Ghost pepper plants not setting fruit

Cracker · Dec 5, 2011

I've got several ghost pepper plants,2 of which have been blooming(lots of blooms) for a couple of months now,but none of the blossoms are setting fruit,can someone shed some light of what may be wrong?

Thanx,

Cracker

cory_huck · Dec 5, 2011

you growing inside?

Cracker · Dec 5, 2011

cory_huck said:
you growing inside?

Growing outside in pots,until any frosts or freezes threaten

romy6 · Dec 5, 2011

I had 3 ghost peppers doing the same thing for several months as well. Started hitting them lighty with some mg bloom booster and added about a tablespoon of bone meal. Took about a month for it to kick in but now almost every flower is producing a pod! :woohoo:

This picture was taken a few days ago

Cracker · Dec 5, 2011

Nice looking peppers Romy6,I've been using a bloomer fertilizer with high phosphorous and getting plenty of blooms,but they just wither without setting any fruit.

romy6 · Dec 5, 2011

Maybe try the opposite approach then. Don't give them any ferts for a month and I bet they will start podding. :beer:

AlabamaJack · Dec 5, 2011

It may be too cold for them to set fruit....are the blooms producing any pollen?....

Cracker · Dec 5, 2011

I'll try that Romy6 and see if that helps.

AJ,It's still not too cold here in central Fla.I'm not sure how much pollen they're producing right now,I'll have to ask my bees

,I have 6 hives of bees within 20 yards of the plants.

AlabamaJack · Dec 5, 2011

not trying to be a smart ass here but I am sure you know no pollen, no fruit...check for pollen and even then if there is pollen, it may be sterile which means no fruit also...

surely you have had temperatures down in the 50s...just offering a thought..

Cracker · Dec 5, 2011

No offense taken at all AJ,I'll check the blooms for pollen and see how that goes.We've only had 2 nights down below 50*F this Fall,but here again I know most other blooms better than I know peppers.Thanks for the advice!

Datil Patch · Dec 6, 2011

get some dolomite lime ffrom the local nursery, HD or Lowes. Spread a tablespoon per pot then water it in gently. Lackof / or low calcium will cause bloom drop and non fertilisaton of blooms.