My bell peppers look healthy, but the flowers keep falling off?
Not sure why the flower buds and stem keep falling off. We have had a lot of rain this month…
by Charlestoned_94
7 Comments
gggg_man3
Maybe too much nitrogen fertilizer? Could add a more mixed fertilizer with phosphor and potassium to promote dem flower growth. Not 100 percent sure though but your peppers look kinda bushy.
Alwayz_Kerakin
Had this issue last year as well and was a wetter then normal summer. See how they start behaving after a dry out period in your weather. Could also be a lil too much nitrogen
Undeadtech
If the plant isn’t ready to produce fruit it will drop its flowers until it is ready to do so. It will also keep doing this throughout its lifetime if it already has too many fruits growing.
miguel-122
I think it needs more fertilizer. one with everything. All the rain is washing away any nutrients the soil had. The leaves could be more green.
I like the Walmart expert gardener tomato fertilizer
Grass_Is_Cool
In my limited experience, the first few flowers tend to bloom and fall off. After a few they begin to produce peppers. I wouldn’t worry about it too much!
RibertarianVoter
Most of my plants drop their first flowers no matter what — indoor, outdoor, in containers, in ground. They eventually start setting fruit without fail tho.
NoMobile7426
If it gets too hot or if the flowers don’t get pollinated they will fall off. They are self pollinating so the flowers just need to be shook to be pollinated.
7 Comments
Maybe too much nitrogen fertilizer? Could add a more mixed fertilizer with phosphor and potassium to promote dem flower growth. Not 100 percent sure though but your peppers look kinda bushy.
Had this issue last year as well and was a wetter then normal summer. See how they start behaving after a dry out period in your weather. Could also be a lil too much nitrogen
If the plant isn’t ready to produce fruit it will drop its flowers until it is ready to do so. It will also keep doing this throughout its lifetime if it already has too many fruits growing.
I think it needs more fertilizer. one with everything. All the rain is washing away any nutrients the soil had. The leaves could be more green.
I like the Walmart expert gardener tomato fertilizer
In my limited experience, the first few flowers tend to bloom and fall off. After a few they begin to produce peppers. I wouldn’t worry about it too much!
Most of my plants drop their first flowers no matter what — indoor, outdoor, in containers, in ground. They eventually start setting fruit without fail tho.
If it gets too hot or if the flowers don’t get pollinated they will fall off. They are self pollinating so the flowers just need to be shook to be pollinated.