Hello, Have I planted the plants too close to eachother? I did plant them 50cm apart.
Because I’m not getting a good harvest. Habaneros have 1-15 green ones on each plant, cayennes have like 20-30 green ones. They have also taken a long time to grow, I planted the seeds in february and most of them arent ripe yet, so far i got 120 cayennes (mainly from 2 bushes that are on the edge and have more room/light?) and 2 ripe habaneros.
Have I planted the plants too close or what’s the problem?
by Pepperstation
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Not an expert, but I don’t think they’re too close together or that being too close would necessarily cause this for all plants. My first guess is too much nitrogen and too little phosphorus and potassium. What was your soil/fertilizer setup?
I’ve also had late flowering and low yields this year, but the summer was brutally hit even with shade clothes over my peppers. Now the heat of the summer is waining my plants are flowering like crazy. Fingers crossed for a late first frost.
cultivation manager here: check the VPD within the greenhouse and adjust it to 0.5-1.0 kPa also peppers like a NPK ratio of 5-10-10 (add more P-K in flowering/fruiting) but a straight 20-20-20 ratio will work (feed once a week) but go half strength and let them dry out between waterings. Looks like you need a fan of some sort like a shutter exhaust at both ends for air flow. Also during flowering, you want to prioritize phosphorous to promote bud growth and make sure to limit nitrogen so your plant doesn’t get too tall or “leggy.” Pepper plants hate wet feet and cold night temps (below 55f) which will cause the blooms to drop, to avoid this from happening keep green house temps between 78-82 degrees F and 54-62% RH with at least 8 hrs of sun a day and about a 10-F difference between night temps and day temps, I grow peppers year round indoors and outside and I’ve been growing all types of plants over 15 years, I hope this helps everyone! 🙂
Does it get very hot where you are? My peppers always slow down in august and then take off in September. anything close to 100 will have them
Hit the breaks
another key telltale sign that are experiancing heat stress is they will droop and look like they need water, simply move them into the shade and they will perk back up! I deal with this in July – September in my zone which is 7. We get hot humid summers really bad, its almost unbearable outside lol I just water in the mornings and move the plants around the yard throughout the day until about noon and they get shade until sunset.
Too much nitrogen?
Highly phosphorous bat guano is one of my favorite fertilizers for flower production ,
Dang nice job !
Not an expert by any means, mainly just curious, but does the fact that it was in a greenhouse affect pollinators? Or did you have the windows open?