The first thing to do is put a dab of honey on the cut to discourage bacteria. So to make up for the abuse, and encourage the plant to really put out branching and foilage, we give it a heavy boost of nutrients. In protest, they’ll set out one or two new leaves at the very top that may or may not turn into branches.
Pepper plants aren’t happy about a pruning that leaves them without leaves or branches. This usually leaves an 8 to 10 inch section of stalk.It seems cruel. Beginning at the base, we count up 4 or 5 nodes and make our cut. These are knobby bumps (with or without leaves) on the stalk, spaced apartevery few inches. Where To Cutīy looking at the stalks, you can see old leaf nodes. We actually do something much more severe. Topping peppers seems a little drastic and most people top just below the first “y” branch, leaving the lower branches. The filtered light they receive all winter also doesn’t help improve their appearance or vigor.īut a few weeks before spring, they start to show signs of new life by putting out new leaves at the top of the plant. The plants are usually 2 to 3 feet tall and already look a little rough at the end of the long season. We grow our peppers in pots and bring them into the greenhouse right before the first frost. We have green, red, yellow and other pepper plants that are three or more years old. You can still prune peppers after they’ve begun to set fruit, as long as you keep at least one main branch (four branches are better). If you’re pruning to help along a struggling plant, any time is fine.
If you’re pruning so that you get better fruit quality/size, prune early. The best time to prune peppers is when they are actively growing, and before they begin to set fruit. A healthy pepper should be bushy with lots of branches and foilage.But what if your pepper is tall, lanky and just looks underwhelming? When to Prune or Top Peppers If you spend a fewminutes doing a Google Scholar search for “pruning peppers”, you will quickly see that researchers found that pruning peppers (in a commercial setting) does not necessarily increase yield.
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