2015 Pepper Topping - Page 2

Old chef · January 24, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I can see where topping the pepper plant would force the plant to put out branches sooner.
This would be of little use to someone from the southwest like myself as we have around 8 months of frost free growing here with plenty of sun and heat.

Worth

It is snowing up North I really wish your southerners would stop rubbing it in

Old chef

Worth1 · January 24, 2015

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Originally Posted by Old chef

It is snowing up North I really wish your southerners would stop rubbing it in

Old chef

Just to make you happy I was running around at 1:30 AM last night.
The temperature was 35F
Been raining for the last few days but it is now sunny and 60 outside.
I suspect it will get cold tonight.
The weather forecast is for around 77F mid next week.

Worth

Old chef · January 24, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

Just to make you happy I was running around at 1:30 AM last night.
The temperature was 35F
Been raining for the last few days but it is now sunny and 60 outside.
I suspect it will get cold tonight.
The weather forecast is for around 77F mid next week.

Worth

Tell me why I don't feel sorry for you Last week after i purchased a cup of coffee, as i approuched my car i slipped on the ice and the coffee landed on the windshield of my car. Got in the car, turned on the wipers and the spilt coffee was now coffee granita on my windshield. But I just remembered you work in Alaska. So you can get a pass- however those other southereners who boost about 2 seasons........

Old Chef

jmsieglaff · January 24, 2015

I gladly take our winter over their summer of cesspool and non-productivity. I was talking to a guy at work the other day about cold days in the winter and hot humid days in the summer. My stance is I'll take a very cold day in the winter over a very hot and humid day in the summer because I don't intend on being outside in the winter much anyway, while a hot and humid summer day is like a waste of a day because I'd rather stay inside. Why? Because sweating while doing routine non-exsertive things bothers me. Like picking tomatoes should not bring on a sweat.

peppero · January 25, 2015

In my part of Tennessee we pretty much have four distinct seasons and each one about the right length. It can be hot and humid though. Oh well.....

jon

JJJessee · January 25, 2015

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Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

I gladly take our winter over their summer of cesspool and non-productivity. I was talking to a guy at work the other day about cold days in the winter and hot humid days in the summer. My stance is I'll take a very cold day in the winter over a very hot and humid day in the summer because I don't intend on being outside in the winter much anyway, while a hot and humid summer day is like a waste of a day because I'd rather stay inside. Why? Because sweating while doing routine non-exsertive things bothers me. Like picking tomatoes should not bring on a sweat.

Eggzackly.

jmsieglaff · February 26, 2015

The peppers are coming along nicely. First Serrano is just starting to get second set of true leaves. After 3 or 4 sets on each plant I'll pinch the plants and let them branch/bush out.

Tracydr · February 27, 2015

Did you save any seeds from the store bought pepper? Just wondering if the variety might have been the biggest factor in the production.
I'm going to be late starting mine this year as I didn't realize I had lost my pepper seeds in our move. Hoping they get here soon. I should be able to keep the super hots in the greenhouse in the fall,with lights and a heater. Maybe bring our favorites indoors to overwinter.
I will be starting 4 or 5 super hots (c.chinese varieties), several hots like jalapeno,hatch, Bulgarian and Hungarian types. A few sweets for munching and stuffing.
I forgot to buy paprika seeds. Was hoping to try them this year for smoking. Shoot. Now I need to make another order!

jmsieglaff · February 27, 2015

I did save seeds from that plant (although the majority of peppers were seedless and the ones that had seeds only had a couple; http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=34103) So I'm going to grow a few plants of that this year--as the discussion in that thread gets at, I'm not sure if it is male sterile gene that just didn't express itself 100% or it did express itself and each seed represented a cross pollination.

Regarding if the variety was the reason for the production, that is possible. That's why I'm doing the topping experiment with all the varieties I routinely grow--to see if I notice an increase in production.

Good luck with your peppers!

ginger2778 · February 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Old chef

Tell me why I don't feel sorry for you Last week after i purchased a cup of coffee, as i approuched my car i slipped on the ice and the coffee landed on the windshield of my car. Got in the car, turned on the wipers and the spilt coffee was now coffee granita on my windshield. But I just remembered you work in Alaska. So you can get a pass- however those other southereners who boost about 2 seasons........

Old Chef

I'm very far south, I don't have 2 seasons, just one. It goes from August seed sowing until June, when it gets too hot for fruit to set.

roper2008 · March 1, 2015

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Originally Posted by roper2008

I am going to try this on a few of my peppers to experiment.

I never did this last year, but want to try this year since I'm growing so many
peppers.

jmsieglaff · April 2, 2015

I've topped some of the plants, I'm thinking about leaving some of the others as controls. My numbers aren't enough to draw any quantitative conclusions, but qualitatively I can see what I notice this growing season. The only way I change my mind on the controls is if they start getting too large prior to planting out time, but since I grow the peppers relatively cool, that should hopefully keep them under control.

drew51 · April 2, 2015

My peppers already have four main branches without topping, setting fruit too. Last year I cut fruit off before plant out, but the plants just kept producing more and more. It didn't seem to stop it, so this year I'm just letting them go.

Worth1 · April 2, 2015

Sometimes they do three at a time.
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b54red · April 2, 2015

I almost always take out the first blossom so that the plant has time to grow a little bigger before setting fruit. I have found this results in a larger more productive plant; but I always leave a few alone so I can get some early peppers. I only top my peppers when they get taller than my 7 ft top bar.

Bill

April 2, 2015	#28
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	My peppers already have four main branches without topping, setting fruit too. Last year I cut fruit off before plant out, but the plants just kept producing more and more. It didn't seem to stop it, so this year I'm just letting them go. Last edited by drew51; April 2, 2015 at 03:49 PM.

January 24, 2015	#19
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	I gladly take our winter over their summer of cesspool and non-productivity. I was talking to a guy at work the other day about cold days in the winter and hot humid days in the summer. My stance is I'll take a very cold day in the winter over a very hot and humid day in the summer because I don't intend on being outside in the winter much anyway, while a hot and humid summer day is like a waste of a day because I'd rather stay inside. Why? Because sweating while doing routine non-exsertive things bothers me. Like picking tomatoes should not bring on a sweat.

January 25, 2015	#20
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	In my part of Tennessee we pretty much have four distinct seasons and each one about the right length. It can be hot and humid though. Oh well..... jon

February 27, 2015	#23
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Did you save any seeds from the store bought pepper? Just wondering if the variety might have been the biggest factor in the production. I'm going to be late starting mine this year as I didn't realize I had lost my pepper seeds in our move. Hoping they get here soon. I should be able to keep the super hots in the greenhouse in the fall,with lights and a heater. Maybe bring our favorites indoors to overwinter. I will be starting 4 or 5 super hots (c.chinese varieties), several hots like jalapeno,hatch, Bulgarian and Hungarian types. A few sweets for munching and stuffing. I forgot to buy paprika seeds. Was hoping to try them this year for smoking. Shoot. Now I need to make another order!

April 2, 2015	#29
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Sometimes they do three at a time. IMG_201504021462.jpg

April 2, 2015	#30
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I almost always take out the first blossom so that the plant has time to grow a little bigger before setting fruit. I have found this results in a larger more productive plant; but I always leave a few alone so I can get some early peppers. I only top my peppers when they get taller than my 7 ft top bar. Bill