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title: "Any advice on promoting bell pepper growth? I have a big bushy plant…"
description: "Any advice on promoting bell pepper growth? I have a big bushy plant with no peppers."
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author: "Daril"
published: "2024-07-08T13:57:40.073064Z"
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# Any advice on promoting bell pepper growth? I have a big bushy plant…

_Posted by Daril on 2024-07-08_

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

## 6 comments

### Fe commented on 2024-07-08

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

#### Daril replied on 2024-07-08

Wow, thanks!

### Athannael commented on 2024-07-10

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.

### Athannael commented on 2024-07-10

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 😛

#### Daril replied on 2024-07-11

Thanks!

#### Athannael replied on 2024-07-12

No problem! 😁

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