My peppers are growing really well in my conservatory at the moment but i am getting side shoots at the leaf axials and wasn't sure whether to pinch them out or not. Should i treat them like tomatoes and pinch them out?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peppers are supposed to have the tops pinched out when they're about 12" tall to encourage those side shoots to produce a bushy, productive plant.
Though I'm sure someone else will give you an alternative way to grow them.
Pinch the tops off chillis at 9" if you have them.
Phew! thank goodness for that, imagine if i had pinched them out already!
im with Diana, let them bush out.
I have never pinched a pepper in my life!
That's good enough for me to think about changing!
I don't pinch either - altho the slugs did the job for me on some last year! Mine are bushing nicely without any manual help from me.