Chucky1991 said:
Also all the buds are at the top, I see some starting to grow at the bottom the leaves are blocking the sun? so should I cut some of the leaves at the bottom off?
Just want to make sure I get good healthy pods.
if I were you, I would continue doing as you are doing! Your plants seem very healthy and are starting to get flowers, soon they will have pods!
Are your containers big enough?
15 liters, a little over 4 gals right, that's fine, might they get bigger in a bigger pot sure, but I've grown plenty of bushes in 3 gals that gave me plenty of pods, sure I mostly use 7+ now, but I'm not limited by space and since 90% of my soil mix is laying around the yard and they forest outback, I don't worry about the cost of soil either.
You could use a bit of Epsom salt if you think your brainstrain is a little light, about 4grams to a liter of water.
Should you prune or top?
Absolutely NOT! You have healthy sized plants that are starting to put energy into fruiting, why in the heck would you do something to make it divert all its energy into vegetative growth! Oh if you want really big plants with no pods by all means prune away! In my experience the only thing to do with a decent sized healthy plant when it starts fruiting is giving it a little extra nutrients for fruit production and sit back and wait for the pods to roll in!
We all remember the constant " am I doing this right, what if I did this?" In our heads, and most of us in the first year or more have done things detrimental to our plants because we were worried we weren't doing enough, but mother nature has been growing peppers for thousands of years so sit back and let her do the heavy lifting!
