Pruning Pepper Seedlings for Maximum Production || Black Gumbo

In this video, Samuel and I demonstrate how to prune your pepper plants so that they will fill out, become more robust, and become more productive.

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[ScottHead]

This video has become very popular. Lots of questions in the comment thread. I have answered many of these questions in my Gardening Q&A Episode 8. This link will get you to the pertinent part:

[sammyelliott]

To me the valuable lesson here is that your son is taking all of this in and will use this later in his life as a father. Truly a good parent video. And I learned about pepper plants.

[ktkt]

Little rain don’t hurt nobody...your son is adorable.

[galacticbutterfly]

I love their accents ... and the little guy sounds like a properly raised southern gentlemen.

[thorjustin]

I've always planted pepper plants and always get tall plants that produce next to nothing until the late fall. Last year I pruned the plants just like this and ended up with over a dozen jars of pickled peppers in the pantry by mid-summer. I always wished I took some gardening classes to learn tips like this when I was younger.

[opsec]

"Hidin from the rain.... Little rain never hurt nobody".... I'd be such a proud dad.

[susloan]

Well if little Samuel isn't the cutest thing I don't know what is! I Love that he's actually interested in and helping his dad with gardening. He's going to be a well adjusted adult.

[redcurrant]

If I may, I learnt this method of improving production when we lived on 1 lot of land....50ft x 100ft. We were a large family. My mother would go out into our garden and snip off the tops of okra, tomatoes, amaranth and egg plants. She would clip off the young pumpkin vines and cook as spinach. She told me the pumpkin will send out new vines and produce more pumpkins and the tops that were snipped off produced branches so gave us more fruit off the 1 plant. Today after 70 years I still do that.

[uwanan]

I recently started gardening out of sheer boredom and I actually enjoy it. Thank you for your advice, I will prune my pepper plants tomorrow. 😊

[Dee.C]

Samuel is so cute. I hope he keeps learning and enjoying gardening with his dad. I sure did.

[Superlife]

This is a perfect video. I didn't understand where the new growth would come in after pruning. Now I do. Also I didn't know how many leaves that should be left behind nor where exactly is the budding of the top that should be cut. Actually there is so much more information than what I have recapped that you were able to put in such a short video. Your teaching style is simple and great. I'm amazed. It was nice that you showed a previously pruned plant for comparison. Thanks a lot! Nice father and son time too 🤗

[sarahkirbach]

This really does work. All of my pepper plants are bushing out and one that I planted earlier has 12 blossoms already - it's only May. All b/c I watched this video!

[wardscleaver]

Thank You Best Video on the Very Clear on what you are one axplains it in such a Simple Professional way. Calm - Relaxed - Great Pleasant Voice....I can not think of any question to ask you I'll watch you other videos ....THANK YOU SO MUCH

[mfriedenthal]

I just learned something new today. This would explain why I don’t get a good yield on my plants. I’m going to try this on my peppers this year

[pastorjustin]

Thanks. I searched and searched and finaly found your video. This Is what i need for my Hatch chili plant. 😳😁😎😎

[jacquiemcevoy]

I watched this video awhile back and I wanted to let you know I started pruning my plants and wow they are now sprouting new “nodes” or leaves like a miracle! So thank you both!!

[tinaleonie]

I pruned the top off my bell pepper and it grew new shoots on the sides literally overnight thankyou so much!

[mayeb]

Precious son and his dog! U will treasure this video for years to come! Great info. Tks!

[donnazappala]

"A little rain never hurt no body"....made me laugh out loud; Samuel is so precious and he one day will be a seasoned gardener thanks to his daddy!

[MaryGarcia-dtjd]

Gardening with your kid is precious, spending quality time together