Sweet peppers

[sparrow100]

Do you pinch them out like chillies?
Do you remove the flowers when the plants are still v small?

Can you tell I have little experience of growing these?

I've treated them badly, they are now in the (g/h) ground but only 6inches high. Lipstick and Sheepsnose both have many flower buds, probably formed in desperation...

[Thelma Sanders]

I pinch the top flower buds off, otherwise they never seem branch or to get much bigger.

After pinching the top all the sideshoots grow so you get more flowers in the long run

[vixylix]

I've been pinching mine out as my plants are still tiny too. Weird because they were sowed at the same time as the chillies, and have had the same treatment - and the chillies are massive!

[sparrow100]

Thanks Thelma.

My chilies are all mostly small too because they've been languishing in small pots. Am hoping now I've got around to sorting them into bigger homes they will forgive me and recover!