No Peppers Yet

[jollyroger123]

Hi

I am trying to grow sweet peppers (Bellboy).  I had some appear a few weeks ago but they dropped of when about the size of peas.  I have more coming through and these dont appear to be dropping off, will they still have time to grow (Living in Scotland),  my Chili Peppers seem fine.  Also my Pepper plants are like bushes should i have thinned them out.

Any advice welcome i really wanted some peppers this year

[jollyroger123]

[katynewbie]

 :-\

Unable to help...my Bellboy has ONE pepper on it!

[saddad]

It is quite normal for peppers to throw some pea sized ones but once beyond ping pong ball size they stick! Probably a fertilisation thing. They only take a week or so to get big enough for use... green longer if you want red... take some off they will redden off the plant. ;D

[tim]

Roger - are they indoors?

Dad - true? If I pick them green, they just wilt after a week in the fridge.

Is there a trick to it?

[jollyroger123]

They were in a one of those growbag greenhouses and then i finally picked up a proper greenhouse so ive moved them in.  I have a few that are now getting bigger i think.  My Pepper plant is more like a shrub than anything else.  Do you need to trim them like tomatoes or leave them as they are?

On the subject of my tomatoes these are starting to grow again since i moved them from the growbag greenhouse.  Is this okay all the tomatoes on them look fine and i have a couple more trusses coming up.  Ill post pictures of them tomorrow

[tim]

Leave the peppers as they are.

[saddad]

Tim, I only cut what I'm going to use that day... but if I have a few badly placed ones I cut them into strips and freeze for stir fry later on...
Had the first fist sized one yesterday as starter with cherry toms and cuc.. all home grown French Bread and Mackerel Pate!
;D

[tim]

"take some off they will redden off the plant".

Nit picking, Dad - but how??

[saddad]

I don't keep them in the fridge but out on the unit in the kitchen... some have been known to start to turn red... but as you say they loose that crispness so now any surplus go in the freezer!
:)

[tim]

"some have been known to start to turn red... "

Like when??

[saddad]

after a couple of weeks, true haven't waited long enough for one to turn properly and it would probably be a totally wizended specimen by then!!!!