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Lots of flowers no pods

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nobody

My Ghost pepper plants are beautiful they have lots of flowers but no pods growing yet, i was told they needed to be pollinated and i was told it was unnecessary to pollinate. Because i have no bees should i be out there with a q-tip self pollinating my plants?

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I have never found it necessary to assist peppers with pollination - they are self-pollinating. Peppers do go through periods where the pods don't develop - especially when it's very hot. The pollen becomes sterile. I don't think that's your problem though.

How much sun does your plant get?

BTW - that's an awesome looking plant!
 
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Your plant will produce when it is ready to! Weather conditions and growth size of the plant play a huge role as to whether the plant will produce or not. Here are some other probable reasons for flower/pod drop [/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)].[/background][background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Flower drop probable causes:[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]1. Day temp too high >95F[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]2. Night temp too low <65F[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]3. Too much nitrogen fertilizer[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]4. Too much water[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]5. Low light levels (reduces fertility).[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]6. Very low humidity (reduces fertility)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7. Poor air circulation (air circulation contributes to pollination).[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]8. Lack of pollinating insects.[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]9. Size of pot [/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]10. Too much mineral in feedwater.[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]11. Too much grower attention[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]You dont need to hand pollinate[/background]
 
Thanks for the info, its getting to the high 80s to low 90s right now and they get full sun 8+hours a day. here is a pic of my 4 babies lol.
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my Datils were doing the same thing. healthy plants, no bugs, and tons of flowers.. but few pods and the ones i had were very undersized when ripe..

check out these two threads

http://thehotpepper....s +falling +off

and

http://thehotpepper..../page__hl__ptfu


the only things i did were to move my plants to get some shade.. they get about 6-7 hours of sun now, down from 10...

I moved them to 5 gallon buckets.. (they were in 1.5 gal pots before)

and i tried hand pollenating.. ( which im not sure if that helped) once i pick this round of peppers i wont try that any more and we will see what happens..
 
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