Grow a Bucket Full of Peppers with These 9 Tricks

19.02.2024 - 09:03 / balconygardenweb.com / Suyash

The methods in this article will ensure that your peppers produce more flowers, which will automatically equate to a plant full of fruits!

No, I won’t bore you with the usual tips, and will share the ones that ACTUALLY work!

Garden soil may help the plant sustain, but 100% of it won’t make the peppers grow wonderful fruits! Here’s what you need to do:

Take two parts of compost and mix with one part of coarse sand or perlite – these are the foundation of a good-quality growing medium for peppers. Now, add 1 part of peat moss or coconut coir to the mix – it will help to retain moisture.

Mix all of these well, and add one part ofworm castings – it enhances the growing medium and promotes healthy plants and flowers. You can also add a handful of bonemeal, too.

When you ‘stress’ the plant, it goes into survival mode and grows more flowers to produce more fruits, which means – more seeds = more plants!

What you can do to trick peppers into producing more flowers is to reduce watering a little. Achieve this by allowing the growing medium to dry out slightly more than usual. (An inch of the tip of your finger in the topsoil to see if it’s dry before watering the plant).

Also, try keeping the plant slightly in a root-bound stage (One size tighter pot than required).

Peppers are generally grown in 12-inch pots – so, go for a 10-inch one. It will give the plant a limited space to expand its roots, which will help pepper focus on producing more flowers and fruits.

Balanced liquid fertilizer may work for most plants, but for peppers, you need something specific.

See, phosphorous is crucial for flowering, so you need to pick a blend that has a higher concentration, along with potassium, as it also aids in the blooming process.

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