I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:36:38 GMT, David DeMar
wrote:

How is that done?


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Regards,

tomj

Yes, hot peppers can be grown indoors in containers. They will self
pollinate to an extent, rubbing all the flowers with a common q-tip every
day will in aid in fruit setting Give them as much sunlight as you can.


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I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

Most people would find it difficult to click their "heals".
Regards,
Your friend Ann


Tom Jaszewski wrote:

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Regards,

tomj

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I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

Peppers require HID lighting and quite warm temperatures in order to set
fruit, just like tomatoes. If you don't provide them with enough light and
heat, they make pretty foliage plants, but don't do squat for producing for
your table.

Sunflower
MS 7b

David DeMar wrote:

I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate?

Will I have to pollenate them?

Yes - with a small artist's paintbrush, move pollen from one
blossom to another.


Tsu

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are two equally convenient solutions; both
dispense with the necessity of reflection.
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I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

You might want to set up a humidifier.

Sampson wrote:

David DeMar wrote in
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I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

You might want to set up a humidifier.



Then again, you might not want to set up a humidifier. High humidity
will encourage damping off of seedlings. Most hot peppers do well in hot
dry climates.

As far as pollination is concerned, you can pollinate them by hand, but
that is probably too labor intensive for a significant planting. Are you
trying to get a winter crop or just control the environment?

Check out http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap6/pepper.html, which
is geared toward sweet peppers, but is applicable to hot peppers as
well.

I have a new mex jim ( I think) hot pepper on my sink now, it is a
year old and has lots of peppers, and hot! I have given it no real
care, it was a lark, and it has thrived. It is in a 4 inch cly pot in
a south window, growing in comercial soilless soil. Fed a bit of
20-20-20 as needed it is thriving. It did have a good summers growth
going into the winter! It should self pollinate with out any help.
David DeMar wrote in message om...
I am trying to grow a variety hot pepper plants indoors. Do these
types of plants typically produce fruit inside? Do they
self-pollenate? Will I have to pollenate them? How is that done?

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On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 21:41:10 -0500, Not Annie Hall
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Most people would find it difficult to click their "heals".
Regards,
Your friend Ann


Tom Jaszewski wrote:

click your heals three times and shout "I'm a republican redneck"



Regards,

tomj




Regards,

tomj

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:56:36 GMT, Sampson wrote:

You might want to set up a humidifier.


I'll remember to remind my pepper plants in 7% humidity this summer
that they shouldn't be doing well.....



Regards,

tomj

David-

Some sweet peppers will produce fruit indoors, if you give them full direct
sunlight for at least a few hours a day. There are several species of
pepper that will form intumescence (leaf tumors) if they don't get enough
direct sun (it is actually UV-B that prevents this), and this will
definitely hamper production.

As far as pollination, peppers are self-pollinators, so no need to worry
about buddy plants or manual pollination.

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Jeremy C.

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