why won't flowers set pods

Rymerpt · Sep 4, 2014

Casper (ghost plant) has grown to mammath size and has had flowers for about a month. I have fertilized with 10-10-10 every watering (twice a week) % to water is not full strengh for fert. It gets plenty of sun and has grown like a weed. Idid go over all flowers with a paint brush, but gave up because that was not working either.

WTF ? Why no pods?

Please advise.

Sarg3 · Sep 4, 2014

stop feeding they probably have too much nitrogen to allow them to set. Other things that seem to make flowers drop in my experience is when the soil stays too wet for too long or too dry for too long.

Hybrid Mode 01 · Sep 4, 2014

How much sun is it getting?

SadisticPeppers · Sep 4, 2014

+1 to Browning's stuff. Another thing could be temperatures, lack of air flow, lack of pollenators, not enough Phosphorus or Potassium, and the list goes on...

Rymerpt · Sep 4, 2014

There is plenty of wind. There is plenty of sun. I think I'll just water for a while and lay off the fert for a bit.

hogleg · Sep 4, 2014

I believe Browning hit the nail on the head.

Imo I would never give em that high of nitrogen during flowering

Phil · Sep 4, 2014

hogleg said:
I believe Browning hit the nail on the head.

Imo I would never give em that high of nitrogen during flowering

Agreed. It's something I also read warnings about on my Meyers lemon tree. Over fertilizing can stunt production and cause the plant to focus on vegetative growth.... maybe that's why your plant is mammoth sized

nzchili · Sep 4, 2014

yup I agree, too much nitrogen in comparison to P/K.
you need substantially more P & K than N

TNKS · Sep 4, 2014

West Texas heat is killing flowers currently,my plants load up good and have done so 4 times and blown every one
Overnight 88*F and with in 4-5 hrs its 95 and 3 hrs later its 100*+F

They just dont like it

filmost · Sep 4, 2014

My temps have dropped considerably here in Japan. Days are mid 80s and nights are mid 70s. Perfect weather for podding, yet none of the chinense or pubescens are podding. The annuum have started podding again though, and baccatums have been throwing pods left and right since July.

I think chinense can be finicky, because I did get a small crop of Fatalii back in July as well.