Aji Amarillo Peppers, not one flower!

lakelady · August 13, 2012

I have two Aji Amarillo Pepper plants outside. Both are tall, about 2-1/2 feet I'd guess, and look fine. Except all of the other pepper plants have flowered and produce fruit, and I have never had even one blossom on this one. Is there some special trick I am missing? Something I'm supposed to do ? lol

It's so odd that they look fine, with the exception of not one pepper or even a flower with a hope of a pepper.

Any suggestions?

beatpoet · August 13, 2012

I had that issue with my Corni di Toro plant for a while, but it finally produced some flowers recently so I'm thinking i'll get a late crop out of it. I seem to always have issues with sweet peppers producing flowers in a timely fashion

lakelady · August 13, 2012

well, it's just odd that everything else has produced peppers for me already, and this one has nothing at all.

Now that I think of it, it is in a bed that did have evergreens prior, and I cannot remember if I added any lime. If the pH is too low, I wonder if that would be the problem?

delltraveller · August 15, 2012

Maybe one of the pepper pros will weigh in with some first hand experience, but I think some of the hot peppers seem to require more than one growing season when grown in the zones we're in. I'd dig them up and put them in pots when it gets a bit later in the autumn. Get them the sunniest spot you can inside, nurse them through the winter and then put them outside next spring. I suspect they'll go like gangbusters next year.

noinwi · August 15, 2012

I'm no pro, but I do believe C. baccatum has a longer growing season than C. annuum. Just my experience from growing Lemon Drop(a C. baccatum) a few times.

lakelady · August 16, 2012

I never grew many peppers before, so this year I started seeds indoors in end of February. I would think that by now something should have happened. ugh. Maybe the soil is too acidic. I had evergreens in that bed for years until we ripped them out after a storm.

rockhound · August 18, 2012

Aji's can take a long season, like 180-200 days or more, so maybe they start budding before long. Full sun or dappled shade? Some like it a little shady.

August 13, 2012	#1
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Aji Amarillo Peppers, not one flower! I have two Aji Amarillo Pepper plants outside. Both are tall, about 2-1/2 feet I'd guess, and look fine. Except all of the other pepper plants have flowered and produce fruit, and I have never had even one blossom on this one. Is there some special trick I am missing? Something I'm supposed to do ? lol It's so odd that they look fine, with the exception of not one pepper or even a flower with a hope of a pepper. Any suggestions? __________________ Antoniette

August 13, 2012	#2
beatpoet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 214	I had that issue with my Corni di Toro plant for a while, but it finally produced some flowers recently so I'm thinking i'll get a late crop out of it. I seem to always have issues with sweet peppers producing flowers in a timely fashion __________________ "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

August 13, 2012	#3
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	well, it's just odd that everything else has produced peppers for me already, and this one has nothing at all. Now that I think of it, it is in a bed that did have evergreens prior, and I cannot remember if I added any lime. If the pH is too low, I wonder if that would be the problem? __________________ Antoniette

August 16, 2012	#6
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	I never grew many peppers before, so this year I started seeds indoors in end of February. I would think that by now something should have happened. ugh. Maybe the soil is too acidic. I had evergreens in that bed for years until we ripped them out after a storm. __________________ Antoniette

August 15, 2012	#4
delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	Maybe one of the pepper pros will weigh in with some first hand experience, but I think some of the hot peppers seem to require more than one growing season when grown in the zones we're in. I'd dig them up and put them in pots when it gets a bit later in the autumn. Get them the sunniest spot you can inside, nurse them through the winter and then put them outside next spring. I suspect they'll go like gangbusters next year.

August 15, 2012	#5
noinwi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: PNW Posts: 486	I'm no pro, but I do believe C. baccatum has a longer growing season than C. annuum. Just my experience from growing Lemon Drop(a C. baccatum) a few times.

August 18, 2012	#7
rockhound Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 285	Aji's can take a long season, like 180-200 days or more, so maybe they start budding before long. Full sun or dappled shade? Some like it a little shady.