Do you guys trim all of the branching at the bottom and just try to focus the energy on the canopy?
by SomgFusion
11 Comments
AdditionalTrainer791
Nope let it grow
Equivalent-Idea-9924
I trim the bottom portion. To allow for airflow and help deter pests
MerrikObserves
Do not touch those baby branches! The best shaped pepper plant is typically short and wide. Those branches are like miniature pepper plants. Enough of them really adds a lot of real estate for peppers by growing more outwards, eventually looking like a leaf-umbrella.
Also if you clip the mature leaves, those branches often don’t appear. The leaf pumps energy directly where it’s needed for the new branch to grow.
Let them grow, brace them with gardening poles against wind and pepper weight. You’ll be very happy!
fishlore123
Are you wanting to enjoy the most fruits for your labor? Or win someone else’s approval by doing this? Thats a personal question, not one that I need an answer to. Cutting or trimming a plant is inflicting a wound that will require energy to repair..energy taken from things like growing bigger or hardier. I would rather see you pot your plants with adequate support (tomato cages or stakes) that you can utilize as needed) than cut or trim a growing plant
bsgenius22
I only take off anything that touches soil
_NotAlien_
I would. I’d trim all the bottom stuff until you get to the big leaves.
Planticus-_-Leaficus
I would trim off about 3 of the smaller or worst placed shoots. That’s about it. Get some bamboo stakes or chopsticks so that as it creates an umbrella shape, you can give support to the most horizontal branches. Support = more fruit
Affectionate-Baby757
You don’t need to trim anything, but personally I trim any bottom leaves that are touching the ground, seems like those leaves are just begging pests to come up
No_Limit3251
Let it grow, the older big leafs look ready to let new growth take over.
11 Comments
Nope let it grow
I trim the bottom portion. To allow for airflow and help deter pests
Do not touch those baby branches! The best shaped pepper plant is typically short and wide. Those branches are like miniature pepper plants. Enough of them really adds a lot of real estate for peppers by growing more outwards, eventually looking like a leaf-umbrella.
Also if you clip the mature leaves, those branches often don’t appear. The leaf pumps energy directly where it’s needed for the new branch to grow.
Let them grow, brace them with gardening poles against wind and pepper weight. You’ll be very happy!
Are you wanting to enjoy the most fruits for your labor? Or win someone else’s approval by doing this? Thats a personal question, not one that I need an answer to. Cutting or trimming a plant is inflicting a wound that will require energy to repair..energy taken from things like growing bigger or hardier. I would rather see you pot your plants with adequate support (tomato cages or stakes) that you can utilize as needed) than cut or trim a growing plant
I only take off anything that touches soil
I would. I’d trim all the bottom stuff until you get to the big leaves.
I would trim off about 3 of the smaller or worst placed shoots. That’s about it. Get some bamboo stakes or chopsticks so that as it creates an umbrella shape, you can give support to the most horizontal branches. Support = more fruit
You don’t need to trim anything, but personally I trim any bottom leaves that are touching the ground, seems like those leaves are just begging pests to come up
Let it grow, the older big leafs look ready to let new growth take over.
No. Only leaves that touch the dirt
Nope, unless you want a smaller plant.