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    Proper Poorly Pepper Problem!!!

    Help!!!!! Please!!!!
    My pepper plants are looking very green and healthy, and the flowers seem to be growing well...however after a while disaster strikes and the flower stems go black where they join the main plant stem, and then eventually the whole thing drops off ! ( Yes V C very painful!!!!)
    This seems to be happening to pretty well all of the flowers, though I have just noticed that one seems to starting to set a fruit.
    Any ideas????



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  • #2
    I'm keeping quiet this time - mainly because I don't grow peppers so I'd just be making it up (as usual)

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    • #3
      The purple/black colouring is very common on peppers and chillies and isn't the problem. Your flowers are falling off because they haven't been pollinated I think.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by rustylady View Post
        The purple/black colouring is very common on peppers and chillies and isn't the problem. Your flowers are falling off because they haven't been pollinated I think.
        Thanks Rustylady...
        So un pollinated flowers would eventually rot the whole stem, not just the flower?
        How do I aid pollination? ....keep it clean V C !!!!!!!!!!
        Last edited by bradlo; 20-08-2012, 04:42 PM.
        I think this might be my greenhouse ( very amateur) and other trivia blog page!!! Do feel free to drop in !

        http://bradlo107.wordpress.com/

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        • #5
          It may well be due to them not being pollinated but I've had this happen to flower buds long before they even thought about opening and I've also had it happen with open flowers...and with tiny fruit showing! (the latter being on my chilli plants, not sweet peppers).
          I have no idea what causes it but patience has delivered lots of (still green at the moment) fruit. I must have watched as many buds/flowers fall off as not, but two plants are currently promising 60+ chilli pods and my sweet peppers, small as they are, have provided quite a few fruit too, though not nearly as many as the chillies.
          If the roots have plenty of room and they get plenty of water then time will hopefully fix the rest, at least that was my experience anyway.
          Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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          Honorary member of the nutters club, by appointment of VeggieChicken

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          • #6
            I'm so pleased to see you Pa!
            Can you have a man-to-man talk with Bradlo as he seems to have something on his mind other than the state of his peppers

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            • #7
              Really? What seems to be troubling our Bradders then? It's not........girls!!!, is it?
              Oh well, I'm always available with a sympathetic, non-judgemental ear. As long as 'my flower shrivels and falls off' isn't a euphemism, in which case it's a doctor that's needed.
              Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

              ..................................................

              Honorary member of the nutters club, by appointment of VeggieChicken

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              • #8
                Check out this post. I have had the same problem and both the threads where these post appear would seem relevant to your problem.
                Last edited by marchogaeth; 20-08-2012, 06:20 PM.
                "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

                PS. I just don't have enough time to say hello to everyone as they join so please take this as a delighted to see you here!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Pa Snips View Post
                  Really? What seems to be troubling our Bradders then? It's not........girls!!!, is it?
                  Oh well, I'm always available with a sympathetic, non-judgemental ear. As long as 'my flower shrivels and falls off' isn't a euphemism, in which case it's a doctor that's needed.
                  Between you and me, Pa, I think he has a few problems in the greenhouse department - we've discussed his courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and now his peppers - and it doesn't matter what it is, I always seem to be blamed
                  So not........." girls " - more old biddies

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    Between you and me, Pa, I think he has a few problems in the greenhouse department - we've discussed his courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and now his peppers - and it doesn't matter what it is, I always seem to be blamed
                    So not........." girls " - more old biddies
                    Wot are these "girls" you speak of????!!!!!
                    I have enough worries with my drooping veg to have yet something else to cause me grief!!!!!!!!!!
                    I think this might be my greenhouse ( very amateur) and other trivia blog page!!! Do feel free to drop in !

                    http://bradlo107.wordpress.com/

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