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  • From: Robert Farr <rbfarr AT erols.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Peppers in High Tunnels
  • Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:50:12 -0500

At season's end, you should pull or cut the blossoms of your plants - I often prune mine - to allow the fruit to mature.  You want you plants to put their energy into ripening the fruit, rather than setting new blossoms.

You should also stop fertilizing your plants once substantial fruit-set has occurred -

Robert Farr
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Bill Shoemaker wrote:
I've observed the same thing on all kinds of peppers. I've not seen research that affirms it, but I believe that peppers just cannot support additional development of biomass once a certain weight of fruit is on the plant. They just abort blossoms. But if you pick some or all of the fruit off, the plant will start setting fruit again. It's good to keep the plants well picked. You'll have much better season totals.

Bill

  
If fruit is left on the plant and becomes fully red ripe is that a signal to 
the plant
to shut down, mine quit blooming after the reds showed up.? I had expected 
them to keep going like tomatoes.
    
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road  St Charles, IL  60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610
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