|
Post by tbird on Jun 26, 2015 13:10:33 GMT -5
My peppers - the older, store bought starts, have been flowering along nicely. not loads, but I was fairly pleased at the number of baby peppers I was seeing.
However, the stems on the baby peppers keep yellowing and then the baby pepper falls off.
Once or twice - I guess these things happen, but now I'm wondering if any are even staying on the plants at all as I don't see any past the pea-size stage.
What is the cause? Anything I can do to stop it?
|
|
|
Post by octave on Jun 26, 2015 14:29:43 GMT -5
From my limited experience (I don't grow peppers often) I think it may be a problem caused by temperature fluctuation.
|
|
|
Post by tbird on Jun 26, 2015 14:39:11 GMT -5
sigh - then it's going to keep happening. After a string of 3-4 warm days, we are going down to 57 tonight and tomorrow....
|
|
|
Post by Mumsey on Jun 27, 2015 3:10:19 GMT -5
Yes, it's the weather. I have some doing that also, happens every year. Temps above 85 will keep peppers from setting fruit.
|
|
|
Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Jun 27, 2015 6:02:00 GMT -5
Those peppers are very much like tomatoes when it comes to setting fruit, very fussy about temperature and moisture. Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too calm so it sometimes seems amazing that we get any of either at all.
|
|