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As my chillies and peppers are coming along a bit and last year I had a negligible crop, I was wondering if other grapes pinch out their chilli and sweet pepper plants to promote bushiness?
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13Never38.46%5Chilli peppers only23.08%3Sweet Peppers only0.00%0Both chillies and sweet peppers7.69%1Sometimes (please elaborate)30.77%4
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I've voted sometimes. On either chillies or peppers if they get to approx 6/8inches tall and haven't thrown out any side shoots I'll nip out the top. im sure there was a link on here (maybe chilli growerput it up) of the growth difference on both over a season.
I've grown a few varieties of chillies that aren't worth bothering with if you don't want to overwinter them as the first season (unless you grow with lights - I don't) often doesn't give a decent crop but more than makes up for it in its second year. -
I've voted sometimes purely because I'll pinch out if I think the plant needs to stop growing upwards and needs encouraging outwards. If my plants stop by themselves at a foot then fine, I'll leave well alone. But some of them head skywards so I nip them to keep them at a reasonable size. What did you do last year, pinch or no pinch?Remember it's just a bad day, not a bad life 😁Comment
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Here you go...worth a look at the photo
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...chillis-2.htmlComment
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Don't think I pinched last year. To be honest last year I done everything wrong. Sown too late, to small a pot, too much shade on the plot etc. Had a few habaneros and ghost chillies (which didn't last long as they've both moreish and lovely straight off the plant) and a few sweet peppers (Marconi I think).Originally posted by Moopmoop View Post
Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
Thanks for that Scarlet.
OK so I'm growing Koral (which I don't know about) and Birdseye, Cayenne and Hungarian Hotwax which I believe are annum.
Of course I could always do a fifty fifty with half of each pinched and the other half not pinched.
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If any of them try to flower before they have branched, I'll pinch out the top bud and flower.
I find that if you leave the first flowers on they never seem to get bushy
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I sometimes pinch to stop them getting too tall. Although in practice when I say 'pinch', I'm usually a little bit more brutal and just chop their heads off
As long as you get the growing tip, it serves the same purpose.
Posted on an iPad so apologies for any randomly auto-corrected gobbledegook
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Sunshine and location will have a much bigger impact on cropping. If they don't have enough light they will grow tall and weak, if they don't have enough food they won't produce, same for warmth. I can't grow outdoors, can manage some in pots in the greenhouse but much better in the polytunnel beds.
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