Hi,
My purple pepper plant seems "stunted". I had one small pepper growing for about 2months. It never grew bigger than a large gumball. Some one told to me go ahead and pick it b/c the plant was putting too much effort into gropwing that one pepper. I don't see any buds for new ones, nor do I see any other problems. HELP!
Also, I have a japanese eggplant that is small but it had the beginnings of a flower but it quickly turned yellow and died. HELP!
Thanks
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applestar
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Often around this time of the year, lack of fruits is often attributed to too much heat causing flowers to stop production and dropping (blossom drop). but I wonder if in your case in Wisconsin, the issue is more of not enough heat?
Eggplants LOVE heat. Peppers -- if this is a bell pepper -- want nice even mid-70's to 80's at most...and there are cultivars adapted to hotter areas. What have the temps been like where you are?
if your plants are growing huge but have no blooms, then the issue I think would be too much nitrogen fertilizer, but it doesn't sound like that's the case?
Eggplants LOVE heat. Peppers -- if this is a bell pepper -- want nice even mid-70's to 80's at most...and there are cultivars adapted to hotter areas. What have the temps been like where you are?
if your plants are growing huge but have no blooms, then the issue I think would be too much nitrogen fertilizer, but it doesn't sound like that's the case?
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Are we supposed to say this three times really fast?