Pinching?

[peppernut]

Razor Back, we seem to have baffled the experts. Nobody has come back with a definitive answer.
Here’s my best guess. As all plants put energy into the "Fruit” I’ve picked off all but two of the buds/flowers, in the hope the plant grows to produce more peppers.

 

[AlabamaJack]

Razor Back, we seem to have baffled the experts. Nobody has come back with a definitive answer.
Here’s my best guess. As all plants put energy into the "Fruit” I’ve picked off all but two of the buds/flowers, in the hope the plant grows to produce more peppers.

seems the question was answered in post number 2...

Pinching forces the plant to do more vegatative growth. Once flowering starts, vegatative growth slows down and pod production becomes the #1 goal of teh plant.

what else do you want to know?

 

[POTAWIE]

Pinching won't always produce more vegetative growth, if your plants are getting fed a lot of phosphorous, pinching will usually promote more budding sites within a smaller area.