Pinching Out

[jollyroger123]

I have heard alot about pinching out flowers and will post my enquiries about them on the non-edible plants board.

Regarding veg -can anyone tell me if peppers/cape gooseberries etc providde more if pinched out.

Thanks

[jollyroger123]

[Marymary]

I've grown both & never pinched them out. Don't know if anyone else has tried it.

[jollyroger123]

The other reason i asked is i had 2 pepper Chilli plants last year.  One i grew from seed and the other i bought from a garden centre.

The one from the garden centre bushed out a lot more and the one i grew from seed had a single stem.  Both were the same variety

[Amazin]

Yes to both - discovered by accident, I might add, having snapped off the main stems of both in my time!

;D

[Mrs Ava]

I don't bother, unless the plants are growing to tall for their location in the greenhouse.

[jollyroger123]

I have enough enough plants to experiment, Do you know when/what leaves to pinch out.

I'll post the progress

[saddad]

The central growing tip is normally pinched out to encourage side shoots to develop and produce an open bushy plant...
;D

[potterfanpete]

Ahhhh - that answers my question as well! I'll be growing peppers in the greenhouse this year, so I'll pinch 2 out and leave the other 2 :)

[tim]

If ours bushed out any more, there would be no room left in the 'ghouse!

Same applies to Aubergines.