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Posted by NanaGeraldine (U13896823) on Wednesday, 4th August 2010
Do capiscum flowers need to be pollinated by insects or humans wielding a brush in order for fruits to form, or do the peppers develop independently?
NanaGeraldine, please see my earlier reply:
They do seem to manage on their own.
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Posted by NanaGeraldine (U13896823) on Wednesday, 4th August 2010
Thank you very much, globetrotter. They are in a small lean-to greenhouse/large cold frame, so I'd better take them out to let the pollinators do their work!
Mine are flowering for the second time.. I have been very lucky and had lots of peppers, not huge ones just gorgeous. They seem to do it by themselves
joanne
So glad you have had such good pollination, it has been very late and slow here - my chillies have only recently come into flower, very late by ususal standards, so there hasn't been anything for the creatures to pollinate from that point of view, other things doing OK.
Never had to help them out, just leave the greenhouse door open, as you will be anyway 'cos of the warmth, and the buzzy things will get in and do what they need to do. Enjoy.
Will the buzzy things get into a small lean-to glass structure if I leave doors and roof open, bookertoo? According to joanne it won't matter anyway; I'm confused! The peppers are just beginning to flower as if they mean it so things are quite late here (SE Midlands). I noticed this morning that some tiny peppers have fallen off the plants; is that because of lack of buzzy things?
You will need to leave the door/roof of your lean-to open to allow the insects in to pollinate your peppers. The flower-drop is probably because they haven't been pollinated, though I find my plants naturally drop some flowers which it can't sustain, when it already has other peppers are forming.
You sometimes do get flower drop. I've lost a few off mine. When the plant is ready it will flower and produce lots of lovely peppers.I've even got one
where the peppers are growing upwards and upside down leaves. It looks well funny joanne
Buzzy pollinating things are very good at finding their way into even the smallest structure if there is something open for them - door or window. Just imagine how ingenious mosquitoes are in the tropics!! It is true that some plants do grow crops without the pollinating insects, but all are better for a dollop of pollination - lets be honest, aren't we all Whoops, I'll get into trouble for that............
Are your peppers getting enough water and light? Once the tiny peppers or chillies have begun to set they do like a feed, use a tomato feed, any one will do, they all like the same feed and conditions. Light is especially important to the development of any of this kind of fruit - make sure the plants are not overshadowed by something more enthusiastic, like a tomato or cucumber plant. A few fruits do seem to drop with no apparent cause, but you ought to get a crop. All these plants appear to be very late this year, I am usually picking by mid August but there is no chance of that - lets hope we get an Indian summer this year.
Thank you, globetrotter and bookertoo for your advice and encouragement. That's a good point about the mozzies! I've got the doors and windows of the greenhouse-thing as wide open as possible; the technical support guy (AKA hubby) has folded back the green shade as far as possible (I can't reach); and I shall feed and water regularly (the peppers, not the technical support guy). We shall see!
I think that feeding and watering the technical support guy is probably as important as watering & feeding the plants! Light, light and yet more light at this time is I suspect much of what greenhouse crop plants need now - and that not even a brilliant TSG can supply from nature - lets hope for some sunshine to get things ripening.
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Posted by NanaGeraldine (U13896823) on Saturday, 7th August 2010
You're right on both counts, bookertoo! The tomatoes and courgettes would also benefit from warmth and sunshine.
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