Picking the peppers

in gardening •  7 years ago 

I got a reply to my gardening post yesterday from @mikehamm suggesting that I pick the first peppers off my pepper plant in order to annoy it and make it grow a whole lot more.

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So this morning I crept up quietly on the unsuspecting plant, when it wasn’t looking, and picked the peppers! I think it must have still been sleeping because it didn’t do anything. So we will have to wait and see if it notices and gets annoyed enough to spam me with peppers.

@mikehamm wasn’t sure if this would work for tomatoes also, but given my clandestine success with the peppers, I thought I’d try the same technique on the tomatoes and see how it goes.

So check back in a few days and see how the plants have reacted. It will be interesting to see if @mikehamm’s strategy works for me too.


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Thanks for telling the advantages of Peppers ...
amazing post

thanks

Good post :) I really like your posts, keep the spirit and be the best

thanks

How long does it take to harvest them? Are annually harvest ?

Actually, I don't know :-) I've never tried to grow them before. I suppose they get harvested in late summer, as they seem to be just starting to bear fruit now.

Great to start the day reading something with a little humour. I hope the recommendation bears fruit.

I discovered by accident that just leaving tomato plants to do their thing is a good thing.

hehe thanks. Well I only picked two little tomatoes, so I suppose it won't annoy the plant too much.... I hope.

I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I wish I can pick the peppers... It is a bit cold here...

Oooo. that does look cold. Where is it?

Vilnius, Lithuania :)

wow! Nice :-)

That's a handy tip. Hope it works :)

me too. It will be interesting to see what happens.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I will be watching out for this for when my peppers start :)

Ooooo........... how about a pepper challenge to see who can grow the most peppers? hehehe

I havent plant mine yet. Plant one when I do :)

You are a gardening ninja :)) the poor plant didn't have a chance

Hiiiiiiii... ya!!

hehehe

I have heard of picking soome small fruit off to make the others bigger, but not the first to annoy the plant into production.

Thanks for telling important information...!!!