I'm new here, so please forgive me if this topic has been addressed before. I am currently growing 10 varients this year and have had significant difficulty in setting fruit on my Habeneros. My Jalapenos are fruiting constantly, as are my Cayenne and Tepins. I've addressed the 'too much Nitrogen' issue by switching to a high Potassium fertilizer once a week. Here in Southwestern Ontario, the humidity is very high (50% minimum), so I don't think that's a problem. The temp is staying around 30 celsius during the day (the peppers are in full sun until 3pm) and staying quite warm during the night. Half of my Habeneros are potted, while the other half are in the garden. They are watered regularily, but not too much... I have a grand total of two Habs fruited on my 12 plants. Any suggestions? :think
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then whats to hot for nighttime temps ?
if all else fails (or has failed) you could try 1-2 teaspoons of Epsom Salts in a litre (quart) of warm water poured or sprayed over your plants just as they start to blossom, repeated one to two weeks later. your plants should turn dark green followed (hopefully) by a flush of fruit. (Epsom Salts contain magnesium which aids fruit set.)
Epsom salts can also be added to potting mix.
Epsom salts can also be added to potting mix.
Potawie; thanks (for the welcome). It's nice to see other fellow Ontarians crazy about hot peppers. BTW, if I said I wasn't the least bit envious of your grow-op, I'd be lying. Great pics!
I started my Habs a little late - mid March. I would have planted from seed much sooner, but was a bit slow in the purchase of seeds. They were started indoors under a UV light and on a heat mat, so germination was rather quick (within a week). The funny thing is, the only Habs to set fruit were from seeds that I scooped out of an orange Habanero pepper that I bought from the grocery store two years ago... some of them were stored before completely drying out and even began to mold!
I noticed from your pictures that a lot of your plants are rather tall. My Habs reach only 18-20 inches. Are yours current-year plants, or are they over-wintered from last year?
I guess I'll have to wait and see if my Habs finally start to set fruit. Summer's nearly half-over though, hope it doesn't take too long...
I started my Habs a little late - mid March. I would have planted from seed much sooner, but was a bit slow in the purchase of seeds. They were started indoors under a UV light and on a heat mat, so germination was rather quick (within a week). The funny thing is, the only Habs to set fruit were from seeds that I scooped out of an orange Habanero pepper that I bought from the grocery store two years ago... some of them were stored before completely drying out and even began to mold!
I noticed from your pictures that a lot of your plants are rather tall. My Habs reach only 18-20 inches. Are yours current-year plants, or are they over-wintered from last year?
I guess I'll have to wait and see if my Habs finally start to set fruit. Summer's nearly half-over though, hope it doesn't take too long...
Chilliman64; thanks, I heard that Epsom salts were good for leaf-curl (as it usually means a deficiency in Magnesium), but not flower-drop. I'll try it first thing tomorrow.
don't make the mix too strong! too many growers are heavy handed with chemicals and fertilisers etc. often, less is better.
I am guessing that you ignored the "night temp too high comment"(sorry Slinter!) That is good because if the night time temps are too high in Canada, that would mean it would be damn near impossible to grow a pepper in North america, much less in Mexico! Lol.
My guess is that they are just not mature enough yet. Grown from seed in the northern climate, they would probably still be lagging a bit. Good luck.
My guess is that they are just not mature enough yet. Grown from seed in the northern climate, they would probably still be lagging a bit. Good luck.
Slinter said:
In the garden? You could be right I guess.
No, it's certainly not too hot at night here. When I say it's warm, I mean warm by Ontario standards (20-25 degrees celsius). I'm going to sit back and hope that the drastic flower-drop isn't a sign of an impending apocalypse, and it's just a symptom of having young plants that were started later than they should have been. I've added a mild spritzer of Epsom ('bout 8ml disolved in a litre of water) to see if they set some fruit. Gettin' kinda anxious for some hot stuff...
Thank-you all for the help.
Thank-you all for the help.
Slinter said:Maybe you should learn to read complete sentences.
cheezydemon officially blacklisted fo life as jerksauce master!
I read the whole sentence, "half in the garden" caught my eye. Did you think he brought the garden in at night???
Oh well, all in good fun. And yes the jerky is tasting good! Everyone in my office is begging for it.
to give feed 18-18-20 every second week too much? My first year gardening have 53 hab plants and 3 jap plants..already munching on the japs..was kinda expexting more peppers on the habs...like I said my first time gardening...ya cant buy theme here I have to get the sauces sent to me...Id like to make my own sauces...they are very enjoyable lol been known to put them on my toast in the morning lol oh yeah I live in ontario