Hi fellow pepper heads! I've recently created a FB page for sharing interesting gardening articles and aggregating all of your questions for upcoming videos. If you have something you want answered about peppers in my next video, hit the link and drop me a line in the comments: facebook.com/veronicagrows/posts/161775457877160

@dezertraider

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Veronica,,Fantastic! Can you come over and prune my Refa plant?lol.....When you trim the longer storks,Could you replant/Root hormone them?I live far North in USA,And my season is short,And can use any trick to get peppers canned and stored for winter....I dug up Jalapeno and a Poblano plant and have them wintering in the house.We will see how they do this summer if it ever gets here.lol..TY73s

@justanotherdaddd

6 жыл бұрын

Veronica Flores thanks!

@michaeltaylor9543

6 жыл бұрын

Veronica Flores

@John-Anderson

6 жыл бұрын

Hey there pepper anne you wanna go out sometime we could talk about pruning for hooouurs

@BaiIvan

6 жыл бұрын

Veronica Flores I did pruned my chilli plants 3 weeks ago. How long doss it normally take them to start flowering? They are getting tall again and the new branches are growing upwards instead of sideways.Give me an advice, please...

When it's time to prune the baby peppers, I return to this video for courage. Thanks, Veronica.

@Miracle-ms9hu

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@lotjepetatje

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to this video, 2020 is the first year I dared prune my pepper plants in april. If all of the baby fruit I can see now will grow up, I'll be able to make a lot of hot sauce this year!

@peninaowiti1630

2 жыл бұрын

😆😆 I know right??? I'll keep saying it in my head, Once you occasionally trim well you'll never go back, Veronica said.

Watched this video about 3 months ago. I took your advice and pruned my bells and banana peppers as you instructed. Holy leaping lizards, did it work great!!! Peppers transplanted and never looked better! Thank you for teaching an old fart a better way. I have become an avid fan!!!

@carlymelendez431

5 жыл бұрын

Was just gonna ask about bells, I have minis so idk if it's the same. Gonna try it and see

@MrTitanscout

4 жыл бұрын

Do the plants grow any taller after you cut them off, or just stay short and bushy?

@norskibull2.021

Жыл бұрын

There is also another great technique that puts less stress on the plants, and it’s by pinching and twisting the main stalk, twist back n forth a lil until the plant becomes pliable and you bend it over horizontal to the ground. It’ll form a big ole knot in the stem, creating a super highway for nutes tp travel, plus harden up the stem dramatically, and it’ll force the growth hormone down into the other nodes for a big growth. Super cropping it’s called, you can do this bending on any branches which hardens all branches as well. It’s a form of low stress training

I re-watch your pepper pruning video every year to refresh my memory and embolden myself before pruning my new young peppers. THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN INFORMATIVE VIDEO!

@jorgepuga2303

Жыл бұрын

me too lol

2017 feels like a different planet.

@CH-oh7uw

4 жыл бұрын

Wait till 2030

@colliecandle

4 жыл бұрын

It would IF we lived on a 'planet' ( which we don't )

@c103110a

4 жыл бұрын

@H M You must give 1/2 of all peppers produced to the state.

@c103110a

4 жыл бұрын

@Rich S I wonder if our founding fathers envisioned career politicians who are repeatedly elected for decades by an electorate just looking for greater and greater handouts? Probably not.

@ro31369

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, @Rich S, the moment you open your yap to whine about 'big government', you lose any and all credibility, right? I suppose you prefer a family of corrupt morons running things? And three years ago, lots of scientists saw the potential of something like this coming, and they said so, and #45 spit in their, and our, faces. We had a chance to 'keep our powder dry' but #45 pissed on it. But I'm sure 'blah, blah, blah, FREEDOM!', right?

My first experience of pruning was from a snail eating the head off a plant causing it to bushout immensely. I wish I could thank that snail.

@captainrobots1

4 жыл бұрын

Well it's probably dead now.

@jamcc4467

4 жыл бұрын

LOL That made me laugh. But I do see your point! 🤣

@REBELKIMMAY

4 жыл бұрын

You just did

@wildpassword9100

4 жыл бұрын

Book boom

@wildpassword9100

4 жыл бұрын

Which type of compose u do use?

“I always carry a knife”

@daveyboy8907

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was , she gardens and carry’s a knife..👍🏼

@2112res

4 жыл бұрын

Looking like that....at least a knife

@thebigmick1348

4 жыл бұрын

as soon as she said that I scrolled to the comments to see. wasn't disappointed obviously.

@vasiliexarhos7947

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebigmick1348 are you psychic

@somewherenearloburn2724

4 жыл бұрын

totally hot!

I never thought you could do this, And from now on it shall be done Thanks

My grandpa had always done this and his plans are so thick and lush! ❤️ Those will be gorgeous plants here soon

scariest video I've ever watched on YT - thanks for the comprehensive pruning instruction!! subbed

I have watched this video every year around this time for like the last three years lol.

Thank you for your informational video. I gave it a try and Wow!! My pepper plants are doing amazing!! Thanks again!! Have a great Summer!!

This video had me on the edge of my seat. Love the cutting sound effects with a delay ❤️

Thank you very much. By far the most helpful video on pruning peppers. Definately pruning my peppers today !

@infamousinfamy1

6 жыл бұрын

Are you a Kiwi?

hi, just to give you some feedback on your advice in this video, I did exactly what you said and my plants grew just as you said they would! lovely and bushy. Great tip and I will be doing this every year now. Your a star!

I'm really glad I watched this video. I think I'm actually going to try this method. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful evening.

Very informative! I love how you try and help us over the angst of pruning.. Thanks for the video!

You had me at growth hormone ... as a n00b gardener I've watched a lot of videos about planting and while everyone agrees that leggy plants are bad, nobody has scientifically explained "WHY". thank you

fist time i watch one of your vids. nice clear and simple. loved it!, thank you for sharing

Thank you for the detail instructions and the video showing exactly where you are pruning - this is the first I have heard about pruning peppers. I appreciate your efforts and excitement in working with the peppers.

Really great presentation! I've saved this video and watch it every year when it's time to prune my Shishito peppers. Always get great growth and lots and lots of fruit! Thanks!

This is wonderful! You're great at this.

Thank you for posting this video. It will help me grow stronger, more fruitful plants going forward. Subscribed, not only for the information, but because of the beautiful spirit. You actually care about what you're doing and the content you're sharing. That is genuine and valuable. Thank you and looking forward to watching future videos.

@VeronicaFlores

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining! 🙂

Good material, thank you. I have been pruning tomatoes for years, but not my peppers. This year I have a ton of pepper plants so have plenty to experiment with and try your techniques. Thank you!

I’m growing peppers for the first time and my plants are all getting tall & top heavy. I NEVER would have thought to do this type of pruning, but I’ll give it a try now. Thanks!

I never considered this. Always concerned myself with the roots. I learned a little today. Thank you

This is great. I’m going to cut back my leggy banana peppers. I used to love doing this with roses, snapping off individual leaflets to steer the growth of the plant. I never thought to do it in any other plant. Thank you.

Your smile is so pretty, and your eye is so pure, and the knowledge is very informative! Instant thumbs up and subscribe!!!!!!

I have now watched several of your videos. Very informative. You have also given me the courage to prune my plants. Thanx.

@VeronicaFlores

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Be sure to check out my update on this from a month or so ago if you're still unsure about some of them. :)

Off all the explanations on you tube for pruning peppers, this is the best in my opinion. Thank you

@VeronicaFlores

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

After 20 years gardening I learned something new from you I used to do the tomato but not the pepper👍🏽👍🏽👌🏼👌🏼💋💋

@JonnyChaos

3 жыл бұрын

I was gonna do this with my Red Zebra tomato plant. Did it work?

How cute you are. Thanks for this kind and helpful video. I was just looking for this. Just transplanted my new plants into new pots and will be ready to prune them in a week or two.

Out of ALL the pruning pepper videos I peeped, yours was detailed and to the point. I'm a newbie (since May 2019) and this really helped me to learn EXACTLY WHEN TO PRUNE (3 layers of leaves). I'm going to subscribe and check in with you more often for your advice!!!!

@VeronicaFlores

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Feel free to check out my update to this one as well - there are a few varieties we've collectively found to respond better than others. 🙂

I learn something new everyday, today was your day, very informative. I have started 163 plants groing in my kitchen lol. Thank you

@lydiahelmick8092

5 жыл бұрын

Omg

Wow girl, this worked like charm. I am a new Gardner and this helped me grow tons of chillis.

This is my forth year growing hot peppers now. I finally mustered up the courage to prune last year because of this vid, and my yield was much better. I have you to thank for that, lady.

Just found this channel and I really enjoy your content! I'm from South Africa and I have just started a similar chilli growing journey as a hobby. I'm really enjoying it so far! Thanks for the inspiration and all the useful tips!

Thanks for posting this, Veronica! I'm new to gardening and am learning via KZread videos. Very helpful and encouraging!

Don't know how I ended up here but it's pretty awesome because I have just put my first little ones through germination and into the soil to get them ready for my experimental aquaponic system. I love the Reapers. Not easy to come by here in Mozambique but I have seeds waiting for me in South Africa that I will collect later this year. Awesome vid, my first batch still has some growing to do before they get the cut but at least I have a pretty informed approach thanks to this. Cheers!

This is my first time to watch your video for like the first 5 mins and I went out to the patio to trim my first pepper plant. After that, I finished the other half of your video and went out and trim ✂️all my pepper plants 🌱 . This is very addictive 😂

Wow, I literally stopped the video half way thru and ran out to my raised beds and pruned my peppers that I just planted a week ago. I couldn't wait until the end of the video! Great explanation on how and why you prune peppers!

Update: this actually works! Plants are bushing out nicely. Thanks for the tip!

@benwilliams3539

4 жыл бұрын

simp

This was excellent advice! I followed this and it helped my habaneros and jalapenos. I yielded about 14 pounds of jalapenos from 3 plants doing this and it was indeed very scary at the start, but the yield was great! Thank you for posting this!

@agungadhiasto3642

4 жыл бұрын

I am gonna prune my chili plants, which have just came out from the seeds. How big were they when you pruned your plants? I don't want to do it too soon

@sncddb

3 жыл бұрын

Levintry thank you for your post stating it work with habanero peppers too. First year growing peppers. I’d heard not to top habaneros.....then proceeded to top all my peppers. My habanero is very nice and bushy.🇨🇦🌞

Love your passion for plants!

I also recently started this pruning and it is definitely worth it,using a razor blade works so well for me. The plants look way better and as you say, holds a crop better. Great Channel!

Hey! This is a great video, I just finished pruning my peppers with what I learned here. Thanks! You are so pretty by the way

@mlk08012

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, she is!

Thanks for the great tips... very informative and u have such great knowledge in chilli addiction ☺... Bring on the hot australian summer I say 🤔

Your content and explanation are clear and quite understandable. I love it.❤️

This has helped me more than any video I’ve watched!! Thank you!

Thank you Veronica. I have a cloning set-up, so maybe I will try and root the cuttings after the pruning

Love it! My first major job out of hort school was planting ten acres of hazelnut saplings, and I was so terrified when it came time to top them all.

@VeronicaFlores

5 жыл бұрын

OMG I can't imagine topping my baby hazelnuts right now! That's real bravery lol.

What a great introduction and explanation of pruning. Thank you.

Great video thank you! I really liked your explanations , like u didnt just say....cut at an angle as most gardeners do, but explained why!!! Affording me the knowledge which l had never thought to ask before.....to a low the water to run off.

That was the best instruction on the scary, dark art of pruning I have ever seen. Thank you!! I was always terrified to prune plants, but now with your encouragement, I'm going outside and start pruning away.

I've started growing bell peppers for the first time this year. I've cut the larger leaves off to of my plants.

Saw this video last year. Worked magic for me with my peppers. Getting ready to do it again this year. Thanks, Veronica.

@VeronicaFlores

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

That was a very helpful demonstration. Just what I was looking for. Will tune in again for some more good tips. Thanks.

Growing superhots for the first time, indoors, about 2200 km north of the weather I'm used to. Our season starts late though, so I'm just around 10--14 leaves right now. Last night I watched this and just lobbed off about half of everything I've worked so hard on! Let's hope it pays off! Also - great video.

@MrVangassen

5 жыл бұрын

Did it work? I'm facing the same dilemma right now haha

We really enjoyed this video! Until next time may God bless your days as He always does ours!

Thank you for the informative video!! I was so nervous to do this now I feel more comfortable with it!

awesome! thank you. I'm a first time gardener and just pruned all 3 of my peppers. It hurt my heart a little bit but i'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

clear, well expressed, confidence building for me sitting here surrounded with small pepper plants at just this stage....so here we go (gulp) Subscribed

@VeronicaFlores

7 жыл бұрын

You can do it! And they'll be so much happier and stronger over a longer season. :)

@anth0r

7 жыл бұрын

SirRobinDeSway EXACTLY how I felt haha

@bobvilla7230

7 жыл бұрын

Veronica Flores negative...

@bobvilla7230

7 жыл бұрын

SirRobinDeSway oil

@michaelblausey1035

7 жыл бұрын

SirRobinDeSway w

I am starting a tiny herb garden and have been researching the past few days. Out of all the videos I have seen, you have provided the best tips for pruning plants. I am very impressed. Thank you so much!!!

Great information. I'm a novice at growing peppers and this answered my questions

I can tell plants make you happy! Thank you for sharing !,,😍

Best video on how and why to prune peppers. Beautiful and smart, a real garden Fairy.

Aaaaagh! My peppers and I watched this video... they disappeared and a few seconds later I heard the door slam... and out they ran! GREAT VID! Yes, it does work! (Try to explain that to your peppers...) Watch this video ALONE. Thanks Veronica! Thanks for the vote of confidence of the "haircut"... OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! :)

Thanks for sharing your tips girl....love and respect to you all from Mexico😉

Prettiest Gardner Ive ever seen. Smart as Heck too. God Bless Hun.

Well presented vid with great content. Glad I found you in my suggested vids. Subbed.

@Vector_Ze

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, on both counts!

@roblamont8756

6 жыл бұрын

Tell that rooster to simmer down ! 🐓

i learnt something today and thanks

@peterzebot1795

5 жыл бұрын

You learned it is not necessary or advisable.

Just went out to top 5 of my 8 pepper plants. Hope to plant out in a couple weeks. Didn't quite dare to do them all.... maybe next year. Thanks and enjoy your videos.

I had no idea! Wow I’m going out to prune my peppers now! Thanks!!

""I am a big proponent of pruning peppers." Say that fast six times.

Very informative video. Thank you!

My brother just shared this with me, & i am definitely going to try this out😊😊 thanks so much for sharing!!

I've been looking for help with my peppers! Thanks so much for the video! I prune my tomatoes but never thought to do my peppers.

thanks for shearing :)

@VeronicaFlores

6 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. ;)

@mountaingoat8788

6 жыл бұрын

:)

This was the first year of topping peppers and it makes a real difference if you cut them down near the base. I cut one up higher and it did not bush out like the ones that looked butchered. A few of them, I just pinched the top where it splits and those also did not bush up as well. Just clip it back like a rose bush and wait for the results... My sweet peppers are producing like crazy, already pickled some and the plants are loaded again LOL! Hot peppers are big and bushy and setting peppers all over; one of them is covered with blazing hot peppers OMG

@VeronicaFlores

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear your results have been fruitful as well! This method never ceases to amaze me.

Thanks for a great in depth video. This is my first time planting some peppers. One of my uncles used to keep his tomatoes pruned down to just a few feet tall. I couldn't believe the amounts of beautiful tomatoes he got from those little bushy plants. He said that pruning them concentrated the plants nutrients into the tomato instead of into huge amounts of vine. I have looked at a few videos on pepper plant pruning, yours is by far, the best... I like how you show what to do. Then show what results you have gotten. And yes, I can imagine for the first time it was very scary cutting so much off. But I come from the school of knowing the results before having pruned anything.🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅(I would have used peppers emojis but they didn't have any) Anyway, thank you for a quality video with great descriptions.

Very educated, doesn't mind work or getting dirty, and carries a knife where she goes. I like it lol. Thanks for the great info and keep up the good work

You could also propagate the stem that you pruned off, that way you will also multiply your plants.

Well I'll be damned. I knew I needed to watch this. Excellent advice Veronica! Too late for me this season, but next year, oh yeah. Thank you! ~~jules

Thank you for sharing Veronica. Keep them videos coming.

I’ve grown peppers in containers for 2 years. I’ve never pruned and I always have about 10” at the bottom with nothing and a huge, weighty bush on top. I’m definitely pruning next year.

yep. it is painful for about a week then you can see it begin to change its shape dramatically. Great video sister! Chuck

@VeronicaFlores

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck! I'll have to do an update on these ones as well. They've bushed out quite nicely.

@anthonylauricia1473

7 жыл бұрын

Veronica Flores let's see the results of those you pruned in the video

Going to try it in my garden with the peppers. Yes I would be like what I have to cut off the plant. Thank You for the amazing tips.

I have never prune my peppers (or we call them capsicums). I will try this. I am growing indigo at the moment for my dye pot, but they are leggy. Thank you so much for the video! It was really helpful! ❤️

What great advice! I think most people are too afraid to prune peppers and even to "sucker" tomatoes. I have been growing pepper for a LONG time and have done this forever and it works! :) Thanks so much for your videos, your a natural. :)

@koelynrollison1770

7 жыл бұрын

A video on suckering tomato would be great my mom has tryed to explain it about 100 times and I just dont get it.

@fungi42021

6 жыл бұрын

Peppers grow and heal very similar as cannabis

@jannatulferdous9675

6 жыл бұрын

thoms_here 7

@mandynovakeichelsderfer2538

6 жыл бұрын

I just cut mine💔 it was terrifying🌱💚

@mclinansmith3500

6 жыл бұрын

Mandy Novak Eichelsderfer I feel your pain ✌ I'm about to do the same. I've got a tall lanky plant. Excellent information straight away in this video👍 Best of harvests to you!

Hey this was a great tip. I tried this on my new red bell pepper and its now growing three branches. Thank you so much.

Hi Veronica, I have just started growing peppers I certainly will be trying your technique....Thanks very much

Great video, this old dog learned a new trick. You're great at narrating!

I've always been terrified to prune my peppers. This video was great! Time to experiment :)

@ItsJustMe0585

4 жыл бұрын

How did they do?!

Thank you so much Veronica! I prune my basil but I never thought to prune my peppers! You are amazing! And quite beautiful I must say!

I have a wall of peppers and I wanted to cut my plants by half, but needed some more confidence. Thank you for this video!

Hello Veronica. This is very useful information. I am in Zimbabwe and at the moment my peppers are falling over and are only bearing one or two per plant. I am going to try your method next time and I am sure it will be a much better crop. It's nice of you to share your knowledge. Thanks a lot!

You know that expression, "If I learned one new thing, it was worth the time"? Holy Crap! I've never heard of this and I have 6 peppers just about at the perfect point to prune this year. I've got to try this. Yes indeed, this is scary! You lopped off 70% of the growth on one of those! I can't let my wife see me do this, or she will freak. I'm not sure my explanation will suffice. "Don't worry, honey, I saw this video on KZread..." Thanks for making this video. I'm truly stunned.

@VeronicaFlores

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'll go a little more aggressively on some if they're not performing in the ways I'm looking for... you get a feel for it after a while!

My heart was pounding so loud just watching you cut the pepper heads off! 😂 At least now I know what to do to my peppers 🌶 now . Thank you 🙏🙏

Wow, i am quite speechless. A beautiful woman who plants!!!

Good content, easy on the eyes, a pleasure to watch