Sweet Pepper question

[tigerfan63]

This year I have grown sweet peppers from seed for the first time. They are outside in growbags and have produced many flowers but there is no sign of any fruit at all. The flowers all seem to drop off or come to nothing. Does anyone no if there is anything I can do to get the plants to produce fruit.

Thanks in advance

[ken smith]

Peppers like to be grown fairly dry so it has probably been to wet outside this summer.

[tamsin]

Try hand pollinating. Tickle each flower with a paint brush

[Alison]

They're probably a bit cold and wet. If it's warm enough then you don't tend to get any problems with germination.

[rustylady]

Whereabouts are you Tigerfan? Unless you're somewhere really warm, peppers do better in a greenhouse. BTW if you add your location to your profile it will save eejits like me having to keep asking where you garden.

[tigerfan63]

I live in Hull, East yorks so the weather isnt great. Im hoping next year I can get a greenhouse on the allotment. I have tried hand pollinating this morning so fingers crossed that will help.

[selfraising]

Hi
I have some outside with fruit but have kept watering them to a minimum. Also are you feeding them? I feed mine at the same time as I feed the toms, just a thought.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

My sweet peppers are in a plastic greenhouse. I'm growing Chocolate Sweet Peppers which do not require the same level of sunshine as the yellow/green/red sweet peppers to ripen. Have to agree don't over-water and feed like your toms.

[gojiberry]

Can you rig up some sort of protection for them. Some sort of frame and some fleece may well help, Leave the front open so that bees etc. can get in. Don't think the weather is going to improve this month so you need to try and do something.

Ian