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Daril

Any advice on promoting bell pepper growth? I have a big bushy plant with no peppers.

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  1. Fe

    Same with mine, to my knowledge you need to knock the pollen off the flowers when they bloom. I have one pepper from 6 plants

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    • Daril

      Wow, thanks!

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  2. Athannael

    Pepper flowers are self-fertile, and most flowers can set fruit without cross-pollination. Even so, peppers still produce both pollen and nectar. The style is generally longer than the surrounding stamens, and the stigma is usually receptive prior to the release of pollen. Like many members of the Solanaceae plant family, peppers require physical agitation by wind or “buzz pollinators” to release pollen from porous anthers.

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  3. Athannael

    If you want to do this manually like a bee would, take a plate knock some pollen off obviously not on a windy day, collect it on plate and sprinkle from one plant to the next. Buzz buzz buzz 😛

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    • Daril

      Thanks!

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    • Athannael

      No problem! 😁

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