No but seriously, my Big Jims have been growing and turning red, but none of them have grown to a proper size? The plant is a first year start.
by Einstein_Disguise
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Einstein_Disguise
No but seriously, my Big Jims have been growing and turning red, but none of them have grown to a proper size? The plant is a first year start.
Full sun, fertilizer every 1ish weeks. Plant is otherwise healthy, flowering and growing peppers.
herdisleah
I think perhaps the plant is really excited and puts out a ton of flowers, and not all of them, but a lot of them, get pollinated. Then, it starts growing them, knowing some won’t be viable and some will get stepped on or eaten, but just kidding! They all survive. Then, the plant doesn’t have energy to make eight enormous fruits, but it does have energy to make twenty mini peppers. Just my hypothesis, of splitting the eggs into many baskets instead of one big one.
Perhaps early culling of fruits or culling ones with bad spots sooner will help the plant grow them more?
I’ve also got one jalapeño with less sun than the others. Its the only plant growing large fruits, but its the smallest. But this is completely anecdotal.
kinezumi89
I agree with u/herdisleah, in fact Pepper Geek just uploaded a video about bell peppers, and he mentioned that he often removes some early peppers, because the plant will try to produce more fruit than it can realistically support (and achieve full size)
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No but seriously, my Big Jims have been growing and turning red, but none of them have grown to a proper size? The plant is a first year start.
Full sun, fertilizer every 1ish weeks. Plant is otherwise healthy, flowering and growing peppers.
I think perhaps the plant is really excited and puts out a ton of flowers, and not all of them, but a lot of them, get pollinated. Then, it starts growing them, knowing some won’t be viable and some will get stepped on or eaten, but just kidding! They all survive. Then, the plant doesn’t have energy to make eight enormous fruits, but it does have energy to make twenty mini peppers. Just my hypothesis, of splitting the eggs into many baskets instead of one big one.
Perhaps early culling of fruits or culling ones with bad spots sooner will help the plant grow them more?
I’ve also got one jalapeño with less sun than the others. Its the only plant growing large fruits, but its the smallest. But this is completely anecdotal.
I agree with u/herdisleah, in fact Pepper Geek just uploaded a video about bell peppers, and he mentioned that he often removes some early peppers, because the plant will try to produce more fruit than it can realistically support (and achieve full size)