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Old 11-05-2008, 06:01 PM
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Should you remove side shoots from chilli and pepper plants as you would with tomatoes?
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Why is that then Shirley?
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Peppers are fine with side shoots - it will increase the crop they carry. The reason for removing sideshoots from Toms is - strange as it sounds - to increase the crop! If you allow leafy side shoots they grow at the expense of fruits - this is not generally the case with peppers.

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Why is that then Shirley?
What Terry said. They are bush plants and if you take off the side shoots you will get a very poor crop.
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:28 PM
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Thanks for that, I am growing lots of peppers and chillies this year, and want to get it right.
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Chillies and sweet peppers are grown as bush plants, leave the side shoots on. Some tomatoes are grown as bushes, some as cordons (tall upright plants with no sideshoots - all depends on the variety)
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Thanks Rustylady - I was somewhat unclear there! It is important to check the variety of tom - if you took all the sideshoots off a tumbler tom you'd never get a crop!
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I had better check about my toms then. I am growing Ailsa craig, sub artic plenty and gardeners delight. These are all cordons I hope?
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Sub arctic are bush - leave the side shoot ON these!
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Thanks Flummery, will do so.
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