Why aren't your peppers ripening?

Time for an August pepper update from the greenhouse, let's chat about top tips for growing peppers, my pruning, and topping of the plants, and about mature fruits versus ripe fruits as well as ripening. There's a lot packed into this video but I'm just so pleased with my pepper crop this year that I want to tell you all about it.
I'm growing the variety King of the North which is specifically bred for the slightly cooler climate and it's proving a major success for me here in my Scottish garden. I sowed these back in January and kept them on a heat mat under grow lights until it was warm enough to bring them out to the greenhouse.
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[@mrmattitude22]

I love your bubbly personality! Makes such a difference watching a gardener that always seems like they are having fun!

[@eliandkate]

If you're not having fun in the garden, you're not doing it right 😀

[@karleex732]

My greenhouse comes next week,I am so pleased I came across your channel, I’ve learned soooo much from you .. thank you ❤️

[@eliandkate]

Woohooooo I'm so glad you are finding it useful. Defo check out my greenhouse set up playlist.... ideal for a new greenhouse:)

[@kymbergren8088]

Eli - I absolutely LOVE your channel. Such GREAT information and I'm learning so much. Thank you! ♥️

[@eliandkate]

Oh I'm glad to hear you are enjoying things. Always great when I can make videos that help.

[@christinebrooks6364]

Great video with important information too 🙂

[@eliandkate]

Glad you think so. It's always great when I can provide some useful stuff.

[@blackkitty_534]

We are still in winter, but I am going to try peppers soon. Thank you for this video. Greetings to both of you from Santiago of Chile (South America).

[@eliandkate]

Now j have learned something new. I had no idea Chile was in winter just now. I'm off to Google and learn more.

[@GardenerScott]

Your peppers are beautiful! Great info about pepper colors. I've grown different varieties of yellow, purple, orange, and red peppers that all changed from green to their final color.

[@eliandkate]

I've yet to grow anything that exciting but I absolutely can't fault "King of the North". I'm astounded by how reliable they are 😀

[@Bev437Sqn]

We have had an unusually hot summer here in BC Canada so I have had 2 yellow peppers ripen o. The vine so far this year. Another great video. Cheers from hot 🔥smokey BC Canada 🇨🇦

[@eliandkate]

Its been a similar story here. Much hotter than normal. Very sunny for a good bit 👌

[@brianchallinor1291]

Many thanks for all your info on peppers great video again 👏

[@eliandkate]

Woot..... glad it's been a wee fun 10 mins for you. Here's to a bumper crop!

[@poornimarai6130]

WOW I love your videos.. so informative🙏🏽❤️.. I am hoping to grow peppers next year in the green house.. finally the rhino is arriving in 2 weeks.. can’t wait👏🏽👏🏽

[@eliandkate]

Oh super exciting time. That first few months with a new greenhouse is my favourite. Have you found the setting up your greenhouse playlist

[@poornimarai6130]

@@eliandkate yes I have viewed it once .. must check it again.. I am getting some help putting it up though as I don’t trust myself with any structural work😂😂

[@eliandkate]

🤣🤣🤣

[@zaurike]

Thank you for this fun and informative presentation :) I started pruning as you narrated. 😊

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂 you’re keen This is actually the early part of a series. If you check the video description there’s a link to a playlist with the subsequent videos and the conclusion 😀

[@stephenmckelvie2032]

Thanks for that info Eli. A real education.

[@eliandkate]

Oh brilliant. Hopefully it might be useful 😀😀😀

[@cindynielson4231]

Thanks for sharing your pepper knowledge. I grow a variety of peppers green, red, orange. but I have to say purple are my favorite. I'm in 7b zone here in AZ. TFS

[@eliandkate]

I've never grown anything other than the standards but I'd still say its loads of fun 😀😀😀😀

[@IamDerick]

Cheers, thanks for the education. I need more temperature control. Your crop looks stunning.

[@eliandkate]

Any time! I am quite chuffed with it this year. I've been growing peppers here for nearly ten years and always done ok, but I just feel like this variety are a much better pepper. Well chuffed.

[@clairegarnham2742]

Wow love the size of your peppers ♥️

[@eliandkate]

I'm chuffed with them. That's definitely the best variety we've grown.

[@Bexyboo88]

I've got lots of tomatoes and a good amount of peppers growing but not a single one has ripened yet. How crazy is this, I even had a dream last night that I went out and found all my tomatoes were bright red, I was so happy! Then I woke up XD Today I have been taking the tops of the plants off and some more lower leaves, hopefully they'll start turning soon!

[@eliandkate]

Hopefully it will help your anxiety if I say - it's not crazy at all but quite normal. Everyone's growing areas are different and subject to a whole heap of different things. Some folk with have ripe stuff now and others won't but that's all ok and totally normal. Don't let your gardening stress you out, try to keep it as that wee bit of fun and relaxation in your life or it will absolutely become the worst chore ever :D To give you an example of how different we can all be... my tomatoes are almost passed now - whereas everyone else just seems to be starting to get a crop now :D

[@sharonbradley9702]

Excelletn video Eli. I am growing the same ones as you. Have quite a lot of medium sized fruits so will take off the flowers and tiny ones tomorrow. Temperarures supposed to go back up down here this week.

[@eliandkate]

yeah I saw the weather report - hurrah. I might get some more stuff sown this week in hope of a quick germination :D

[@charliehoos9773]

I would have eaten all those peppers. They look delicious 😋 Last year I planned a dedicated pepper bed and this year it’s packed with plants. Not a lot of peppers because it’s a new bed, but next year should be awesome from compost build up

[@eliandkate]

Oh trust me, we're working our way through them 😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@tim7589]

Awesome content, very informative!

[@eliandkate]

Glad you think so! 👍👍

[@chicosgarden]

Another educational video, Thank you!

[@eliandkate]

Our pleasure!

[@nunya5864]

I have bell pepper plants I had one I picked green and left it out on the counter and it started turning yellow never have seen that before have had a few red ones when left on plant

[@eliandkate]

Woohoooo Sending ripening vibes to your little plant!

[@steviecator2108]

Very helpful thanks

[@eliandkate]

😀 glad it was helpful Stevie

[@wardy89]

there are definitely a couple of varieties of chilli that green when ripe but not sure about sweet peppers.

[@eliandkate]

I'll keep looking 😀

[@wardy89]

@@eliandkate i read something a while ago about a green ripening bell pepper but there wasn't really any info on it so wether it actually exists is another thing! Chilli wise i am going to be growing Mini Olive Rocoto this coming season and that is green when ripe.

[@eliandkate]

Yeah I found the same.... found people talking about a green pepper but couldn't find any info. I'm sticking with my King if the North though, so doesn't really affect me 😀

[@markcrichton3257]

Thank you for the information. I have some pepper plants that I have been growing since January and they have produced beautiful foliage however little fruit. These are ghost hot peppers (chilis). I am very interested in growing Bell peppers next year in the greenhouse and will follow your advice. You have an amazing crop of peppers. Question: how often do you fertilize the peppers and what NPK do you recommend?

[@eliandkate]

Hey Mark, I feed weekly with bog standard tomatorite. I don't baby them at all 😀😀😀😀

[@bwolf0003]

Great video and peppers. I’m JEAOUS! My bell peppers haven’t set any fruit this year. My padron and pretty n sweet have, but no bells. I think topping off is key. Also, did you do any hand pollination on the peppers?

[@eliandkate]

Oh yes.... I was out every week with the paint brush 😀😀😀😀

[@user-zr5kn3so8b]

Nice , thanks

[@eliandkate]

👍

[@atroutflycrazy8057]

Abs brilliant kate 😮 i have to subscribe to a gardener who can grow bell peppers like that in a uk green house. Have tried bell peppers a few times in my greenhouse but not major success, few fruit and small.

[@eliandkate]

I think a lot of it comes down to how strong you can get them at the start and the varieties you choose. My preference is King of the North which do well in the slightly cooler climates

[@ritalr15]

I am going to try bell peppers again. I would like for them to grow big enough to make stuffed bell peppers. We have to be careful here in Texas since it gets really hot here along the coast. Once it hits 90 degrees and above tomatoes and peppers don't like it.

[@eliandkate]

Yeah you have the opposite issue to me where it’s the cold I’m working against

[@eliandkate]

Oh absolutely…. You never had green bell peppers? 😛

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@robinsmith6094]

Thank you so much for this video, Eli! My peppers are outside (I'm near Perth) and believe it or not, I have about nine peppers between two plants. I guess I need to make a decision about how I want to proceed. Do I want to just let the plant concentrate on what's already there and growing or do I want to let it continue to produce....hmmm. I'll have to have a think about that!

[@eliandkate]

See, Perthshire... God's country. Even peppers grow outdoors 😀😀😀

[@robinsmith6094]

@@eliandkate That's what they tell me! 😂

[@sarahphipps4053]

Hi thank you for this video it's been really helpful, but please could you tell me where you get you pots with reservoir that you have your peppers in please. Thank you Sarah

[@eliandkate]

They are called quadgrows Sarah I got them from Greenhouse Sensation. If you have a search through the channel you'll find a few videos talking about them if you want a bit more info 😁

[@sarahphipps4053]

@@eliandkate That's great thank you 😁

[@michaeld.3779]

Hello, Eli. I have that exact shirt you’re wearing, but I can’t wear it until October, due to the furnace-blast of a summer we’re having😡. Tank tops only for a while longer, I guess. Ah, my pepper plants. I’m finally getting a lot of blooms that turn into nubs, then actual fruit. However, I have also gotten a lot of blossom end rot-and that’s with watering religiously. I’ve taken to using a liquid Calcium/Magnesium product called CalMag, and the blossom end rot has been eliminated on most of the fruit. The label says to use it at every watering, though, but I just double up and add it twice a week. We’ve gotten only one red ripe pepper, and the flesh was bitter. I’ve pruned very little foliage for fear of sun scald during our hot summer, so maybe that had something to do with the lack of sweetness. I don’t really know. But next year, I’m trying a different variety. Thanks for the Sunday-morning cheer, and tell Kate I said “Wassup”.

[@eliandkate]

That's coz all the best peeps ha e that T shirt!!! Here's an interesting fact for you.... here, a tank top is a woollen jumper with no sleeves..... usually worn over a shirt. 😀😀😀 Kate laughed 😅🤣

[@michaeld.3779]

Wow! I’d die in a woolen Scottish tank top. Here in the U.S., a tank top is made from cotton, and also called a “wife beater”. So called because of abusive men in old movies who all seemed to wear these undershirts, I suppose. STELLAAA! Nowadays, tanks are not undershirts, of course, and in winter, I switch to a regular T-shirt. I have a few long sleeve shirts, but rarely wear them, except when we go to the snow in the mountains. P.s. today is going to reach 113 Fahrenheit. The second watering is going to be murder, with all the forest-fire smoke and heat.

[@eliandkate]

Ah so what you wear we call a vest.... and....to confuse things more... what you call a vest, we call a waistcoat. Hard to believe that 5 minutes ago we were probably using g the same words and somewhere it all went it's own way :) Cloudy and gray today but still warm (well not cold 17c)

[@michaeld.3779]

@@eliandkate, I have not worn a vest since I was a boy and tried to look like a dandy in school, circa 1963. We simply have no sense of style here in laid-back California, and no traditional form of dress. I guess I’m stuck in the sixties, although I no longer wear bell bottom jeans with the lower legs slit on the sides and filled in with a different material. Lol. I still own a few plaid shirts with collars, though; but they just hang in my closet, along with my fringe jacket and WWl Doughboy tunic. In a few years, I suppose I’ll be one of those old men who walk around the house dressed only in their undershorts … while passing gas unawares.🤫

[@eliandkate]

Firstly.... we love your style 😍😍😍 Secondly.... a few years? Who you trying to kid?????

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

My peppers have been on catch up since I planted them in the chilli-grow. Any tips to get rid of greenfly on the leaves?

[@eliandkate]

I use soap spray for all soft bodied insects like that kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHbHm4OmrrOjfsU

[@cardi868]

It’s been almost 3 weeks and my papers have been huge but they won’t turn red my Fresco chilli

[@littlebacchus216]

All 8 of my pepper plants were taken out by slugs this year. I did copper tape them but the climbed over from the leaves touching the greenhouse wall so my oops.

[@eliandkate]

Noooooooooooooo heartbreaking 💔😢

[@littlebacchus216]

@@eliandkate Next year I'll not be so shy about pruning to stop the sprawl, live and learn..

[@eliandkate]

Always but that's a good thing. Celebrate the learning.

[@suedunlop3514]

Hi, would you recommend any specific propagator and grow lights please

[@eliandkate]

hey Sue, we've actually added a link in the video description where we put together a massive list of all the bits of kit or tools we talk about to help folk have a nosey : kit.co/eliappd But you can go straight to the section on indoor growing to see the details on the lights and propagators I use kit.co/eliappd/indoor-growing Hope that's useful

[@suedunlop3514]

@@eliandkate many thanks, I will have a read

[@lindsaycarroll8086]

Hi Eli, what growlights do you use please?

[@eliandkate]

It's just a couple of sansi bulbs. Got them on amazon. There will be details on our gear and kit page 😀 I think I added all our indoor growing stuff.

[@lindsaycarroll8086]

@@eliandkate lovely thanks I’ll check it out x

[@eliandkate]

Shout if you can't find em

[@donnacason1607]

Love your knowledge about this variety. Are they thick walled or thin? I love red, not green peppers.

[@eliandkate]

Thick walled…. I love them

[@villanella]

hey, is it a new intro or i just haven't seen this one yet? anyways, i really liked it :)

[@eliandkate]

Hey Petra this is actually an old video so I suspect the into has changed a few times since even then 😀 We don’t have an intro at all these days

[@villanella]

@@eliandkate omg, how stupid i am! :) i didn't watch the date, i was so happy that a "new" video popped up, and it was about ripened peppers, so the date was like ok.. :) sorry then, now i see :D

[@eliandkate]

Don’t be daft!!! Not stupid at all that’s the way KZbin works. Guessing you saw this weeks video? And last weeks pepper update?

[@villanella]

@@eliandkate i saw all of that! :) i am waiting for next weeks video already! :)

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@mojofilter2285]

I'm blaming your accent n not my dreadful eyesight but I sore it said Angus Pepper 😂😂😂😂

[@eliandkate]

If it's captions you mean it may well have. They suck if you don't have an American accent