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Curious ;) ....fellow pepperheads, has anyone ever tried to use a diluted cup of coffee on your pepper plant to "jump start" the growth of the plant if it has seemed to stall, and/or used this trick to jump start/quicken the ripening time of fully developed peppers on the plant??   Anthony

A question for one of my fellow advanced pepper growers...I have a nice 4 month old 20-24" tall African Bird's Eye chile pepper plant that is doing amazing! It has flourished with a bounty of probably 6-7 dozen peppers in total on the plant as we speak, about 3 dozen of these peppers are fully...

Amen to the Q-tip method as most of my Indoor pollinating with my Pepper plants use that method!

I've used the electric toothbrush method on about 4 dozen different varieties of cherry/grape tomatoes (including #3654 "Spoon Tomato" which is widely considered the smallest Tomato in the world), and have always been successful :surprised:

Nuclieye, I honestly feel that the electric toothbrush method is your best bet, as I grow a lot of cherry/grape tomatoes and the pollination is much different than that of peppers because the pollen and pistil are enclosed inside the tomato flower, which makes it more difficult to pollinate, the...

OK...my big girl panties are on (they're kind of tight though), in a short synopsis, what was the original issue more defined??   Anthony ;) My first question would be, "how did you pollinate them last year"??, as you are trying to figure out a better way correct?? Never mind about telling how...

I have no problem with you Nuclieye ...just trying to lend a little bit of advice, maybe I misunderstood what/or how you were exactly trying to pollinate (it's all good), it was "Captain Capcom" that kind of rubbed me the wrong way...and yes D3monic, I guess I am a "bit touchy and defensive...

Honestly Dana, I have never understood why people spend a lot of money on fancy stuff like coconut noir, fancy miracle-gro soil seed-starting mix (which by the way I wouldn't use if they gave me a free bag), etc. I honestly have always started out with your basic Black Gold Potting Mix (the...

Do me a favor "Captain Cap Com", if all you want to do is butt into a conversation and instead of trying to help the guy out that's having the problem in the first place (who posted), and instead you want to feed your ego by correcting someone else or trying to start a debate, save it for...

If they sprouted well over a month ago and this is where they're at now, they're basically dead (growth wise), the tips of the leaves are slightly dried out and shriveled, which looks like your soil is low in calcium content. It also looks like those seedlings most likely have root-rot. Make...

Go to your local supermarket and pick up a cheap $2-$3 little disposable kids electric toothbrush, do not put the brush head directly on the flower face, place the "back" of the toothbrush (when on and vibrating of course) and vibrate the branch that the flower is attached to, as well as right...

It will be fine, but I agree with the other post that said it's best to keep it in a cool dark place though, as I used to use the Alaska brand fish emulsion for my peppers and tomatoes with good results