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Flowers falling off HELP
- Thread starter Smitty
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i heard the night temps can cause flower drop if they get too low.
Flower drop probable causes:
1. Day temp too high >95F
2. Night temp too low <65F
3. Too much nitrogen fertilizer
4. Too much water
5. Low light levels (reduces fertility).
6. Very low humidity (reduces fertility)
7. Poor air circulation (air circulation contributes to pollination).
8. Lack of pollinating insects.
9. Size of pot
10. Too much mineral in feedwater.
11. Too much grower attention/anxiety.
1. Day temp too high >95F
2. Night temp too low <65F
3. Too much nitrogen fertilizer
4. Too much water
5. Low light levels (reduces fertility).
6. Very low humidity (reduces fertility)
7. Poor air circulation (air circulation contributes to pollination).
8. Lack of pollinating insects.
9. Size of pot
10. Too much mineral in feedwater.
11. Too much grower attention/anxiety.
Smitty,
Scroll down to Common Problems. Hope this helps. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/peppers.cfm
Scroll down to Common Problems. Hope this helps. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/peppers.cfm
AlabamaJack
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your peppers will not produce in the extreme heat you are having there already...keep them growing and alive and you will get a late fall harvest...they will start producing when the weather cools down in September...
I would say you are in either the "sterile pollen" or no pollen stage the plants go through leading up to the summer heat...
I have watched it year after year...
the plants in the spring are healthy and producing a few pods then the heat starts to come...the process is as follows
flowers still producing pollen but the pollen is sterile because of the heat
flowers are still growing but no pollen
flowers stop growing...
once the weather cools down the process reverses itself..
flowers start coming but no pollen
flowers producing pollen but it is sterile...
flowers producing viable pollen and start to set pods..
pod set in full swing...
I would say you are in either the "sterile pollen" or no pollen stage the plants go through leading up to the summer heat...
I have watched it year after year...
the plants in the spring are healthy and producing a few pods then the heat starts to come...the process is as follows
flowers still producing pollen but the pollen is sterile because of the heat
flowers are still growing but no pollen
flowers stop growing...
once the weather cools down the process reverses itself..
flowers start coming but no pollen
flowers producing pollen but it is sterile...
flowers producing viable pollen and start to set pods..
pod set in full swing...
