His hair works as a visor and I absolutely love it. Genius.

@Mighty_Atheismo

13 күн бұрын

Yo that's so funny omg. Hes blessed with good hair cuz no way product is standing up to summer sweating

@vanessaschoettle3380

3 күн бұрын

Hilarious. Wished me all could be blessed like that.

Always pick off the very first pepper you find on your plant, when you first notice it. The plant needs to know that it needs to produce more than one pepper. Remove leaves from the bottom of the plant and compost them. I live far north of Michigan and always have lots of peppers.

@heatherk8931

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hints. I've got 5 or 6 plants, 4". I'm going to pinch and plant them. Hoping to get some, and lots would be nice. 🤗

@singinggreatGranny

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylab539 have you tried growing cucumbers upright, on a fence, kinda like grapes? Works really well!

@likethecolorgreen

2 жыл бұрын

One time I did to one of my plants and it died. I can’t remember what plant it was.

@TheCmadere

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylab539 you don't have enough pollinators. You need to manually pollinate the females

@singinggreatGranny

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylab539 I just take that very first tiny pepper off the plant and any unproductive leaves. Your cuckes might need some shade on the stem and something to cling on. Maybe plant in containers with a trellis?

Hey, you know what i did last year? I planted my pepper plants from seed in Sept/Oct and kept them under flourescant lights all winter. I pruned them hard 2 or 3 times. And they were very large putting in the Spring garden. Right now they are going bonkers. The type of thing you only dream of. I've never before seen anything like it. Tons and tons and tons of peppers of all kinds. :-) Love your channel.

@deborah820

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so smart! I wish I would’ve done that as well! My pepper plants are about 3” tall right now and don’t even have true leaves yet lol

@10actual

2 жыл бұрын

I put an LED grow light on some plants and the plants are really thriving. The grow light (several bulbs on flex) cost less than $40 -- Amazon.

@phall777

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborah820 yes, very unfortunately i did that too THIS year. peppers very small. sigh. well live and learn. next year they will be planted in November.

@highlandscommunityclub1160

2 жыл бұрын

What a great idea!! Will do that, as well as grow some in grow bags and over winter inside.

@smizzmuzic8924

2 жыл бұрын

I just got some lights and I'm gonna try that

I've started overwintering my pepper plants. At the end of the season I dig them up into pots and put them in my basement under grow lights. I was harvesting chilis into March. In Canada!

@natejm

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen some videos on this… I tried last winter with some bell peppers that did well, but I was too late to the party and my soil was too wet and the plants didn’t make it. It was root rot because I didn’t get them dry enough before I pruned them and got them inside. Located in the GTA… good luck in the future and I will try this again… (Peppers we’re container grown in 5gal buckets)

@leslieanne447

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@leslieanne447

2 жыл бұрын

Iv got rwo 5 year old peppers that have an inch and a half stem

@dixiegreen7584

2 жыл бұрын

I produce peppers all winter too. They are biannual plants.

@dixiegreen7584

2 жыл бұрын

@@leslieanne447 wow! they are perennials!

Water every 2 weeks? Here in GA wait 2 weeks to water and they will have been dead for 13 days.. I water almost everyday and the peppers here are doing incredible

@katie7748

2 ай бұрын

Yeah...I'm from the Upper Midwest (but not Michigan, like he is) and mine would be so effed if I ignored them for 2 weeks, especially since I grew mine in pots.

@Crystal_Blue_Persuasion

3 күн бұрын

@bmc007 I'm in north Idaho. In a "normal" spring-early summer, 2 weeks is almost too long to wait, but we're getting gentle rain a couple of days each week. Come summer, with Temps 80-100 degrees, every other day watering seems advisable.

@madeinussr7551

6 сағат бұрын

Lmao have me a laugh

Green thumbs up to everyone growing a garden this year!!! Always something new to learn in the garden, never a dull moment. Thanks for the great tips.

@CambiDred17

Жыл бұрын

Thats because food shortages are coming and we all know it’s how we will survive.

In shorter growing season areas I have learned at season’s end to lift the peppers from the ground (for those not growing in pots all ready) and plant them in pots…cut them way back and place in a frost protected area where they still get light…and continue to water lightly until next spring. The peppers will be far ahead of anything I can grow from seed at next season. Then simply repot or replant in spring. I have peppers setting long before I generally would. Bountiful harvests as well.

Here's a comment from northern Europe. I started pruning pepper plants several years ago and never looked back. But it's a different pruning - I'm trying to get a tall plant, so it can use space efficiently and have a lot of fruit later. At every node where plant splits into two branches, I try to cut one of them, usually the one that is into the plant, so it does not become too bushy and dense. As a result, plants get tall and slender (almost a meter sometimes), like tomatoes, and have big nice fruit. Towards the end of the season I prune tops off completely, so it has energy to ripen existing fruits instead of creating new ones. All of this happens in a greenhouse, growing in 16 liter containers - so I have to use area efficiently, very tall plants help with that. Growing medium is peat, automated irrigation is used, as I am not there every day.

I learned from my father back in the 60's we had and organic farm when organic was not known about . We had a city farm that was grandfathered in of 7 acres . We even had restaurants that bought from us besides neighbors . Word f mouth kept us busy . I am now retired and moved from NJ to VA and still garden

One of the most straight-to-the point videos I've seen from you. Thanks for not beating around the bush on this one.

@SimonHaestoe

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Maybe it's because it was focused on a very simple topic? Or 1 topic?

@skipshep6857

2 жыл бұрын

Get to the point how do you increase fruit production.

@lynnharris6877

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Get to the point sooner and avoid chatter.

@amythinks

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynnharris6877 It's something precious few KZread creators think about. It makes a difference in watch-ability. I'm not here to listen to 5 minutes of why you're making the video or why you're excited to make it or how you felt about the last video you made on this topic. Cut to the chase... Sounds mean, but it's an important concept for creators. When you make your living sharing information, the faster you get to it, the better you're doing your job. Contrast MIGardener with Gary Pilarchik for a prime example.

@lynnharris6877

2 жыл бұрын

@@amythinks Thank you for the recommendation. Deleting this subscription.

I received my first yield in the middle of May. I saw that peppers are perennials. They suggested that you pull them out and put into a pot and protect from winter. We don't have super cold weather in California so instead I covered them with a huge plastic sheet. Wow, out of about 40, I lost 6. They did so well that they are way ahead of newly planted peppers.

@D71219ONE

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you! I tried overwintering mine in my garage in Illinois. I lost all of mine.

@sallywall4385

Жыл бұрын

@@D71219ONE California does not get as cold as Illinois. I don't think we had more than a few freeze days below 30.

@ritasenergyherbs3650

Жыл бұрын

I would imagine they would have to go into a pretty warm environment since peppers like heat, is that right? I heat my house max at 68

@rickwall8941

Жыл бұрын

@@ritasenergyherbs3650 Not really because covered outside we get as low as 30 for short periods of time. I believe 68 is good.

@rickwall8941

Жыл бұрын

@@ritasenergyherbs3650 I think they would be fine inside. Her in CA it can freeze a couple of time each winter. I just covered them with plastic and they survived. It was much colder than 68. out of about 48 I think I lost 6 or 8.

Luke, thank you for sharing your gardening knowledge with all of us. You are a wealth of information and inspiration. 🌱🌱

So glad I had my notifications on. My father in law and I were just talking about how the peppers aren’t doing as great as we think they should be 😂 I immediately sent this to him. Love your channel. Keep up the great work!

@CuriousinNY

3 жыл бұрын

Hi SM, one thing I wanted to clarify is that the reason his two plants that had fruit were so tiny was BECAUSE they had fruit on them. In the beginning when you plant out your peppers you first want to make sure that 1) if there are any buds on the plants you take them off. Don’t let it flower. 2) don’t plant out the peppers into the garden until the nights are no longer going below 60. They hate being cold and this stresses them out and could stunt their growth. 3). Like Luke said, you want the plant to develop so a fertilizer with a higher N of the NPK, like Alaskan Fish Fertilizer which is a liquid and has a nitrogen of 5 and the other two numbers are 1 and 1. (5-1-1). This allows the pepper plant and roots to get established. If the weather is warm then fertilize with this type of fertilizer once a week with a good soaking. If it’s cool and raining, still fertilizer once a week but just pour a little over the top of the plants on a day that isn’t raining so this way you are foliar feeding and not drowning the roots. Once you see new flowers develop then switch to a liquid fertilizer where the “P” is higher. Something like 2-6-4.

I pinched out the tips on all my peppers as soon as the plants had at least 6 lower leafs. I did this last year for the first time AND my green peppers plants grew into thick healthy multi stem bushy plants LOADED with peppers👍🙌🙌 i live in northern michigan zone 5...I started all my peppers inside march 1st.. I pinched out the growing tips on my peppers this year also and they are multi stem bushy plants loading up with buds now and gonna produce a ton of pepper this season too👍🙌 No more tall leggy pepper plants with 5 peppers no i have literal pepper bushes that produce lots of peppers.😁

@alexisfelice

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tip! I went out to my garden and did this just now :)

@2ShoesMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexisfelice it's to late now,she did it a month ago

@davidniemi6553

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting -- that is an earlier approach for "pruning" than I'd heard before, probably worth a try on types of peppers prone to being too tall and narrow. However, some varieties (like ghost or habaneros) are prone to super-bushy grown habits anyway, so it probably wouldn't make sense for them. I'm curious whether your plants prone to be leggy while growing inside -- mine do not get leggy at all (I use focused LED lights), but from what I've heard from people using fluorescent grow lights they tend to get leggy plants.

@shawne1966

3 жыл бұрын

It is not to late in zone 5 to pinch out the very tips of green peppers and other peppers to get them to bush out...last year I pinched out the very tiny growth tips on June 30th after I watched a video on KZread about doing it and they turned into bushy productive strong plants..but the earlier the better...

@redbone7040

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent😜👌

Thanks Luke, you provided information about pruning pepper plants which I needed; I live in Pennsylvania and due to the shorter growing season I have decided not to prune the plants as you advised for a short growing season; I appreciate your advice and your many videos take care and have a good day

Love all the advice. Being in Michigan with such a small growing season got me into hydroponics and indoor gardening. For our pepper plants we create a huge mound or like a volcano around them and it holds in water too. Works great for the outdoor gardens!

Very informative. You've cleared up questions I've had growing my peppers over here in Wisconsin. Awesome. I won't worry about topping them, because of the short warm season here.

We tried topping for the first time last year. We are in Maryland and had the same experience you describe. The plants we did not top prune got way more fruit than the ones we topped. Thanks for your videos!

Having this exact issue right now. Bell pepper plant with one fruit that hasn’t grown much while the rest of the garden is going crazy. Great video.

I live in Montana, very short growing season. I never used to top my plants and only got 3-5 peppers on each plant.. When I started topping my pepper plants, I got tons of peppers.. I always top mine now!!

@juliejames917

2 жыл бұрын

I topped mine for the first time. I was terrified. But now they are extremely bushy off the sides and look great. No flowers yet, but it’s been 115 degrees here which is miserable. I don’t blame them for being stubborn.

@dncviorel

2 жыл бұрын

That makes no sense. Topping the pepper plants sets you back by 6-8 weeks. Also, no professional farmer will recommend topping your peppers.

@truthtalker4038

2 жыл бұрын

@@dncviorel No it doesn't set them back 6-8 weeks.. if it did, I wouldn't get any peppers! We have the shortest growing season! I know what I'm talking about... It's just like marijuana.. people top their plants to get a bigger yeild, and it doesn't set them back but a week, maybe! Obviously, you didn't read what I wrote.. I used to NOT top my peppers, and I would get maybe 4-5 peppers per plant in a whole growing season, but when I started topping them, I got tons per plant! I know from experience, and I know what I'm talking about! I'VE DONE IT! Obviously, you don't garden???

@dncviorel

2 жыл бұрын

@@truthtalker4038 That's very surprising, I'm going to experiment this method as nobody recommended to me, on the contrary. Thanks, buddy!

@rafika816

2 жыл бұрын

Topping my peppers 🌶 has yielded great results for me, too. The payoff is worth it.

I needed this video. I have a few pepper plants. It’s my first time with peppers

Growing big in Wisconsin! Thanks for the tips on peppers. Going to pick a couple of peppers tomorrow morning based on your input. Thanks!

You, and the garden planting guide I got from your store, are really helping me to keep trying some things I have failed with in the past. Last year, thanks to advice from James P's Gardening Channel, I grew great carrots. I already have strong pea plants knee high by mid May, thanks to... some garden person on KZread I am sure. haha. Thank you for the great advice on peppers. I have starts going, so I hope to have a good year for peppers, because my son uses them in most of his cooking.

Great thorough video. Thanks for walking is through the process. I have a long growing season so i top my peppers when they first produce 4 to 6 adult leaves. The pepper plants are bushy and strong. The serrano pepper plant that I didn't top off is very leggy but is producing well. Applying compost and a balanced organic fertilizer helps a lot.

I didn’t use any fertiliser in my garden this year. Best harvest I’ve ever had. I cover crop in winter and add compost in spring. Usually I’m struggling to get three months tomatoes, this year I picked for six months. Love compost. ❤️

@melissadavis5954

2 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to do "compost in place" or "trench compost" and last fall I threw my daughter's pumpkin in my flower garden and this year when my tulips came up, the ones that were under the pumpkin were 3 times as big as the rest. It pretty much confirmed that I need to start composting in place/ trench. (Not separately because I never get around to actually doing it). Throwing it on the ground is so easy. 😂 I've never had fertilizer make that big of an impact.

@juneshannon8074

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissadavis5954 what a great accidental experiment. Just goes to show that the gardening stores have been conning us for decades

@cherylkygirl7181

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissadavis5954 better to bury them a bit to speed up decomposition and prevent flies

@MrCheche153

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissadavis5954 Anytime I prune my plants(except for disease pruning), I drop the fruit or leaves directly under the plant and let all the nutrients it took to make them go back into the soil. However, I have started to switch it up and added the printed plant matter into a large bucket of water to make liquid compost/fertilizer.

@se5594

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean you actually covered up your plants?

I do the same with my strawberries 🍓 Hurts in the moment because they go in the compost but the plants leaf out way more and I get more strawberries down the line! ♥️

Thank you for this. Some of my pepper plants have done that in the past (early fruiting). This was very helpful. I'm going to pass this along to my husband.

I did this and picked the early bell peppers and ate them. I think the smaller peppers seemed more bitter but I'm glad to know it may have helped my plants in the long run.

@suckinDiesel44

3 жыл бұрын

They're usually nice to eat once they turn that forest green colour

A wealth of knowledge… and very timely for my first “save over winter peppers”(slow motion growth into summer)… Now I have some tricks to try…. : ) thanks MI gardener! 🐸

I've never actually had problems with my peppers once they're in the ground. They always end up big, beautiful, and very productive. Very little actual intervention from me. Also, like beans, I make sure to pick them regularly to get them to keep making more flowers. It's the early stages as seeds and seedlings indoors that's the tricky part for me. That's getting lots better though too, keep heat mat at 80* while germinating (which takes a long time...85* for hot peppers, and they take longer), keep grow light on from the get go because they will actually pop up unexpectedly and get leggy literally overnight...good luck!

Peppers are one of the few plants I have had success with during the summer here in central Florida. But I do find them to be slow growing so this info will be put to good use. Thank you.

Feels like he’s giving the plants a lecture.

Every year as soon as I water the pepper plants with compost tea they take off like crazy!!! IDK what's in there but they love it!

@ilovejackass8

3 жыл бұрын

Whats compost tea?

@wayneking9997

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovejackass8 It's compost mixed with water

@Bekdog95

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovejackass8 if you own rabbits or know someone who does you can also soak their manure in water and use that

@shirleyk623

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovejackass8 Sara, you would ger a better understanding of composr tea by doing a Google search.. There are a few ways to make it. I'm not saying the other comments are valuable, but it's more detailed online. Happy gardening😄😄😄😄😄

@litaanderson1589

3 жыл бұрын

@@phifediggy9659 yes a compost weed tea just cut those weeds specially neetles from your yard and put them in the bucket with water let it sits for weeks/months keep adding weeds scraps and use it for watering your vegetables. By my experience i used it for my veggies they sure turn very green and healthy, i believed it is full of nitrogen.

Your timing is perfect! My dad was a Gardner & always said “Plants are like puppies, there’s always a runt”. I don’t know it that’s really true or not. lol. I just thought I happened to buy all the runts at the nursery last year! 😂I missed out on a garden this spring because of a move. 😢. It seems many of us were wondering what was wrong or had questions. Friends like you are a treasure. Thank you!

@wherami

2 жыл бұрын

Its true

@royboggs3849

2 жыл бұрын

Also, new plants are just babies!!! They need lotsa nutrients & water to develop properly!

@hazelbrungard1623

2 жыл бұрын

You can also cut the peel and place under your rose bushes at the roots.

@artstamper316

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazelbrungard1623 Cut what peel? I got lost there.

@hazelbrungard1623

2 жыл бұрын

@@artstamper316 Potassium. Banana peel hence cut and place under roots. Mi g a rdmer talks about banana peels about half eat thru present as toon. Bone meal too.

Appreciate the fertilizer advice and that you give alternatives to what you like. So hard for someone just beginning to understand how to substitute.

love your point about short growing seasons and not topping plants .

I think taking off early fruit is beneficial for just about every plant. I now do it for peppers, citrus, tomatos, cucumbers - the lot. Once you've got a couple of seasons growing experience and don't get giddy at the first sign of a fruit growing it's easier to absorb the loss of that one or two fruit knowing that it'll give back in spades later.

@apteryx7080

Жыл бұрын

that's great advice, thanks for sharing 👍

@evil1by1

Жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. I've done that and Ive skipped it and I can't say I've noticed any big difference in fruit set. My best year ever I didn't pinch but I do prune aggressively. I have noticed much smaller fruit and more disease if I don't.

@miketate8554

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda like topping a cannabis plant. It sucks at first then it explodes with growth

@se5594

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to try this! Thank you

@terribradburry864

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad people post tips and hints on here!! I’m a first time gardener and have learned LOTS of valuable info just reading comments! I live in zone 6b, so we have quite a long growing season. I “almost” gave away some of my smaller pots that I am now going to use to overwinter my peppers in anticipation of next spring. :). Just didn’t know peppers are perennials! Haha

Thanks so much for the information! I'm having this problem right now. Those peppers are getting picked in the morning!

This is very true! I planted 2 types of bell pepper plants and they were tiny little 4-5 inch things. One of them is now loaded with peppers and the other is producing its first fruit. I had completely ruled them out as stunted. Also, the one that is loaded took off after I harvested its first fruit.

I'm so grateful to have your advice! It's hard to follow some of what other channels say because they're from much warmer climates with longer seasons - your channel has been so valuable to me as a fellow Michigander! :)

Good tips! Thanks. I am in Melbourne Australia. I managed to keep a capsicum plant (with small capsicums - variety named Wings) in a container fruiting over the winter, even though we are a cool temperate climate here. This morning I cut it back by half and repotted it as it's early spring and it was starting to produce new growth, so hopefully, it will keep going and I will get early fruits. The root ball looked very healthy. Anyway, some of you in the northern hemisphere might want to try this approach. At the end of autumn, I placed the container under a roofed patio, facing the north (in northern hemisphere this would mean facing your plants towards the south). The fruits that were produced over winter were very tasty and sweet.

@visnuexe

2 жыл бұрын

I have done this for a couple of years now.

@moonxshakti

Жыл бұрын

We freeze here, and the sun is too low for some plants in the winter. You would need a greenhouse at minimum, and then it takes extra to keep the greenhouse from freezing. Just part of the perks of living in a year round above freezing climate for you, that things live.

This guy has a face of someone genuinely happy. I hope I'm not wrong.

My pepper plants last year were so fantastic, i almost wish id have tried the overwintering thing with them. I want to mention here, that i took a small brush and self pollenated each flower whenever i thought about it. I also did this with the tomatoes. Bees are getting rarer, and do the brush thing, just go over each flower stamen, then go back over all of them. You will have so much fruit, my garden was the best ever. Also used miracle grow which attaches to my hose and fertilizes them i did this twice in the entire season.

Thanks for the info. Going to use some of this this season. I've grown peppers for a long time and b usually they do well, but this year not so much. We've had some really crazy weather this year where some days are over 90 degrees, but then we get a 40 degree night on occasion. My plants are setting too early and dropping most of it when it gets hot or cold. Still have 3 more months here so I think we can turn it around. Best of luck to all!

Hi Luke! I'm in PA so not much difference in growing season if at all. I do have great luck with yields when I pinch the top center growth off when plants have about the 6th set of true leaves. They bush out,and seem to be so much more productive. I also get those ones that are stumpy... happy growing!!

4:35 Here is Arizona, I have found that peppers LOVE our long hot growing season. So, I always top my plants and eend up with a ton of fruit! I've never really thought about places with shorter seasons until now. Thank you Luke!

@bredixon7685

2 жыл бұрын

I am also in az and never see videos that help our type of weather lol.

I love pepper and grow many pepper varieties and yes, they love nitrogen and love sun and because I'm living in a country where we had sun almost all year long pepper thrive here. You are so correct about water, we here need to make sure the plant didn't stress so much because in mid day pepper plants will wilt so fast if not enough water on the ground. Love your channel.

This is PERFECT timing!! My plants are just not growing (NC zone 7b.) Thank you for this video.

Excellent point you made on topping. Most plants, no matter what species, go through a shock period after topping. Many vegetable, fruit plants don't respond well at all after topping. They send emergency response signals to the system that all energy should go to recovery from being topped, and they'll will produce little to no fruit or vegetables. A storm took out a tree in my yard two weeks ago. The 60 ft. tree fell southeast right across the garden. It broke several tomato plants and pepper plants off right at the top main stems. I left the plants in and they're going to produce, but it's obvious even at this time in mid June, they aren't going to thrive the way the undamaged plants will for the growing season. The damaged pepper isn't even setting buds, and the tomato plants have just started setting one set of buds each, while the other tomato plants have on average about 50 flowers ea.

I’m in NJ zone 7a and i never top my peppers, last season each plant gave me around 50 peppers each and I made a load of hot sauce for family and friends. I grew the kind that humans shouldn’t be eating lol

@VashtheStampede007

2 жыл бұрын

Until you meet Li Ziqi. People from that province put hot pepper in everything. The kind that comes out 💩 burning the other end ... 😅

@missietgardendelight6029

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@kevinayaz7805

2 жыл бұрын

@@dequan9867 I grow other types as well but the ones I am talking about include the trinidad scorpion, caramel moruga scorpion, dragons breath, and carolina reaper.

@rafika816

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinayaz7805 You reap what you sow.

Thanks so much for this video! I’m in northern Iowa so similar growing conditions, but we have had a very hot spring. My vegetables don’t know what to do this year. I’ll definitely try these tricks out to see if I can get more pepper yield.

I start all my plants from seed in winter using milk jugs and I put them right outside all winter . In spring I have huge plants. Waited this year because of frost. Works great on flowers as well. Happy planting

Everything you are telling us makes so much sense for my growing area. I planted 52 peppers last year and had a huge crop. I was very happy and still eating those peppers all last winter. I never used trifecta plus. We use wood ash, bone and blood meal. Really appreciate your information.

@JohnCooperWilliam

2 жыл бұрын

How do you enjoy them that long? Freeze, can, dry?

@JeanneKinland

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnCooperWilliam We use a variety of methods: frozen, dehydrated, pickled jalapeno, Jalapeno jelly and jams, Cowboy candy. Use a combination of mild and hot to make jelly.

@JohnCooperWilliam

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeanneKinland sounds good! I'm always looking for ways to preserve things better. Thanks

@CureConnect2024

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that dwarfer plants gave fruits earlier is a result of genetic variation within the same species

@countrylife8853

2 жыл бұрын

We are still eating from last year's pepper. I had around 30 + plants n got lots n lots of laundry baskets full of pepper. We cut them up an put them in the freezer. We did our Onions the same in middle of April, they were starting to turn soft n some rotting so we cut them up for the freezer. Very handy:)

I’ve learned so much from your channel about growing vegetables. I am a 2nd year vegetable gardener and have expanded my garden with various vegetables. Your tips really are helpful so keep up the great work!

Thanks for this information Luke. I had always wondered why my peppers did just as you explained .

Thanks! I really hate pruning but found out a couple years ago it worked when a deer ate my plants down to the stem in July. I had one of the best harvests ever! LOL Unbelievable - it made a believer out of me. I am using your seeds by the way and have dozens of plants tucked in everywhere.

I've already got Fresno Chilis pumping out fruit here in Georgia. Pretty nice. Gotta love this state where the weather guy will say we're in a drought while we're having flooding problems.

I take my banana peels and fill my blender with water and blend the peels in there and then put that on my plants as a feed. Breaks down much faster!

@swishswoosh6556

2 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea!

@bobjob3632

2 жыл бұрын

I do the same. So far so good.

@jacksons1636

2 жыл бұрын

I started using my blender this year to emulsify all smaller garden cuttings, left over raw kitchen vegetables, citrus, fruit, etc, adding a couple tbsp. of cider vinegar because of the alkaline/clay soil in my area. You can also add a bit of Miracle Grow or similar fertilizer of your choice, but optional. I mix 1/2 of the full blender emulsion with about about three gallons, of water and feed my garden & flowers. Milk, preferably lower fat or powdered, is another options to add calcium. In my case I mix about 1/4 milk with 3/4 water in a 3 gallon container. For this first time this year, I am using the blender & milk feedings, and my small garden & flowers are showing off with good results, green leaves, pretty flowers and nice fruiting. Happy gardening.

@kristenharper8464

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! dang. I thought I'd thought of that

@ramjitimrit996

2 жыл бұрын

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Perfect timing Luke. Thanks so much!

Agree 💯 on not topping pepper plants in a short growing season area. Great info... Thank you!

I learned a trick many yeas ago to get many peppers on your plant. When the plant puts forth flowers you make a solution of epsom salt and water and spray them. This causes the flowers not to fall off and you produce many peppers. However the peppers being so many will produce smaller fruit.

@truthtriumphant5503

3 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the amount of water to salt? The smaller fruit would be better for us...I would love to experiment anyway...sounds like a good trick.

@joseph9531

3 жыл бұрын

@@truthtriumphant5503 About a couple of teaspoons. Epsom salt has high magnesium content and it can be used as a fertilizer for grass and vegetables but for the leafy kinds.

@truthtriumphant5503

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseph9531 Is that per quart or gallon...We have used it in the garden before ...and need to beef up on the uses again ...thanks for the reminder.

@rossh8293

3 жыл бұрын

@@truthtriumphant5503 that other dude has no idea what he’s talking about. Put a teaspoon of epsom salt around the base of your plants. Do not spray onto the plants. This helps bloom set.

@truthtriumphant5503

3 жыл бұрын

@@rossh8293 thank you ...I believe that is how we use to use it...now that you mention...

Thank you for the info…but I have to say it…the hair is looking spectacular! 😀

@MIgardener

3 жыл бұрын

Really? I can't wait to get a haircut haha

@artherenewilliams7435

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I was thinking the same thing.

@sherry2836

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I was wondering if anyone else would comment on his gorgeous hair.

@mamawsharonj

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I was like wow I love what he’s doing with his hair!🤣🤣🤣

@natashap6633

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing!!

perfect video for solving the fruiting and plant growing issues. very informative. i have actuall taken notes on your video...fantastic. got all the answers i needed regarding the NPK. thanks a million.

Wondering the same thing, all my plants seem to be a bit slower than last year this time. Thanks for the tips!!🙏🏽

Thats what happen to me the last 2 years. This year I changed location , loosened up the soil and added nutrients. Hopefully they will be fuller and more fruitful

I was just outside this morning looking at my pitiful pepper plants and eggplants, feeling very discouraged by them. Perfect timing for this video. Thanks! 😁 Sounds like I need to get out there and give them some nitrogen. I think I'll use the nettles growing in my backyard.

I really appreciate your hard work and the great information, I have been doing this all my life, and I learn so much from your videos. We did a potato bed like u showed in a video and they are doing wonderful.. the flowers have fallen off now and we reached down and pulled a beautiful potato out, folks here kinda actually poked fun at us.. not anymore. Thanks to you I have some wonderful potatoes..I appreciate ya here in Tennessee ..

This is great because I’m have these problems right now and now I know what to do. Thank you very much.

Great tips! I like to do both to stagger the harvest a little bit. On some of my peppers I will remove flowers only in the beginning (these I will harvest first) and on other pepper plants I top them in order to get off branches and a stronger main stem/branches. Those second set of plants I will harvest sometimes through to October, depending on the weather and if I can cover them.

Luke, thanks for explaining about topping. I hadn't heard about that until a few months ago, and I wasn't sure if it was something I should do or not (I'm in MN), so you settled that for me!! :)

@MIgardener

3 жыл бұрын

So glad it helped! Happy gardening :)

I think you saved my garden this season hear in Michigan with your helpful videos, Thank you! Subscribed

Time related progress is a patient’s game. Love your videos.

I live in PA and tend to have shorter growing seasons...what i do is when pepper plants in pot before being set out and planting in garden reach their 3rd to 4th full set of leaves i do a single topping, then once planted in garden and take hold they will grow tall and bushy with plenty of fruit. I plant bells, japanese swt, swt banana, ect with great results.

I am symbiotic with ur gardening tips since i live in eastern Ontario i.e. close by in terms of Zone metrics. Ur technical analysis is better or superior to other garden talking heads especially from outposts like Australia which have little relevance to us in cool climates or South Carolina. I did not know that early season pepper plants like mine have already some hot peppers but the plant is a dwarf. I think u hit the botany real well on this subject, peppers are a hot weather genre n us naive northern gardeners believe short seasons are equivalent to our 2-3 month growing season here in Canada vis a vis 9 months in Mexico. Thanx for ur tech analysis and fertilization regime for us so we can exploit our environment in this era of food price escalation n God forbid food shortages this winter (2022) which seems on the horizon...

I live in Tucson AZ and just started planting hot peppers. I have Anaheim, Tabasco, Habanero and Cayenne off shoots about 5 days old. I had no idea how to make them grow fast and increase the yield until I saw your post. Wish me luck. I'm planning to make real hot spicy Mexican food with them!

Thanks Luke! Your knowledge is amazing and so helpful.

Here in the west I’m planning to move my in ground pablano (that’s in the shade) into a 3 gallon container so it can be placed in a sunny area. I think it will need more water than just once every other week. We don’t have humidity to worry about and currently going thru a drought so I’ll be watching it as the season progresses. Hope you can revisit this topic in about a month and show us how your peppers are growing.

@lightingbug

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in California and have some containers and fabric bags. I've set up drip irrigation and water my peppers twice a day 15min each. Containers always need more water for retaining moisture and nutritant use.

I had seen youtubers recommending that you top your pepper plants to get them to bush out more and produce more, but as our plants continued to mature my instinct was to not top them, and now many of them are producing multiple fruits and the plants are thriving. Maybe next year I'll top one of each variety we grow just as an experiment, but here in Michigan I decided it was better to just grow a lot of pepper plants to get the amount of production we're wanting, so far so good!

@visnuexe

2 жыл бұрын

The one pepper plant I did not trim until quite late during winter is languishing with yellow leaves, but still producing. I put epsoms salt in water and watered them before a rain, but they are still not recovering as of yet. Will have to look up the problem somewhere.

@notl3var

2 жыл бұрын

Start seedlings 6-4 months before June 1st inside under grow lights and prune/top them and let them focus on foliage growth during the spring until it’s summer time, then transplant outside and enjoy all the fruit.

@cassandracross-soto4133

Жыл бұрын

I have a Facing Heaven pepper plant I started from seed. I grow inside my apartment on my windowsill so I can’t afford to top my plants as the amount of peppers I generally get are already so minimal. But, the pepper plant is producing a lot of fruit untopped. This is great as the plant I got the seed originally from is also on my windowsill in its second year but may or may not make it to year three? I now have a great back-up plant.

Night temps dropping into low 50s. THANK YOU!

I just learned why my peppers and even cucumbers did not do well at all by this video! I watered mine daily! It’s my first ever garden, and I thought since I live in Texas where it’s so hot, they needed tons of water! Thx for sharing!

I’ve always done a foliar spray with epsom salt (about a tablespoon in a gallon of water) once I’m noticing blooms. I only do it two or three times during the fruiting season. I do the same to the tomatoes. If I’m already doing a baking soda spray, I just add in a little Epsom salt. Edit: if anyone tries this, remember to not do foliar sprays during the heat of the day or while they’re in direct sun!

@jenn4393

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip👍

@priscillafuentez8382

2 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend early morning? I'm in Texas and the heat/direct sun is gnarly.

@Car-jy8pw

2 жыл бұрын

@@priscillafuentez8382 I’m in Texas too. Morning is good, but I’d wait till we have a bit of a cold front (at least 90 degrees). Your plants will struggle to set fruit as long as it’s this hot no matter what you do!

@jeanclowers3709

2 жыл бұрын

Can i get the amount of dakeing soda per gallon please?

@Car-jy8pw

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanclowers3709 yeah. I use a half gallon sprayer. 1 tablespoon of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, and a few drops of dish soap. It’s to prevent or treat powdery mildew or any kind of blight. I use half the amount of baking soda if it’s to use on beans or something else that burns easily. But this amount works great for squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, zinnias, and peppers.

I really needed this video now... I'm growing my own garden for the first time, and everything is doing well more or less... But my peppers are looking pathetic. It's been so cold for a long time here, and then it suddenly became too hot. At the beginning of the season it rained every single day, and now when we need it, it didn't rain for about month or so. With peppers I felt rather discouraged to continue growing them, there were days when I literally felt like going in the garden and just plucking them all out and try replacing them with something else. What I wanted to say with all this is -thank you for the video, it came in the right moment for me, and thanks to you I'll try and do my best to save my peppers and get the best out of them... And in the end if they don't meet my expectations, at least I'll know I've tried my best and definitely learned a lot so hopefully will do better next year.

Thank you. This answered all my questions about peppers! Great video!

Most of your video about gardening, and I followed your advices. It works. Thanks 👍

We start our plants inside, January, February, top them in April, transplant outside after May 10th, sometimes after May 20th, and then we water with Apple cidar vinagar, water and epsom salts to concentrate on root growth, along with watering times to draw out roots, then we get huge plants and many fruit, we are NW Ohio, basically MI

@groussac

2 жыл бұрын

What's the formula for the vinegar + water + epsom salts, and how often do you apply? Middle of Iowa here, so probably pretty close in climate to you guys. Strategy is lots of compost, and waiting til the heat breaks and partial shade from a maple tree as the sun moves lower in the sky. They seem to like sun, but like to take a break from it during the day. However the Jimmy Nardellos came in like gang busters late June. Nice to have something to munch on as you wait for the Belles & Jalapenos...

@TheGypsyandtheVanillaGorilla

2 жыл бұрын

@@groussac one cup AC Vinagar, to 5 gal water, (2 Tbls. To 1 gallon). Epsom salts are applied at base of plant in granules, unless it's and emergency, can make a slurry, handful to a gallon, epsom salts won't hurt them to much, but just the same they won't use but whatever they want, so too much is a waste. Apply bi weekly after in ground, I keep vinagar in all my water, cause it helps with so much.

Extensive studies on green pepper plants have been done and those studies indicate that watering everyday during the hottest months produces the greatest yield of peppers. I've been doing that for a very long time and I've had excellent results.

@143366220798

2 жыл бұрын

Did you sure plant food also

@markfairbanks3533

2 жыл бұрын

@@143366220798 I have compared horse manure that I add at the beginning of the season, and plenty of wood chip. Then I usually water with a fertilizer once to twice per year. I would probably get better results if I fertilized more, but I've burnt my peppers by over fertilizing, so I try to limit what i add.

This was super helpful, thank you. I'm in Vermont so a very similar climate and my peppers are still little. But this is good to pay attention to.

Here in Oklahoma peppers thrive we do have a longer growing season and I do keep mine watered. Thank you so much for sharing! Love peppers. Have a blessed day! Wendy🦋🐞🌷🌸🌺

@cherylwilson716

2 жыл бұрын

Do you top your peppers? I am afraid to top them now since it is now almost June. Also from Oklahoma.

Last year my jalapeños reached 16 inches and produced 2 peppers. I planted everything, including my jalapeños and so far we have harvested enough to pickle 24 16 oz jars. All my other pepper varieties and everything else I grow is booming as well… what I did different was remove early flowers and prune off old leaves to provide more air circulation… my jalapeños are right at 5 feet tall now and producing like crazy… I live in Georgia! Also I use a 4-18-38 fertilizer amended with calcium nitrate and Epsom salt(Magnesium Sulfate). Same with tomatoes! My tomatoes are right at 10 feet tall already…

@southernstream4966

2 жыл бұрын

@FE Gemini What fertilizer brand and where did you purchase it, please?

This topping advice is incredibly valuable. Thank you for straightening this out.

@bigflatsominxy9038

3 жыл бұрын

I top them when they are very young and still in the greenhouse. But I stop once they are outside planted.

@joshspunkrockgarden9914

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigflatsominxy9038 same here. I'm in NY with a pretty similar season to Luke's. I start my peppers early and top them when they're young so they get side branches, but once they're in the garden they don't get pruned unless the deer come by for a snack.

@SciaticaDrums

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigflatsominxy9038 Me too

Less than 2 minutes in and I'm already understanding the problem with my peppers. And feeling very hopeful of what will come when the weather heats up🌞🎉

We're blessed in our area to have the time to top peppers! It definitely helps a lot!

In area with short growing season, ALWAYS start growing them indoor. ALWAYS top the plants and remove all the first few sets of flowers to promote more more flowering before transplanting them outside.

I tried everything to grow lot's of peppers but nothing worked until I started cutting off the tops of my peppers. Once I did that, wow! I live near Buffalo, NY and our growing season is short, but I got about 8 large peppers per plant, enough for fresh eating, freezing, and dehydrating into pepper powder. Now all my family does this for large crop yield.

Thank you, sharing! Love the way your bang shelf shades your eyes 😎

I just picked a full green pepper but, all the blooms fell off. This video is perfect. Thank you so much!

1 big key to growing bigger pepper plants and getting more fruit.... is always start from seedling. Most big box stores are selling clones of plants from last year. Or off a mother plant. Which if it came from a already grown and mature plant then they won't grow as big. Also they will start to set fruit alot sooner.

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

I never knew that but it makes total sense. Thanks !

Another thing you can do for your bell peppers is trim all the lower leaves, and the leaves that are above the fruits. The more leaves that are on a bell peppers, the less fruiting.

@cassandracross-soto4133

Жыл бұрын

Just did this for my fresh bites orange pepper plant. A lot of green foliage and tall but only one lonely pepper. My jalapeño is tall with half the amount of leaves and is putting out a good amount of peppers. Figured the jalapeño plant was trying to tell me something?😂

So much on point practical advice. Thanks Luke

I love all you information and you state your from MI. I’m a first time Gardner and was listening to someone growing in California. Much longer growing cycle. The only thing I wish you added to some of your videos was where to find the sources of your fertilizer down below. Some of the things you mention I’m finding SO hard to find. I really appreciate the knowledge you are sharing.