no1wink
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pepper buds falling off

Have a banana pepper plant in container. Have 1/2 dozen peppers growing, however every day 4 or 5 buds that had already flowered and started growing peppers fall off
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TomatoNut95
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What is your weather like? Not hot enough, or too hot and humid causes pepper blossoms to not pollinate and drop off. Blossom drop is the exact same thing I go through every year.

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Gary350
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Roots restricted in pots too small and not enough food or wrong food for plants will cause blossoms to drop off. Small pots dry out fast plants don't like that either.

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TomatoNut95
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What kind of fertilize are you giving your peppers? Too much nitrogen is a big boo-boo. I learned that through experience, and my friends here that taught me that too much nitrogen causes too much foliage and not enough fruit production.



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