That's probably for the best. They can concentrate on growing now.

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Terry

May the force be with you

You didnt do any harm on the peppers, just will make them bushier......
Now for the next time. Let the blossoms on, they will be your early fruit.
Dont remove them. That is the idea of blossoms. Get the earliest crop....

No harm done. All fruit and veggies come from blossoms.

dodge

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You did the right thing Xetox!
Picking the flowers early will force the plant to put it's energy into growing larger...hence have more room to produce more peppers. I ALWAYS pick the first flowers from my peppers...if I don't..my pepper plants will be small and produce very few peppers.

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I think you did the right thing, this is only May peppers love HEAT. dodge, try starting some berries and remove the flowers, this really works. I have done this several times. The plant gets frustrated but still needs to grow so it produces a more extensive root system. The following spring you will understand.
ranger

Good to know others do this with there peppers!

ranger, I am doing that this year with sb's I planted...next year I should have enough for me my family and prolly the whole street. I planted 45 sb plants this year

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I hate those dang rabbits

Xetox,

I see I am not the only one with that problem, but for mines it is to late. I could not figure out why mines stayed so small and would not grow. Now I know I figured I had done something wrong with the dirt or water,but now I know when planting from the store remover flowers quickly.
Thank you for asking the question I kept forgetting to ask.
Nicky

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I sit in my vegetable garden so that I can see them grow.

Here is a few words from an expert. On Peppers
Climatic Requirements
As peppers are of tropical origin, plants thrive best when temperatures are warm. Being sensitive to the cold, planting should be delayed until the danger of frost is past in the spring. Ideal temperatures are 70 to 80 degrees F during the day, and 60 to 70 degrees F at night.

Extremely high temperatures (90 degrees F or above) during flowering often results in blossom drop. Fruit that set when temperatures average above 80 degrees F may be small and poorly shaped due to heat injury to the blossoms. Temperatures below 60 degrees F at night will also result in blossom drop.

A shortage of water at bloom
dodge

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Might be your weather ..
We are zone 5 .
Still had frost last nite here.

Gees spring hurry up//

dodge

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JV

Well La de daaaaaaaa.
You sound as happy as Texas...........;o)
We had snow in february.. We cant put out peppers in the snow ..Ha ha

Hope you never had a frosted coke eithe...ha ha he he.


dodge

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