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10 Feb 18, Gerald (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Both chilli and bell peppers are growing exceptionally well but a bug is drilling a hole into the top of all of them. The bell peppers are filling up with water and rotting before I know it's happened. The chillis are ok to pick. Have cut the fruit open but I can't see anything inside. Any ideas?

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22 Jan 18, zeta (Australia - temperate climate)

just learned about male and female capsicum my question is do I need both seeds or will they grow from either?

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31 Jan 18, Brenda (Australia - temperate climate)

Capsicum are like cucumber, pumpkin etc. You plant any old seed of the variety you want and the plant comes up. It will then grow flowers. some flowers are male, and some are female (the female ones have a teeny tiny miniature fruit under them). Little creatures, often bees but some other pollinators too, will flit between the flowers and spread the pollen around fertilising any female (fruiting) flowers that are growing on the plant. Successful pollination, and you should get some capsicums pretty easily depending on when you plant them and where you live. Capsicum like hot weather and long growing season. Often treated an annual down south and a perennial up north. Good luck

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26 Jan 18, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Just buy some seeds or take some from a capsicum and plant them.

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26 Dec 17, (Australia - temperate climate)

hi why is my capsicums flowers but not fruiting?

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28 Dec 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Check on the internet about capsicum pollination time. I have read that they require a certain temperature to pollinate. Something like 18-23 degrees, not say 15. I have just finished my crop - not the best because the plants were shaded by egg plants a lot. Try watering down at the root zone and not the bush.

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06 Dec 17, Bob (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Do i need to stake capsicum

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07 Jun 18, Paul (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Yes you do... If they are left, the plants will snap off as the upper fruit enlarges and ripens. Especially if there is any wind.

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23 Nov 17, Colleen Noonan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I am growing a couple of plants indoors with good sun. They look good but every time a flower appears it falls off a few days later. Is it that the soil need some enriching ? One plant is about 40 cm tall and looks so healthy but I doubt if it will ever produce.

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23 Nov 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

"Do I need bees for pollination? No, bees are not important for pollination. Although you may see plenty of bees in the patch, capsicum is self-pollinated. Bush movement due to wind is sufficient for pollination". You probably have no wind inside the house. Also I have read caps need the temp above a certain temperature to pollinate. I wouldn't recommend growing anything inside - plants need sun - some more than others. Plants like caps and tomatoes need wind to pollinate. Others need bees.

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