Small Bell Peppers

[AMKuska]

My husband has a question for the gardening forum:

He says, "I have one bell pepper plant where the peppers are turning red before they reach any kind of size. Is there any way to encourage it to produce larger peppers? The other ones are fine."

 

[flowerbug]

it could be that the root system did not grow properly, got tangled together, there's an obstruction in the soil, or... sometimes things like this do happen.

i've never had a place indoors where i could dig up such a plant and then root prune it and see if it could regrow - it may or may not recover and continue growing.

it is too late up here for us to expect much at all from the gardens now other than some onions, dill or dried beans.

 

[digitS']

I would guess also that the plant may be genetically disposed to having small fruit. If it is a hybrid, and since peppers are self-pollinating I believe, a mistake may have been made during the crossing work. I think that this mistake happens quite often and all of the genes of the maternal parent results.

Or, that there may be too many flowers/fruits on that plant.

Steve