Asking for any insights on why one bell pepper flower seems to have no pollen, while another appears to be loaded with pollen..
Both pepper plants planted and grown in the exact same conditions
+ planted from seed same day (seeds are from the same bell pepper- grocery bought)
+ grown in same indoor conditions, same distance from and amount of light
+ same feed and water (as needed) schedule (both plants have had two feedings of jacks blossom booster in this growth phase so far)
+ indoor temp is kept at 68 with humidity averaging in the mid 50%
Flower with no apparent pollen opened two days before flower with pollen. Both plants are about 10-11 weeks old.
Thoughts? Theories? Suggestions?
by Carlson31
4 Comments
Is it possible the flowers with the pollen are male flowers and the flowers without the pollen are female flowers?
The one with no pollen looks like it’s already growing a pepper.
Self pollination, like tomato plants, they rely on the wind to pollinate, yea the tiny bell pepper push the flowers off as they grow.
You can use the pollen from the other flower to pollinate the stigma of the pollenless flower 🙂 it can happen, one flower could be in the “Goldilocks zone” for humidity and the other not