Too many tiny flowers, not growing normal internodes (Hot & sweet)

Dr. Weird

Dr. Weird

I need some help guys.... i've planted out some plants that i overwintered but they refuse to grow normal branches with decent internodes.
All they do is put out too many flowers and whenever i pluck the flowers off it seems that they grow back with even more small flowers.
Does anyone understand this problem?
 
I mean, it's like when you pinch the top off a plant and then it grows 2 branches and if you pinch those 2 then you get 4 branches etc. but these small plants are trying to grow 100 tiny little branches with little flowers.... how can i reverse this problem, if at all?
 
*These are some hot peppers AND some sweet peppers.*
 
Thanks for any help.
 
 
Pics would help.  Maybe they have too many growth and budding nodes for their current root system and would benefit from pruning back farther back along the branches.  Just a guess without seeing them.  I've seen OW's develop more slowly (or appear to) when they have too many bare branches and growth points and the plant's stored energy is being used in too many areas at once. Particularly varieties that tend to bush laterally. 
 
Here are a few of the worst ones~
 

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Not exactly what I was thinking at first, but I've seen this before and I'd still guess there's currently too little energy stored in the roots after OW to grow at a normal rate.  Normally, with more energy in the roots, pruned plants will shoot out branches more aggressively and with more stretch to them and the foliage on the branches will quickly return the sun's energy to the plants for continued stronger growth.  Here there may not be quite enough energy to make that bigger initial push, so they're making smaller pushes and waiting for the energy from the pushes to be returned.  #2 looks more normal though. 
 
All 3 show canoeing suggesting they're still adjusting to the transpiration requirements of the environment.  How long have they been in the ground?  How big are the root balls?  I'd probably either wait it out at this point while the plants build up their roots and foliage or maybe I'd remove a couple entire lateral branchings from the center of plants #1 and #3 (cutting them all the way back to the junction with the main stem so they can't lateral branch below the cut point) in order to improve air/light flow and reduce the energy demand from too many growth points.  I'd have to see the plant closely though to determine what I'd remove, if anything. Without being able to be there, I'd probably just suggest waiting it out.
 
EDIT:  I meant potentially prune #1 and #3, but originally typed "#2" by mistake.
 
I have an OW from last year that has done the exact same thing. I transplanted from a 7" pot into a 10 gallon grow bag and it's not growing at all and looks very similar to your first picture after 9 months in the sun with plenty of water. Comparing my two OWs to my seed starts this year, the OWs are a small fraction of the size. I'm not going to bother OWing any plants this year.
 
Siv said:
I have an OW from last year that has done the exact same thing. I transplanted from a 7" pot into a 10 gallon grow bag and it's not growing at all and looks very similar to your first picture after 9 months in the sun with plenty of water. Comparing my two OWs to my seed starts this year, the OWs are a small fraction of the size. I'm not going to bother OWing any plants this year.
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I agree.... not worth the effort at all.
 
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