Re: Poor pepper pollination problems

I agree with Pam. You get pollinators, even reluctant ones, by attracting pollinators. I'm getting about 100 percent fruit set on my two cucumber vines by bumblebees. Bumblebees love Mexican petunias, which more or less surround the cucumbers. Plant something nearby like borage, which attracts zillions of honey bees, and I'm sure you'll have better results.


On Aug 2, 2005, at 1:00 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

Hi guys,

I have ONE pepper plant in a container on my front step. It's an
heirloom that supposedly produces large, thick-walled lilac-colored
fruit.

My parents have one as well and their plant does indeed produce fruit
that meets that description, so I don't think it's unreasonable for
me to have the same expectations with my plant.

My plant is stubborn or sexually confused or something, though.
It produces huge quantities of flowers (on a plant that's now 3'+
tall!), but it has *never* set fruit. I thought that peppers were
self-pollinating, but this poor guy doesn't seem to have any interest.

What's wrong? Any ideas on what I can do to get some fruit of it?
Do I need mood music? A more secluded corner instead of a large pot
on my front step? Are the petunias planted around the base making it
ashamed?

Thanks,

Chris

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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