How can I stop a plant from growing/producing

[Pac_Heat507]

Kind of the opposite of what people normally ask I guess, but is there any way that I can make a plant stop producing new pods and just focus on ripening the pods it has now? I am growing in coco so cal mag is basically a must for me.
 
Thanks!

 

[Mr. Hill]

top it any new growth cut off before any flowers open. 

 

[Phil]

Agreed. Cut everything that doesn't have a pod you want to ripen on it. Other than that, there's no stopping them.

 

[jedisushi06]

Kind of the opposite of what people normally ask I guess, but is there any way that I can make a plant stop producing new pods and just focus on ripening the pods it has now? I am growing in coco so cal mag is basically a must for me.
 
Thanks!

So what's the point of gardening then!

 

[Sarge]

If a pod is fully mature it will ripen off the plant. The ripening stage from what ive read here doesn't apply losd to the plant.

 

[Pac_Heat507]

So what's the point of gardening then!

 
basically want to get the pods on the plant mature and then either toss it or give it away. I can only have a limited number of plants at any one time and I have to make room for a peach ghost scorpion and a moruga..

 

[jedisushi06]

 
basically want to get the pods on the plant mature and then either toss it or give it away. I can only have a limited number of plants at any one time and I have to make room for a peach ghost scorpion and a moruga..

Still confused, just cut it down then. Problem solved.

 

[Pac_Heat507]

Still confused, just cut it down then. Problem solved.

 
yeah problem is i can't bring myself to cut them down with pods on them, so I wanted to wait until the pods are ripe, pick them and then cut the plant ..

 

[kylec]

Maybe stop giving it N, and P. And just give it K.

 

[EWarrenCoPepperKing]

Still confused, just cut it down then. Problem solved.

 
I agree.  This is probably one of the strangest posts I've ever seen on THP.

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

Cutting/pruning will just trigger new growth. Stop feeding it.

 

[Brain Strain Pepper Head]

Don't water.

 

[willard3]

Stop feeding it, turn off  the lights.

 

[Pac_Heat507]

thanks, Im going to stop feeding the plant, just giving it light doses of cal mag because it is in coco and want to avoid BER.

 

[impending_bending]

Kind of the opposite of what people normally ask I guess, but is there any way that I can make a plant stop producing new pods
 

Fire.
 

and just focus on ripening the pods it has now? 

Oh, nevermind...