I have a ghost pepper plant that I planted back in May that is obviously really doing well (it’s the healthiest looking plant in my little garden). However, it produced only about 3 flowers total since I’ve had it, and that was about a month ago. I live just outside of Nashville and have it planted in the ground. It’s about 4 feet tall and 3-4’ wide and no sign of any disease or pest issues. Anyone know how to encourage it to start producing flowers?
by Competitive_Brain587
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Lots of reasons but my first guess based on the photo is probably too much nitrogen or not enough calcium. It’s just a guess though.
I dunno but looks healthy as hell
I have a yellow ghost pepper plant that is bigger than almost all my peppers and just recently started growing a handful of peppers. Before that, it was all leaves and branches and the few flowers would drop after a few days. Mine seems to have some kind of disease unlike yours. But 90% of the leaves are unaffected. It got the same potting mix as my other peppers and gets the same fertilizer. Go figure 🤷♂️
Feed it some K. If the N/K ratio is too high, flower production is suppressed.
They look too happy, probably nitrogen. I use a foliar spray of 1/2 strength Lunox bloom 0-10-10. You should see it freaking out and shooting blooms in a few weeks if that’s the issue.