[CH] Non-Fruiting Habaneros
Marshall Williams (marshallw@ibm.net)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00:18 -0500
My experience last year was no fruit until September (very hot summer
here) on my new plants. Then I got a very good crop, but not as good as
the previous year's. This winter, one of my potted hab's made it
through, and after surviving a bout of white flys has produced a huge
spring crop. I expect nor more fruit to set (the spring crop is just
starting to ripen, praise be) until the fall - when hopefully the rest
of my peppers will join in. In the mean time, I have lots of tabascos,
cascabellas, and poblanos.
Any good ideas on what to do with those big poblanos? Those suckers are
BIG (to me at least - I'm used to Thai hots and hab's and other small
peppers.)
- Marshall Williams in N'Awlins enjoying the spring peppers and
tomatoes.
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Valerie wrote:
Subject: Re: [CH] Non-fruiting habaneros
Same thing happened to my habs last year. They were full and bushy, but
no flowers or fruit until late August or early September. Then once they
started there was no stopping them! I had nice Red Savinas on the plants
thru the Christmas season (plants were in pots, came inside late Oct.) I
overwintered 3 of them and so far no fruit, but tons of flowers-which
have been falling off as soon as they get to the point that they would
set fruit. But that's more than what I had at this time last year!
Something that I don't get tho, someone wrote in that the flowers need
to be pollinated before they'll set fruit. I had been under the
impression
that flowers need to be pollinated if you want the seeds of the fruit
that will be produced to be fertile. Am I wrong on this? Should I be
trying to pollinate these flowers so that they will set fruit? I don't
save seed, so I never thought this was an issue! If someone could clear
this for me I'd appreciate it.
Thanx in advance!
Valerie
Ron Hay wrote:
>.but no fruit
> until about September, and then they really went to town, becoming
> absolutely festooned by gorgeous orange fruit.
> Beats me, but it could be they are more day-length dependent than
> heat-dependent on setting fruit. El Grande knows, we had enough
> 100-degree plus days last summer, so it cannot have had anything to do
> with the heat. But they started fruiting in September and kept it up
> until late November. Any other ideas?
> Ron Hay,
> Van Nuys, CA
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Marshall Williams