie7x]

Perfect timing for this video. I was just looking at pruning one of my peppera plants, but was quite nervous. Feel much more confident now

[@eliandkate]

Glad it was helpful! Be brave… but no Edward Scissorhands! 😁

[@colleenstinton-czuprynski9894]

Thanks.

[@eliandkate]

You're welcome Colleen 😁

[@lindarobertson8505]

Thank you Eli, that was fantastic and gave me the knowledge I need. Off out to the greenhouse now.......

[@eliandkate]

Fantastic!

[@chicosgarden]

Thanks so much Eli, That was so easy to follow along and perfect timing as I am growing bell peppers for the first time. I feel much more confident about pruning now.

[@eliandkate]

Yay!!! The world’s your oyster now

[@christinamoxon]

Great tutorial. It's hard to sacrifice potential fruit but worth it in the long run. I'm afraid I went a bit 'Edward Scissorhands' on my outdoor tomatoes the other night. They had grown into triffids, with so many side shoots (myownfault) that I must have had a small compost bin's worth of cuttings. But they're upright now, rather than trying to crawl across the lawn. I've had loads of sun scorching on my pepper and chilli plants too. In fact, I lost the first flush of flowers on some of the early varieties due to the heatwave. I'm learning a lot. I didn't think chillies would mind the heat. Apparently, they're just as picky as everything else.

[@eliandkate]

Yeah the heat has been causing issues for me this year too… tomatoes aren’t producing nearly as well as normal

[@robinscontainergarden]

Very helpful information, Eli. Thank you so much for this! I need a lift for my peppers so I can get an eye-level view of mine. Your videos are always so very helpful and informative and you put everything in terms even non-gardners can follow. My outdoor peppers are a bit smaller than yours, but they're growing well and putting on fruit and a couple of them are laden with flowers! I may have to be brutal!

[@eliandkate]

Oh no… not brutal!!!!

[@robinscontainergarden]

@@eliandkate I hate being brutal but I need them to behave 😂

[@PUNK26045]

i love your videos as they are very informative in a nice easy to follow way. i love your enthusiasm too. great stuff !

[@eliandkate]

Yay glad you are getting something useful from the videos 👏👏👏

[@skygazer1024]

Very informative as always.

[@eliandkate]

Glad you think so!

[@markcrichton3257]

Great information on trimming Pepper plants. I am a nervous Nellie when it comes to doing this task but you have provide me with good tips to do it more confidently. Your running to the greenhouse with garden shears almost made me spit out my drink. 😂 The King of the North variety has very large leaves in comparison to the varieties I am growing this year. What is the grow time of KOTN peppers?

[@eliandkate]

Hmmmm theoretically it’s mean to be 70 days to harvest but obviously it depends on circumstances. The perfect temperature, sunlight etc . I usually find mine are nearer 80-90days

[@Garden-of-weeden]

This was absolutely what I needed! VERY informative and VERY helpful thanks Eli 😊

[@eliandkate]

You're so welcome! 😍😍

[@oreopaksun2512]

Very helpful to see, especially because your plants look so healthy and productive. Once it stops raining, I think my poblano peppers will get a little "tidying up" so I can support the loaded side branches better without the leaves and twigs getting in the way. After overwintering, the plants espalier'd themselves....lots of production on sideway growing branches; challenge to support. I wonder how many years I can keep pepper plants going....

[@eliandkate]

Oh there’s a challenge for you 😁 Set a goal?

[@oreopaksun2512]

@@eliandkate Planning to have 2 mature plants of each variety, so have to have at least 3 adolescents go into overwintering after a fall growing season. I want 2 additional varieties for next year one datil, maybe ajvarski or murasaki, as well as continue 2 mature poblanos, so will have to start a dozen or so seedlings to get them grown out for overwintering. Trying to go slow and sure instead of planting out all the seeds I have and get overwhelmed; choice is hard!

[@dsmsfamily674]

Hi Eli! Thank you for the very helpful video. I live in Toronto, Canada, by the way. I am used to growing tomatoes and beans each year, along with others veggies, etc. with mixed results. I don't usually have much success with peppers, but this year, each pepper plant has put out soooo many tiny fruit and blossoms! I'm ready to go ahead with pruning, but I'd like your advice about picking off blossoms and/or fruits that seem like too many. How many is too many? For example, one plant with long peppers has 1 large fruit on it, 2 small fruits and 12 fruit buds or flowers on it. The plant itself is about 2 feet tall and grows in a 12 inch (diameter) pot. Thanks again!! You guys are great! Sandra🌈🌈❤❤

[@eliandkate]

Hey Sandra! I actually don’t every pick off the buds. I know a lot of folk do but I’ve never done it

[@dsmsfamily674]

@@eliandkate Thanks!! I'll keep an eye on them! Take care!🤩

[@samanthahoos9827]

You always have the best peppers! What’s the high temp. You get in your greenhouse? Mine was 150’F last month frying my seedlings.

[@eliandkate]

I think the highest I’ve seen (when I hadn’t opened the vents and windows) was 48c but the low 30s is more common

[@charlie5204]

Your pepper looking gorgeous. I've planted them as well this year, but I don't have a greenhouse, so they're outside in the wind/sun. They're tiny and I guess it will take some more weeks to look like yours 😞But ... I will get a little greenhouse this autumn and will plant them again next year to see the difference 🙂

[@eliandkate]

Yeah usually a greenhouse lets you sneak 2 or 3 weeks ahead. Its the equivalent of the folk who start plants off on a sunny window sill indoors only much bigger :D

[@marieblundellnumber29creative]

Thanks Eli. I notice some of your lower leaves turning over. I have some like that, is it ok?

[@eliandkate]

Yeah don’t worry. I see it every year and it never causes issues. There’s lots of different things you can attribute it to but nothing scary 😊

[@cpoco]

Great information, I'm debating if I should pot my pepper/capsicum up... I removed the two fruits it had sitting on it (not seemingly growing, no doubt too cold now). The greenhouse pepper looks content... so that's good, the ones I put out in the veggie patch I think died in the cold.

[@eliandkate]

You know, I have no idea what your winters are like…. We always just think of you guys as living in a sunny paradise! How cold are you expecting it to get?

[@cpoco]

@@eliandkate Well we live in a slightly elevated part of Victoria so we have a very slim chance of having a very light snow fall... more likely though is a few days of -1 down to maybe -3 or so. We can get a decent frost but I don't think we get the "hard" frosts like you probably get (or Tony C Smith's when he had his water butt ice challenge).

[@eliandkate]

No you’re a bit warmer than us. I used to always say that we never got snow here, but the last few years we’ve had snow so I’ve stopped saying that. But yeah we get some serious frost and ice.

[@cpoco]

@@eliandkate I always say if we are getting the cold, I want some snow to go with it. Though I will settle for a nice frost (though not so much for the garden now that I'm focused on that). Hope you're enjoying your summer.

[@chrisivens3413]

I've been suffering with blossom end rot on my king of the norths. Have you had it on them in a quadgrow? I'm going to try and make sure that magnesium is easily accessible with a foliar spray and using 100% rain water - nothing from the tap. Do you do anything beyond your soil mix?

[@eliandkate]

I have indeed. It’s actually almost always caused by uneven watering. I’ve had it a couple of years when I hadn’t realised that the quadgrow had run out of water. My greenhouse is on a slight slope and one end had emptied but there was still a bit at the end with the opening so I hadn’t noticed

[@carolinebown8686]

Absolutely great video ... packed full of just the info I need ... So so happy to report that I have 6 baby peppers ( King of the North ) growing ... the only thing is ...my plants don't look quite as bushy as yours ... so Im guessing I shouldn't prune them ? 😊😊😊 xx

[@eliandkate]

It all depends on how you feel… it’s not about bushy as much as just checking for space etc 😁

[@carolinebown8686]

@eliandkate I've just been very brave & pruned afew very small base leaves off 😊😊😊😊😊

[@eliandkate]

Yay!!!!

[@mariedeyo7399]

Hey Eli, that was real good. I have bellpepper plants planted with my cucumbers and I was thinking the other day that they are real bushy and if I need to prune them. And I can see that I may need to take some out because they are way to close if they get big. First they dont grow and than they get to big.. hopefully there will be at least some peppers on there. Thanks so much for this video. ❤ I also wanted to ask, what do you do when your cosmos are all wead but not forming flowerbuds??? I grown cosmo once before and had the same problem, so I did not grow them again till now. No I was not as brave as Kate and cut them early on. It was so late anyhow to start them 👋 have a great one

[@eliandkate]

Ours have kept producing well into October but once they stop we’ve pulled them up. There’s always something ready to take it’s place

[@christinamoxon]

Btw, I see Steve's doing well so how's Tigger? I hope he survived? xx

[@eliandkate]

He has… got a new home today so there should be an update soon. He’s been on the shelf in the wall at the back of the greenhouse

[@amandasylvester3878]

You have blue sky??? In Inverness I think I had a 30 day growing season this year, June basically 😢 I didn't do peppers this year but my tomatoes aren't ripening and the sub arctic outdoor ones are not a success. Plenty of tatties though 😅

[@eliandkate]

Don’t be fooled 😂😂😂😂 that was a short period of dry before the rain came back

[@lihastoker4117]

Do you know you can cook the leaves of your peppers as vegetables.

[@eliandkate]

No I did not Can’t imagine they taste particularly good though

[@chrissiehart22]

I saw on JBs channel that he'd had red spider more in his greenhouse have you ever had it in your greenhouse. If so how did you deal with it.

[@eliandkate]

Luckily no, it’s not something I’ve ever had. Probably because our environment is so humid. They really don’t like it, so what you can do is keep giving you greenhouse or poly a spray with the hose and keep that humidity up.

[@chrissiehart22]

@@eliandkate its my 1st greenhouse and wow its mind blowing. So much to think about. Growing is so complicated lol

[@eliandkate]

Nah…. Best advice I can give is don’t stress. You’ll see all sorts of stuff on KZbin but that doesn’t mean it’s common or you have to worry about it. Just enjoy your growing and learn as you go 😍

[@chrissiehart22]

@@eliandkate I think it's seeing so much on KZbin that really opens your eyes. Thank you ladies I will try to enjoy x

[@eliandkate]

I’ll be checking on you to make sure you do Christie 😁

[@chriseverest4380]

I can imagine the nightmare of somebody going "Edward Scissorhands" on poor Steve, his screams echoing from the greenhouse😂

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@juliehale9491]

I read that for some reason pepper plants like their leaves touching.

[@eliandkate]

Oh interesting, where did you read that?

[@marie-theresehayes6875]

My peppers are still tiny little flowers. Doubt I will get anything at all.

[@eliandkate]

Most of mine are still just little flowers too... we're in this together :D

[@ritalr15]

Mine are struggling even with a shade cloth.

[@ritalr15]

Texas heat is not being kind to our veggies this year.

[@eliandkate]

No I imagine it can be hard going

[@ritalr15]

Today I am going to prune them like you suggested in the video. Bell peppers and I have not been good friends and this year was a good one until this heat is getting them

[@lornaburgess9762]

Help Eli and Kate Lily Beetles have desamated my lovely lilies despite spraying them. I've had to cut them down as they were covered in the black gunk the lavae use to protect themselves from the birds . My poor lily's 🥺

[@eliandkate]

Oh no!! 😢😢😢 Hopefully it’s not done enough damage to stop them coming back next year.

[@bwolf0003]

my peppers did amazing last year---this year they are awful....only one so far and plants don't look good. Oh well, some years are great, others just not.

[@eliandkate]

Everyone seems to be having a bad year with a few different plants My peppers aren’t as good either

[@cyndywaskelisthecrowscall]

I've got at least one deer that is helping me prune my peppers. 🙄

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@FASIGMAN]

Hello it's Mr along the road from you the bulle in the mouth or is it bool in the mooth ladies. I yes back to what I was saying .....What's with the leaf curl mine does that every now and again.Thanks o lovely ones I am not worthy Yes I god dam am lol.

[@eliandkate]

No clue what bulle of the mouth means but hey ho 😂😂😂😂 Yeah the leafs turning over happens every year. Apparently there are loads of things can cause it but it’s never caused any issues. I panicked the first time I seen it but these days I ignore it 😂😂😂😂

[@FASIGMAN]

That's it then been busy the day then.

[@FASIGMAN]

@@eliandkate Cheers ma dears and a widnay expect yi would ken fay over buy. Bull in the mouth city snobs.

[@eliandkate]

Nope still no clue 😂😂😂😂

[@rivercrockett343]

@@eliandkate to hae a bool in one's mou, to speak with a supposedly affected, over-refined accent (per Google) 😊