Why Pepper Drop Flowers

[@Prakaz]

I had been breaking my head over why my pepper plants were stunted.. These were the classic signs - they were over fertilized. Thanks!

[@donnadao3712]

You might want to repot your pepper plant with new soil. Mine just stopped growing and I found that the soil just clump together preventing the root to expand. I took out the old soil and mix perlite and a little of chicken manure compost. Two days later, there are tons of new leaves coming out.

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Thank you for your post . My birds eye chillies are still producing hundreds of fantastic chillies and the bush is 7 years old. Next to it are two reapers. They are 4 years old. It is one month from the winter solstice in Sydney and they are still laden. I am harvesting eating and freezing every couple of days. In late winter I will fertilise and mulch with a mixture of worm castings, horse manure ( will warm and moisturise the soil leading to spring in the dormant time when there are few flowers) coir ,coffee grounds ,and lucern. With rocks on top to stop the winter gale force winds blowing it all away. I am both delighted and surprised about how abundant and long lived my chillies have turned out being . In a bed with competition from a huge passion fruit vine too.

[@JahRasta01]

I thought peppers could only produce for two seasons? This is interesting information. Do you cut yours back once the season ends?

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

@@JahRasta01 no , I have not cut them back much at all. Just tied them back off my path. They are 8 years old , produce approx 1,000 chillies per bush.2.2 meters tall. I will need to cut lower (just a few branches for a trial) if they get higher, as I won’t be able to pick the chillies. The plants still have a lot of chillies on them still from Autumn. The plants are now 8 years old. Over this current winter, I put some aged horse manure and worm castings, and sugar cane mulch and rocks to hold; as it gets extremely windy and cold (13 degrees) during winter. That should make their roots and the surrounding soil more enriched and more insulated .

[@JahRasta01]

@@wildlifegardenssydney7492 Thats awesome, thanks for the info.

[@KLUVATL]

Khang, thanks for the education. Your voice is so soothing.

[@rbid]

Your tips are always excellent advises.. greetings from the Galilee

[@edrm1188]

Thank you for breaking down each segment on your video. It's greatly appreciated! 🙂👍

[@Waldabie]

The overfertilization tip was extremely helpful. Jalapenos and habaneros looking good!

[@sand0p0sse]

I also have that same problem and thought it was caused by bugs but now I know 😀

[@ham6809]

Same here my chilli's have looked pretty sad all season. Guess I was killing them with food.

[@kingjackupeace5844]

Brand new subscriber here...I was given a book on hydroponics for my birthday just a few weeks ago... been a Gardener for decades... found this channel and I'm definitely looking forward to trying this soon...I personally like your videos and will continue to follow and look at past videos, as well.

[@carolyncollier1589]

Thank you Khang!!! I have some plants that I have over-fertilized. The leaves look just like the one you showed. I won’t fertilize for awhile. I hope they will come back to being healthy! And .we have had a lot of rain here in Oklahoma! Yikes.....at least I don’t have clay like soil.... Thanks again!! 🙃🔥❣️

[@TheAbominationprime]

Thanks Khang. I have been watching your videos for like 3 months now, and you have helped me learn so much. I started with a couple Home Depot chili's and a couple weeks later decided to get some seeds. I have my first seeds on their way to me (hopefully) in the next couple days. I can't wait to take all the things I have learned from you and apply them to my own garden! Thanks for all of the motivation to grow my own garden of peppers, one of these days I will have one of the famous KS seeds!

[@cheesegirlk22]

Thank you so much for this video. Been stressing out trying to figure out why my plant started looking in such bad shape. Kept thinking it was pests or calcium deficiency but now I'm almost certain it's over fertilization. My plant pretty much looks like yours. I'm hoping it recovers since I never flushed it and it's been over a week now since I had fertilized it. 😮‍💨

[@nmnate]

I'm trying mild organic fertilizers for my peppers this year. Found some fox farm stuff for peppers that has some calcium in it. Haven't really had issues with plants not wanting to fruit, but I usually tend to neglect them a little bit. They also grow really well in this climate.

[@DAlexKablack]

this is a very simple, yet informative and useful video. thanks dude had a golden bell pepper turning yellow, was just getting too much water, had a couple peppers with new leaves that were curling up and dying at the ends, turns out it was over fertilizing. they're looking better just a week later

[@G-boi]

I think it's good to explain things more then once or twice because the second time around the explaination could be more detailed for example and there for beter to understand which is a good thing ;) :).

[@ryanjessup5790]

I have been following you for years now!!

[@Lettusfarm]

Thanks Khang, I was wondering why a couple of my leaves were wrinkled. That explains it lol

[@MattGarver]

Nice work Khang, as there is very little information online for pepper blossom dropping. Your video should help a lot of growers.

[@captnodge]

I'm feeding my apache chilli plants with dryed banna skin and the soaking it in water to liquid feed them .I also use the dryed bannas as a mulch.seems they like a high potassium feed . Thanks for the helpfull video

[@punamnarula4263]

Marvellous information....my problems are addressed

[@thereserioux2178]

My pepper's leaves in the greenhouse have holes on the edges, I saw some crickets, I think it could be them. What can I use to irradicate them without using pesticide on my plants. My plants have been very productive so far. Thank you so much for your precious and detailled info.

[@chaseturner]

Thank you Khang! Your videos are always great and informative, and have helped me a lot in my growing journey. Its the middle of July (in FL) and most of my peppers have been pretty scarce with few flowers and pods. I was starting to wonder but I think its just too hot for them right now. I'll leave the shade cloth on and maybe get some straw mulch to help. My two habanero's are producing really well though despite the heat :) Happy gardening!

[@mustang19ms]

Thank you for the timestamps, much appreciated

[@yannip2083]

EXCELLENT video! Thank you so much, Khang Starr. Just subscribed.

[@annduong5861]

Great video with great information! Thank you

[@RRan-dk7ct]

Thanks.....I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast; My habanero's took off when it was Above 85-95+ Degree's It Loved The Sun and Heat....:)

[@KhangStarr]

Nice! Habs don't seem to mind the heat. I had one that produced like crazy, even with crazy temperatures.

[@shaneh1327]

Which varieties of habaneros do you have?

[@wranther]

Another very informative video Khang! Have you ever done a series or play list that deals with reviving "sick" or "ill" plants similar to your coke bottle example towards the start of this video? Nice to see plants with flowers and pods in the great outdoors already. May begin a serious hardening off this week with possible planting towards week's end. Hope you and your family are Staying Safe and Healthy down there. Happy Gardening! -Bob...

[@KhangStarr]

Thanks Bob! I should plan for a video dealing with "sick" plants and diseases. It'll be a while since I have to collect evidence and resolution.

[@wpsam52]

Very informative. Thanks for doing this.

[@pontonspepperpowderp3544]

Dealing with thrips right now. It sucks. So many of the issues look the same it’s hard to tell which issue you have.

[@littlefanbigfan4122]

thank you for the video! I may have over fertilized my plants ;-)

[@DavidBoniface-xe1ib]

So helpful God bless you

[@boblevey]

Vey good video Khang, very thorough. Thank you

[@HomeGardenNature]

Thanks for the tips. Growing chili & green peppers.

[@barowt]

At 3:38.. that's how some of my pepper plants are growing up, I use soil that has built in fertilizer.. 😳😳 oops I guess? They're producing blooms and everything else is fine.. but the leaves like yours... Also one of mine has some weird marbling stripes on the leaves.. I can't figure it out.. help on this one?

[@roberttillotson6861]

Khang, a note regarding nute overload. Doing a slurry to find out ppm of soil near root area 1-2 days after feed tells you more accurately where plant needs are. Depending on TDS model such as TDS 500 a range of 200-400 is key with 300 best.

[@Dinie09]

I had a huge aphid problem last year in my greenhouse, introduced ladybugs and they took care of the problem in a couple weeks (have to lay eggs, the nymphs eat the aphids)

[@painfulpeppers5103]

Love ladybugs!

[@abc_cba]

How did you add in ladybugs ?

[@Dinie09]

@@abc_cba buy them from your local greenhouse/garden store

[@slyfox5017]

Where can i get some KS white thai?

[@joegreene8353]

Hey Khann nice video! After my plants were planted for 2 weeks all my plants got black spot fungus. I had to cut off a lot of foliage it even got to my tomatoes! Everything is fine now. I live across the street from the Galleria and if you ever are over this way i would be honored if you dropped by! I live in Apartments and they let me grow in a certain area! I now have 15 pepper plants 4 squash 2 beans and 4 tomato plants all in containers! I got to tell you I'm having the time of my life i only took up gardening 3 years ago and would relish your opinion! Thanks and I'll see you on U Tube! Joseph Greene is my name!

[@elcurandero44]

,,,thanks for the expert advice Khang...saludos del Rio Grande Valley.

[@deonlatchman3283]

Thank you I over fertilized my pepper and though it was pest

[@Plangtun]

What npk value do you use for peppers?

[@DinaTinyworld]

Hi dear, thanks for all info...I love your chilli plants....I m growing indoor...but 😢 I use miracle grow pot soil, garden soil. And made egg shell, tea, banana peel powder, banana peel water for my plants. I will certainly follow your advice..

[@davebaker4911]

This year I've been growing Bhut Jolokia's, Hot Lemon's, Habanero's, Spangle's Twilight and also a sweet variety called Candy Cane. So far the only ones that have produced any fruits are the sweet ones, Candy Cane. All my plants are quite big and did have a lot of flowers on them but they simply wouldn't pollinate and eventually begin to fall off. Thankfully my Jolokia's still have lots of flower buds appearing and opening but no success yet. I live in Scotland so the climate isn't the best, but over the past 5 years I have had a lot of success from indoor grows, but this has been the worst for dropping flowers/buds. The plants all look very healthy, no discolouration etc so I think it may just be the temperature that's affecting them.

[@shanteporter4676]

OMG thank you! I was gonna follow the fox farm fertilizer schedule... probably would have been too much!

[@rickrack9091]

Thanks for the info, I'm in Houston and my scorpions and reapers either are not flowering or dropping flowers. Hopefully by October they will start producing.

[@y0ug0tb0died5]

Hey man I’m in Houston as well all my flowers keep falling and aren’t producing fruit are you having problems like this

[@iq0099]

I took out some pepper plants from the ground into net pots. I used the hydroponic solution you suggested in older videos, and the leaves fell off quickly.

[@KhangStarr]

There will be a shocking period. Remember, plants in soil have soil roots. If you take them and place them in water all of a sudden, they need a way to breathe.

[@iq0099]

@@KhangStarr hmm.. All 10 of them had died! The leaves have fallen, but some of them still have green stems!

[@tmm9113]

by bell pepper ahs brusing in the middle of if the two biggest ones that have grown should I pick it off or leave it?

[@estiben3508]

What bout a transparent pot to check for overwatering khang

[@bdfreedom2024]

will all kind of pepper self pollinated??

[@Inspiron41]

helpful. i'm starting to grow bell pepper, jalapenos, Thai pepper, Chinese hot pepper, and California reapers. I think I lost my mind with my seedlings

[@TheLightworkz]

Hi Khan have you made any pruning/trimming videos? I have several bushy peppers and want to trim them up but am a bit apprehensive because every limb or branch I go to has clusters of flowers and can’t bring myself to cut the branches off to shape them up.

[@KhangStarr]

I actually did one recently. Check my latest over-winter plant video.

[@TheLightworkz]

Khang Starr thanks 🙏🏽...just what the doc ordered!!

[@datgal2u]

Very informative. I think repetition is good as there's a lot of information and if the videos are older, people may have missed them or forget what was divulged in the past. :)

[@meowkoshka9578]

Thank you so much, this was so informative! I would love to see one for troubleshooting peppers grown hydroponically too 🌶🌶🌶

[@koolaid34]

What if the peppers are still in kratky, and are booming? Should I not use the bloom nutrients and have it sit in water?

[@Addictedtothewild]

I found using the fabric pots dry out way to fast in the summer months (if not protected from direct sun). I switched to plastic pots and the peppers kept coming all year long with “normal” watering.

[@PepperGuru]

You have to rethink your aerator ratios in your soil mix when using air pruning containers.

[@painfulpeppers5103]

Wow good to know !

[@kma5699]

@@PepperGuru So basically a more moisture retaining soil in fabric pots will be a good combo for peppers?

[@joegreene8353]

I grow in black felt pots and the secret to water retention is mulch 4" of hay is what i use and the only time I water is when I do my fertilizer. I find fish emulsion and In between i use a product called Terra Fresh its like a probiotic for your roots! It works!

[@Deborah412]

I live in the desert of California,VERY HOT temps over 100 degrees,but I have them on my porch that’s covered, is that ok??..what kind of fertilizer..7-9-6 is what I’m using..

[@katfrankie6484]

You are amazing, thank you for this video!!

[@bdfreedom2024]

after how many months we need to cut the top??

[@bbaasje]

So less sun should work. Thanks for the tip!

[@KhangStarr]

Not less sun, but less extreme sun =). If you climate is between 75-85F, give them sun all day, no problem.

[@MohammedShekun]

thanks for the recipe. Is it advisable to also spray honey on your pepper to attract pollinators like bees to help pollinate your peeper plant........

[@AchmadTumardi]

Hi friends i'm from Indonesia. Beautiful.

[@williamsteinbrunner2906]

My pepper flowers are way too small they just keep falling off their not normal sized? What should I do.

[@ernestito2222]

2:45 mine was over fertilized. Just water vigorously the plant every day. The over fertilization was over between the 3rd and 4th day.

[@nhanmac3974]

Good video .Thank you.

[@jordansimmons629]

Awesome video! Subscribed.

[@surensalgado945]

Thank you. Very clearly explained. 👌🏼👍🏻🌶🌶

[@miragonzales6060]

..hiw about curly leaves brother..?..

[@goonygoogoo2]

thank you...

[@Ottawajames]

Do you know, I've watched so many videos about flower drop, and I have addressed every issue that everyone had mentioned and my Jalapeno just keeps on dropping 3-6 flowers every day although there are some fruits developing. I would remark that although it was dropping 2 dozen of flowers a week it was still producing flowers faster, at any given time I have 40 or so flowers budding. I came to the conclusion that the plant was just performing resource allocation in deciding that it just couldn't produce as many fruit as it has flowers.... This is the first video I have seen that has suggested that as a possibility.

[@Ted-F-Strassburg-III]

What kind of tiny peppers are those ?

[@josephineng1810]

My capsicum flowers drop and no fruits..sunlight powerful and i see the leaf almost cook. Should i removed away fr the strong sunlight. Tks

[@akbarbisul]

is garlic and chili as pesticides works?

[@saule8764]

Thanks for sharing ! 🌹

[@urbanspaceman2007]

Very informative...many thanks.

[@makanankhas1419]

Hello ... Want to ask: chili after transplanting (from soil to vegetable ABmix) why wither on the third day? Though sturdy about 20 cm high. Until now (7 days) still wither. Why? Thank you for your attention

[@Greenbeendreem]

I planted a habenero pepper plant into an indoor kratky set up and it struggled hard, i used like 5.7 ph 1.1 ec all purpose solution with general hydro flora series, it is a sad plant even to this day with and air pump hooked up to it. Its in a regular sized amber mason jar.

[@Greenbeendreem]

Its super chilli hybrid sister i planted at the same time is massive with the same grow method

[@Nyahkimmy]

Put it out of it's misery. Poor habanero. 😩

[@Yoav76]

Great video. Thank you!

[@painfulpeppers5103]

So helpful

[@ytho7618]

Do you have any recommendations for shade cloths?

[@maidiep2638]

I like your channel. What should i do when top leaves turn brown ? Thank for your advise in advance.

[@damarjeetchanambam3027]

Hi Khang.. This year all my ghost pepper plants buds are turning brown like burnt very premature. This is happening when buds just coming out. Till now flowers and all buds dead. Plant itself is healthy.Can you please share the reason could be If you know?I wish I could share the pics of the brown buds.

[@chunhui3936]

I saw your last video, was wondering why you did the same one again XD... thanks for all your information anyway! my peppers are dropping all their flowers, not one single fruit yet... maybe its too hot... and the rain doesn't help either

[@ListerTube]

May you please advise on the pot size for small chilli plant?

[@RunesofKaizen]

How do you get rid of pests?

[@ВалариПетровский]

Low humidity causes bud drop as well.. mist them slightly with rain water.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Good info.

[@rickrack9091]

Can I spray an insecticide to get rid of aphids and mites also if the flower dosen't get pollenated will it still produce a pepper

[@electricboogeyman5855]

My go to spicy guru. I've been giving a less than recommended solution of miracle grow fertilizer. So I never thought I'd over fertilize. Had 5 blooms on my plant and now it only has 1 left. :(

[@bobhakimi2511]

How do I know what kind my pepper is?

[@lefteyepat]

Your channel is so informative!! Thank you! I just started my first garden ever. I’m growing Aji Dulce, Trinidad scorpion, apocalypse scorpion and reaper. My garden is in the ground and in read that planting marigolds around the pepper plants helps keep away rabbits, bugs and prevent a certain disease (I can’t think of the name of it). Do you recommend doing this or is it not really necessary?

[@bdfreedom2024]

u r using i.5 liter cola bottle...will u change it later??

[@petrab9098]

Thank you for the post, your chilli videos are really great and I learned so much from them. I'm only growing a few much smaller plants inside and this is the first year they seem to be doing well for the whole season. I managed to overcome the flower drop problem on my habanero (with a brush) but my cayenne which seemed to fruit so well (15+ peppers on a plant kept relatively small by the pot size) is now dropping smaller fruits. About 8 of the oldest pods have now grown full size and I'm hoping they'll start changing colour in a week or so but it has dropped all the smaller fruits over the last week, first the tiniest ones but now even the ones well longer than a thumbnail. It seems I finally got the watering and fertilisation right this year, the plants look very health and bushy as I kept topping and retopping it. Has my plant simply reached the limit of the pods it can sustain and is now dropping the excess, or is there something that I should be doing to help it out? (I stopped giving any new flowers the brush treatment as I assumed the plant would just drop newly formed pods). I looked everywhere but can't really find much about fruit drop on chillies, most info everywhere is on flower drop, any suggestions?

[@jimmunhall]

Khang how do I get one of my hot sauces to you for review or maybe a few seed varieties of yours ?

[@JoseEllen1]

useful info! thank you

[@jackschitt7783]

My area got a lot of light rain yesterday. It rained for approximately 14 hours because Herricane Henri hit land 600+ miles east of my location. We didn't have high winds or anything just a really long, steady, light to moderate rain. My jalapeno plant dropped some of it's bulbs that weren't flowers yet when I checked it after it stopped raining. Should I be concerned or am I correct that much rain overwatered it and that's why it dropped some? This plant is important to me. I've had a hard time getting a jalapeno to be successful for a very long time.

[@junbecks]

Hi, i live in Singapore, we get the same weather as Thailand. If I put the pot of chilli in the sun, we will get full light but temperatures reach easily 32 C (90+ F). If I put them in the shade, they wont get the light. I dont know what I can do? Plant is healthy. Flowers form but evntually drop. I brush them flowers daily to help with pollination.

[@DoddsFarm]

Good info. Thank you.

[@randomasiankid017]

thanks, really helpful

[@dariogragera2257]

Can I still use the soil with too much fertilizer after transplanting the pepper plant to a less fertilized soil?

[@thomasmorano17]

My pepper flowers are dropping like hot potatoes..I'm trying a tarp for shade..Temps here been crazy in massachusetts..heat wave

[@dizzyspinner648]

I have a Trinidad Scorpion Pepper that isn't self fertile. It makes pollen that will pollenate other plants, but unless I pollenate it from my Bhut Jolokia (the only other mature pepper I am currently growing -indoors since it's winter here in Wisconsin as I write), it doesn't set fruit. This has made it easier to cross, at least as the pollen recipient, and my first Ghost Scorpion seedlings are just starting to come up (they don't even have true leaves yet, much less flowers, so it will be a while before they can pollenate anything). Has anyone else ever encountered a pepper that wasn't self fertile?

[@howardbellamy6301]

How do you know when the plants are done producing before you pull it out of the dirt? Is it true that some pepper plants will produce all year round?

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

My birds eye chillies are still producing hundreds of fantastic chillies and the bush is 7 years old. Next to it are two reapers. They are 4 years old. It is one month from the winter solstice in Sydney and they are still laden. I am harvesting and freezing every couple of days. In late winter I will fertilise and mulch with a mixture of horse manure coir coffee grounds and coir . I am both delighted and surprised how abundant and long lived they have beenthey have been

[@joegreene8353]

I have a neighbor who grew a jalapeno and a goats weed plant. They did well and then came winter of course i pulled all my pepper plants up now my neighbor she did nothing absolutely nothing and she already has two plants with over 50 fruits on each and the plants are great! I overwintered 1 Serrano but i did all the cutting down and easy on the water but she did NOTHING!