Is it true?

Starlight · May 31, 2016

Kinda dumb question, but sometimes while scouting I will see a pepper or two that needs picked and instead of going back to get pruners and bleach I just snap them off.

A neighbor seen me doing that and said that you should never just pluck em off the plant that if you do that the plants never produce well. Is this true?

Uncle Doss · May 31, 2016

I have heard that as well. That said, I don't think I have never used pruners or a knife to remove peppers, I just pluck them off. Last year I had over 180 bell pepper plants in the garden and had a bumper crop from each plant

Starlight · May 31, 2016

Appreciate you chiming in with your experience. Think I'll just stick to my plucking then. So much easier.

I wish I could get a good bell crop. They don't seem to like me for some reason. Maybe it is because they know I am going to enjoy eating them if they would. Now hots, no problem. Must be a secret to bells that I haven't learned yet.

Thanks again!

AlittleSalt · May 31, 2016

Star, I mostly pick them both ways. If I happen to have scissors close by - I'll clip them off. If not, I pick them by hand.

If it is a hot variety like Aji Limon or hotter - I only use scissors because I don't want to get juices under my fingernails...just thinking about it burns

dmforcier · May 31, 2016

I prefer to use snippers, but I'll also do the fingers only methods. The problem I have with the latter is that it is possible to break a branch or strip back the dermis if you're not entirely coordinated.

But as stated your neighbor is full of beans.

peppero · May 31, 2016

It's good to know that just because someone says something doesn't mean it is true although what I said is.

Jon

Jeannine Anne · May 31, 2016

and if you were right I would agree with you

Starlight · May 31, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by peppero

It's good to know that just because someone says something doesn't mean it is true although what I said is.

Jon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeannine Anne

and if you were right I would agree with you

So funny! Me too.

clkeiper · June 1, 2016

I use clippers because sell my peppers and if I break the plant then I am out the plant if I break the stem of the pepper out then I wasted a pepper I could have sold. I have never heard of breaking them out causes a loss of production. Nor do I clean the clippers between cuts. I just don't have time. I have rows of peppers to pick.

Stvrob · June 1, 2016

I can't imagine a neighbor being nosey enough to comment on how I pick my peppers.

creeker · June 15, 2016

Field peppers are mostly hand picked and I never saw a field worker packing a set of sissors or pruners. Production continues.

May 31, 2016	#1
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Is it true? Kinda dumb question, but sometimes while scouting I will see a pepper or two that needs picked and instead of going back to get pruners and bleach I just snap them off. A neighbor seen me doing that and said that you should never just pluck em off the plant that if you do that the plants never produce well. Is this true?

May 31, 2016	#2
Uncle Doss Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: zone 5b/6a Posts: 134	I have heard that as well. That said, I don't think I have never used pruners or a knife to remove peppers, I just pluck them off. Last year I had over 180 bell pepper plants in the garden and had a bumper crop from each plant __________________ Anything in life worth doing is worth over-doing. Moderation is for cowards.

June 1, 2016	#9
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	I use clippers because sell my peppers and if I break the plant then I am out the plant if I break the stem of the pepper out then I wasted a pepper I could have sold. I have never heard of breaking them out causes a loss of production. Nor do I clean the clippers between cuts. I just don't have time. I have rows of peppers to pick. __________________ carolyn k

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Star, I mostly pick them both ways. If I happen to have scissors close by - I'll clip them off. If not, I pick them by hand. If it is a hot variety like Aji Limon or hotter - I only use scissors because I don't want to get juices under my fingernails...just thinking about it burns

May 31, 2016	#5
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	I prefer to use snippers, but I'll also do the fingers only methods. The problem I have with the latter is that it is possible to break a branch or strip back the dermis if you're not entirely coordinated. But as stated your neighbor is full of beans.

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peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	It's good to know that just because someone says something doesn't mean it is true although what I said is. Jon

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Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	and if you were right I would agree with you

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Stvrob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,413	I can't imagine a neighbor being nosey enough to comment on how I pick my peppers.

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creeker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Southern New Mexico Posts: 106	Field peppers are mostly hand picked and I never saw a field worker packing a set of sissors or pruners. Production continues.