Why Do Pepper Flowers Fall Off? Pepper Flower Drop - Pepper Geek

Why are all my pepper flowers falling off? This question used to be a bigger concern for us before we understood why flowers drop from pepper plants. There are several possible causes, some of them natural, and others caused by over-loving. In this video, I'll share the most common causes for pepper flower drop and how you can improve fruit sets.

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There are a few reasons for flower drop that I didn't discuss, including plant disease and insect damage. If these are the culprit, you'll likely have other, more obvious issues at hand.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & about pepper flowers
0:58 - Natural flower drop
1:44 - Pepper variety
2:33 - Container size
3:18 - Temperature
4:20 - Nutrients
5:07 - Over-watering
5:46 - Poor pollination

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[Baroness]

Thankyou for getting straight to the point. I hate it when people talk for 5-10 minutes before getting to the point.

[synthesizerneil]

Best gardening channel ever. You actually give the information and don't waste people's time with long intros and music and other crap. Informative, to the point, easy to understand. And you even organize and provide time stamps. A lot of people don't do this and you can often find yourself scrubbing through a 15 minute video to the find the information you need. So huge kudos to you guys.

[pageboy]

My first pepper is almost ready. About to harvest a very beautiful Trinidad Scorpion.

[divyasrikanth]

Thank you, I was getting depressed with the amount of dropped flowers I woke up to every morning. This helps!

[glow]

My Corbra peppers thrived in Phx heat and loaded all years round lol. I never fertilizer or nothing i just watered daily. And grew in not soil. This was befor i was into gardening i know nothing about gardening. I know so much now as i started gardening full time with lots and lots of research. Videos like yours help me a lot being successful in gardening with my mini garden. Because all i am growing is varies of peppers. Yes i am peppers lover. Thank you!

[apa]

You posted this video just in time! I started to worry when I noticed the flowers dropping on my jalapeño plants a couple days ago. Thank you for your insight and reassurance! 👍🏻♥️

[Shared-Experiences]

I have 13 different peppers going and it's beautiful 🥰 working on jarring and making powder.

[calvinatwood]

Been a subscriber for a couple of weeks.
We live in Thailand and have 9 jalapenos' coming up in 8ea., 3 gallon grow bags. We transplanted from seedlings a few days back and they "took off". I'll try to update on progress. I'll probably get some 5- or 10-gallon bags as well.
Coming from Texas I have wanted to grow these for years. Finally got some seeds and they are looking good.

Appreciate the knowledge you share young man.

[homehelpheart]

Thanks so much for this video! I am growing mini bell peppers and cherry tomatoes indoors in grow bags this year, all from seed. My garden is looking amazing but the first two flowers that the pepper plant made both fell off within 24 hours, so I have been all over YouTube trying to find out why. You're the first one to address that issue so thanks!

[rhoeasie]

Thank you! We've just gone through a heatwave and my flowers were popping off one after another, I was panicking. I think I had overwatered also slightly (although thankfully no pooling) and the plant simply had tons of flowers to begin with so it just shed off a few. I now see a couple of chilies that have started developing so perhaps I can call off the rest of the panic! If we get another bout of heat I'll just move the plants to a cooler spot, I made the mistake of leaving them frying at a very exposed spot which I think may have done it. So excited to see what comes from these chilies. This channel is so valuable to new growers like me, so thank you again!

[samuche]

Thanks pepper geek for this wonderful information, I was taught to water hot pepper plants once a week so as not to over water them. I would really like to grow pepper during the raining season, thinking of growing them in high ridges to avoid water log but I'm scared as they would get to be watered more than once in a week. Respect from Nigeria

[truthpreppin]

This is my third year growing peppers. I love it! I’ve used a lot of your tips and recommendations. Just now starting to get serious serious!

[FinnMacCuhl]

Literally this vid crops up during a heatwave in Ireland and I was wondering why the drop - now i know.

[lorenzodelacruz]

Only 870 likes? You have a great presentation. 8 haters. Thanks for the show

[ShortBusTrip]

I swear your watching my search history and making videos based on that. This is like twice now I recently search for something and you produce a video days later 😂

[legitcompgeek]

My bell pepper plant has been growing flowers and yesterday after almost a month I got 1 growing. I have 15 different peppers all growing awesome. just that one bell pepper was stubborn. Ty for the video and tips. Your videos are always the same problems im having.

[sonnygunz]

Thank you so much for posting this video because this is exactly what is happening to my Hatch chile blooms. 😭

[MrSmoothprod]

Thank you I am a first timer, and this video helped a lot.

[craigdawson]

Hi guys, another good vid and particularly good timing as I'm about to stop picking early flowers on my larger plants. Some have nearly maxed out the space they have to grow and they are pushing laterals.
1200 X 1200 tent 3 levels of racks, 50 plants (will need to be thinned).
20-30 deg under a mix of fluro & LED, basically what ever was free 😀

[pebbleface]

Excellent, clear & informative presentation. Also well -paced -many YouTubers use machine gun presentation.