Hey guys! I'm new to gardening and I just recently bought a pepper plant. When purchased it had one pepper growing. It was a very top heavy plant and I read everywhere to 'prune' it back so it grows more like a bush (more peppers). I cut it back two days ago and I'm wondering if I did the right thing and if anybody can give me encouragement that my plant will produce in a few months. Any tips are welcome! Thanks.

The plants seems to be growing and healthy 3 days later. I'm just unsure what to expect..

Zachj90 said:Hey guys! I'm new to gardening and I just recently bought a pepper plant. When purchased it had one pepper growing. It was a very top heavy plant and I read everywhere to 'prune' it back so it grows more like a bush (more peppers). I cut it back two days ago and I'm wondering if I did the right thing and if anybody can give me encouragement that my plant will produce in a few months. Any tips are welcome! Thanks.

The plants seems to be growing and healthy 3 days later. I'm just unsure what to expect..

Expect it to send out new growth from those leaf nodes along the stem. Be patient it will take time before your pepper plant looks likes anything much again.

I would not have chosen to prune that heavily.

I grow jalapenos, and have never pruned them back.

Also, they are perennials so if you have a place to overwinter them, you can keep a plant going for a while.

Why did you prune?? Who told you to do that? I would not have pruned. When over-wintering Jalapenos indoors, prune to make them fit the space they have to occupy but otherwise, don't prune.

It will recover eventually...