Monday, June 18, 2007
what to do about peppers...
My cube neighbor brought a pepper plant to work and it took up residency in my window. It blooms but then the flowers die and new ones open. However, no peppers are forming. I'm assuming that pollination needs to take place in order for the "fruit" to form and we have a lack of bees, butterflies, humming birds, and lady bugs on my sill. Enlighten me if I am right or wrong. Your suggestions are appreciated.
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You may have to man-up, take matters into your own hands, and do the pollinating yourself.
Uh, that is to say, there must be something in the garden section of Home Depot that would do the trick.
I dunno.
It's a pretty plant though.
My mom says you may be on the right track about pollination. It may need bees to cross pollinate with other pepper plants. She also suggested that it may simply be too early in the season.
You need bugs to pollinate. Not just flying things, ants pollinate some plants too. But, look into DIY if you don't have bugs to do it for you.
You are definitely on the right track. Bugs are called pollinators for that reason. From the second picture, it appears that your plant has all the equipment needed. That is the pollen and the stigma on the same flower. Flowers that don't have both pollen and stigma together need cross pollination. If you move the pollen onto the stigma, using a Q-tip or even your finger, it might do the trick.
Beats me. I've never had any luck with peppers. We've planted peppers a few times and on a couple of occasions we got big, healthy, beautiful pepper PLANTS that never produced a single pepper. (We plant them outside.) We've also gotten a couple of plants from time to time that each produced ONE big pepper which began to dry and/or rot before it ripened. I finally declared a "Screw Peppers" policy a few years ago. I stick to tomatoes, a plant so hearty that even I can grow them.
It looks healthy! Sounds like ms.a has the right answer!
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