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Name: Zachary NC  Zachj90 May 20, 2018 12:23 PM CST |
| 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..  |
Name: Rita North Shore, Long Island, NY Zone 6B              Newyorkrita May 21, 2018 4:24 PM CST |
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. 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. |
Name: James Fabens,TX (Zone 8a)  Txtea May 21, 2018 7:54 PM CST |
| I grow jalapenos, and have never pruned them back. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) I have no use for internet bullies!            greene May 21, 2018 8:49 PM CST |
| Also, they are perennials so if you have a place to overwinter them, you can keep a plant going for a while. Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost  DaisyI May 21, 2018 9:36 PM CST |
| 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...  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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