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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: egbert on June 29, 2010, 09:44:05 pm

Title: Sweet peppers
Post by: egbert on June 29, 2010, 09:44:05 pm

Hi

I have 3 sweet peppers in a plastic coldframe - which are getting nicely scorched by the sun right now.  :)  Its growing well, but I cant see any flowers. Has anyone got any flowers or peppers showing yet? Should I be pollinating it in some way? I have been opening the cover on the super hot days, but not seen many insects about to assist!  :(

Title: Re: Sweet peppers
Post by: egglady on July 01, 2010, 12:44:53 pm

bees should do it for you - as long as they can get in of course.  also if oyu can put something in with them that has flowers it will encourage the bees in too

Title: Re: Sweet peppers
Post by: doganjo on July 01, 2010, 01:49:32 pm

Quote from: egbert on June 29, 2010, 09:44:05 pm

Hi

I have 3 sweet peppers in a plastic coldframe - which are getting nicely scorched by the sun right now.  :)  Its growing well, but I cant see any flowers. Has anyone got any flowers or peppers showing yet? Should I be pollinating it in some way? I have been opening the cover on the super hot days, but not seen many insects about to assist!  :(

  If there are no flowers you can't pollinate anything.....................  You'll just have to wait and hope it produces some.

Title: Re: Sweet peppers
Post by: loosey on July 01, 2010, 07:57:06 pm

ours started flowering about 4 weeks ago and we have 3 or 4 peppers about the size of a golf ball coming along. Hope you get something soon! (we pollinate them once they flower!)