May 31, 2016 | #1 |
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Is it true?
Kinda dumb question, but sometimes while scouting I will see a pepper or two that needs picked and instead of going back to get pruners and bleach I just snap them off.
A neighbor seen me doing that and said that you should never just pluck em off the plant that if you do that the plants never produce well. Is this true? |
May 31, 2016 | #2 |
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I have heard that as well. That said, I don't think I have never used pruners or a knife to remove peppers, I just pluck them off. Last year I had over 180 bell pepper plants in the garden and had a bumper crop from each plant
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May 31, 2016 | #3 |
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Appreciate you chiming in with your experience. Think I'll just stick to my plucking then. So much easier.
I wish I could get a good bell crop. They don't seem to like me for some reason. Maybe it is because they know I am going to enjoy eating them if they would. Now hots, no problem. Must be a secret to bells that I haven't learned yet. Thanks again! |
May 31, 2016 | #4 |
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Star, I mostly pick them both ways. If I happen to have scissors close by - I'll clip them off. If not, I pick them by hand.
If it is a hot variety like Aji Limon or hotter - I only use scissors because I don't want to get juices under my fingernails...just thinking about it burns |
May 31, 2016 | #5 |
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I prefer to use snippers, but I'll also do the fingers only methods. The problem I have with the latter is that it is possible to break a branch or strip back the dermis if you're not entirely coordinated.
But as stated your neighbor is full of beans. |
May 31, 2016 | #6 |
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It's good to know that just because someone says something doesn't mean it is true although what I said is.
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May 31, 2016 | #7 |
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and if you were right I would agree with you
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May 31, 2016 | #8 |
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June 1, 2016 | #9 |
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I use clippers because sell my peppers and if I break the plant then I am out the plant if I break the stem of the pepper out then I wasted a pepper I could have sold. I have never heard of breaking them out causes a loss of production. Nor do I clean the clippers between cuts. I just don't have time. I have rows of peppers to pick.
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June 1, 2016 | #10 |
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I can't imagine a neighbor being nosey enough to comment on how I pick my peppers.
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June 15, 2016 | #11 |
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Field peppers are mostly hand picked and I never saw a field worker packing a set of sissors or pruners. Production continues.
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