/r/Peppers
Peppers, the spicy fruit of the Capsicum plant. This subreddit is for the discussion of growing, breeding, recipes, and more.
/r/Peppers
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Hot banana, tobasco, Hungarian wax, and habanero
22:33 UTC
Pepper Identification
Growing these "chocolate habaneros" but why are they so long? Is this a different pepper??
22:10 UTC
Whats up with my leaf?
I have three pepper plants two of them looking good. I thought over watering and nutrient problem so I let them dry out, gave them soluble fertilizer on Tuesday. The one has leaves like this. Bottom are yellow some have yellow spots. Had a pepper on it but it fell off. All pods feel off. Some are growing back.
16:51 UTC
Splotchy leaves - spider mites?
Half of this plant has leaves like this, has some mild edema, but otherwise seems healthy and has healthy fruit. As far as I can tell this began when I started bringing it outside to get sunlight. The plant gets fed with a light dose of fertilizer every 1.5-2 weeks. Soil pH ~6-6.5
15:30 UTC
Flowering, but no fruit.
I have a banana pepper which has 4 or 5 fruit, but another bell pepper 12 feet away that is flowering but all the flowers die and there is no fruit production.
Im thinking lack of pollination but it was also grown from a seed out of a bell pepper I bought at the store, so idk if that matters.
I have other bell pepper plants between them which are just big enough to let them fully flower.
I also have 3 marigold flowers around them to try and attract pollinaters.
14:51 UTC
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12:18 UTC
New grower needing advice!
Anybody have any ideas why this plant has really droopy leaves compared to all of the other ones?
Transplanted this guy two weeks ago into a 2.5 gal pot. Using happy frog soil, espoma tomato tone fert (top dressing every two weeks), and watering every 5-7 days depending on rain. Plants currently get roughly 3-4 hours direct sunlight + intermittent sun and shade throughout the day. Growing in zone 7a
01:25 UTC
Aji Caballero Plant Wanted
Does anyone know where I can buy live plants of Aji Caballero? Also known as Gentlemen Pepper & Puerto Rican Jelly Bean Hot Chili Pepper.
Tried the seeds but none germinated for me this year. I have no one in Puerto Rico who can search for me. Any help will deeply be appreciated. Ya Tu sabe.
04:57 UTC
Mad Hatter pepper ready for its next container
Started growing peppers this season, I've got a jalapeno, I've got a couple poblano, I've got an Anaheim, and I just recently picked up this little Mad hatter pepper. Does that look like a little bit of variegation to you guys on the leaf? Or maybe nutrient related?
Anyway I wasn't sure what to expect as far as stalk smell with peppers I know with some plants you can get the smell of the finished fruit from rubbing the stalk and smelling your finger, I hadn't gotten anything but the most mild of aromas from the other peppers however but when I got this one and tried it, to my surprise my hand came away smelling like a freshly opened block of pepper jack cheese it has a strong stalk smell.
Have a great day!
19:07 UTC
Piedmont NC 8a Why have my bell peppers started developing black at leaf joint.
One also has black streaks [viens?] running the main stem. Sorry to dumb to post pix. TIA
12:13 UTC
Protect plants from heat?
I’m in Dallas and my plants are starting to flower, however it’s get hot as a MF soon.
I’ve seen some ideas on protecting from heat over 95 using shade cloths over them.
I see online there’s all sorts of variation on how much light comes through.
Anyone have experience with this and have a recommendation on which product to use?
17:43 UTC
When to plant outside?
These are jalapeños are they big enough to plant outside or should I just put them in a bigger pot and keep them inside for a few more weeks in California the Bay Area starting to become summer
23:16 UTC
Small black bugs around the garden in zone 9a, they don't seem attracted to the plants, but im not 100% can anyone identify what these are?
21:44 UTC
So… is it going to die?
My plant’s been like this for a few weeks. See the stem; something rotted the outer layer. It actually was looking worse, when I first noticed, but is still growing. Abet slower than its sibling plants.
It’s an Ají Charapita Pepper. I’d be quite sad if it died, but it’s looking unlikely. Any advice?
22:41 UTC
Early season peppers
Early season peppers
Usually I struggle with peppers, only managing to begin harvesting them in late summer or early fall. NE Texas, 8a. This year, I wanted to see if it might be possible to push the crop ahead. Harvested enough today, 6 May, to make a generous skillet supper.
Started seeds 12 Jan. Potted them up 24 Feb. Planted them outside 28 March. Protected them outdoors with Wall-of-Water insulating teepees, which I removed on 14 April, which is our 90% frost-free date.
Today’s peppers are sweet varieties: Jimmy Nardello, Shishito, Manganji, and Txorixero. Have some others, mildly spicy varieties, that aren’t quite ready to pick yet. Numex Heritage 6-4, Big Jim, and Guiseppe Hatch. These have, however, all set plenty of small fruit.
All are growing in 7-gallon fabric grow bags. 18 plants. Also planted a trap crop of radishes around the base of each pepper plant. Have been gradually eating the radishes and replacing them with straw mulch.
I plan to use most of these peppers green this month and next, then let the remainder stay on the plant to turn red. Our season usually ends in early November.
Peppers in 7-gallon grow bags. Cucumbers and tomatoes in the background.
21:46 UTC
pure vermiculite vs 50/50 compost/vermiculite?
18:37 UTC
Do these all seem like Scotch Bonnets? A mix? Hybrids?
17:43 UTC