Will pulling the peppers off my jalapeno plant encourage more growth?

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Me22

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I have a 1 ft. tall jalapeno plant that is producing some pretty nice sized peppers. Right now there are six of them all about 1in. in dia and 1 1/2in. long... They are almost done I think...

Will pulling them off encourage more pepper growth?


Same question goes for my big boy tomatos, grape tomatos, habenaro peppers, chili peppers and my red bell peppers...

Thks for any help...
 
Hidden Dragon

Hidden Dragon

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Since no one else is responding, yes, picking the peppers will stimulate more production, but it sounds like from the size of your peppers, they could grow quite a bit bigger. I would just let them gow until they stop growing.
 
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Me22

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Thks for the help guys... I ended up picking them 2 days ago now... but I can already start to see new ones forming... Awesome...

Anyone ever tried to clone there "other" plants light veggies before?

I just picked up a ton of cloning junk and want to clone some of my veggies... does it work basically the same way?

Thks:joint:
 
P@ssw0rd

P@ssw0rd

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I'm sure many starts sold in nurseries are clones, Tomatoes would probably be the easiest, Good Luck
 
durbinexpress

durbinexpress

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jalapenos grow to be about three inches when mature. picking early will screw with the vine ripening altering the taste and heat, so experiment and see when you like to pull them. leaving any fruit on the a plant after the fruit matures tells the plant that it has fulfilled its duty of reproduction and it will stop producing more fruit. keeping the plant harvested of its fruit will trick the plant into growing more fruit to insure its reproduction.
 
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Me22

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Thks again for the info... I tying to clone one of my tomatoe plants.. so far so good. It looks great and like it might work out.. only in second day though so I could be wrong...

Clipped it, dipped in water for 30 sec., dipped in some rooting compound and then put it in a pete pellet and then under the dome.. so well see.

Just picked up some Cherry Bomb Pepper.. Very Hott and looks just like a grape tomatoe ;-) lol can't wait to have fun with these at dinner.

Thks again...
 
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trich1022

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also remember that allowing the plant to grow bigger and branch more without pinching it will increase yield (i grow my plants to 8 ft tall) also plant more than one and let them touch. I can't explain how or why it works but they like to touch.
 
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Trashed

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All I can say is I always start picking my peppers of as soon as they start to show color other than green, Old folks around here say that if you do that they'll keep makin' all the way 'til first hard frost. seems to keep them growing a little longer.
 
Twistyman

Twistyman

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I'm growing Scotch Bonnets and Hybrid chili,s..and I've never heard anything to suggest that would work, seeing as once the flower (where the pep. grow from) cycle is over..... imo
 
South Texas

South Texas

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Once the "seed pod" has been "eaten" by animals, the plant strives to reproduce to save itself. Yes, pick & your harvest will strive to produce more to assure reproduction. Dude, You've got the hottest pepper in the world growing!!!! 1000 X's stronger than the jalepeno. But you know this. What you plan to do with them? I've got a couple ideas, if interested. Dry soil, hot...er. Moist soil, not as hot. It's the "tooth pick" story I want to tell you, if interested.
 
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