Growing capsicum peppers for the first time?

Question

Ok - so I have pepper plants in the greenhouse (UK). There are small fruits starting to develop behind the flowers. Do I need to thin these or take off any leaves? I really have no idea what I should be doing. Can you offer any advice please?

Answer 1

I grew them last year I never thinned out either leaves nor fruit and they grew OK, the only thing if you thin them out a bit you should get larger fruits (peppers)

You must have started before me this year as my plants are still very small, (growing in the greenhouse) perhaps you are getting more sun than I have in the central Scotland.

Good luck and good growing for the rest of the year.

                                                                                     Alex

Answer 2

Leave them alone...those are your peppers

Answer 3

I always leave them alone without thinning, and I get lots of peppers in August.

If it's really windy or if it's raining very hard, you might want to put up several stakes up and cover the peppers with perforated plastic that doesn't touch the peppers directly. I live in Chicago where it's very windy, so I've had to do this several times.