These are almost a year old now, they were planted very late in the season last year and weren't fertilized enough, so we are only getting anywhere substantial with them this year. They all have nice strong, thick stems, good and healthy foliage, and are covered in flowers, buds and small fruit. My concern is though that some are quite short and stumpy and we've got very low hanging fruit, I'm not sure will their size be a problem? Either due to peppers touching the soil and/or the plant being strong enough to support all this fruit.. Or should I just continue fertilizing and letting them fruit.. (I've been using tomato fertilizer every other week) The serrano pepper in the first pic is a good example of what I'm trying to convey. Any help or insight is much appreciated, complete newbie to vegetable gardening.
by ever_underwhelmed