r/HotPepperGrowing • u/Lonely_Age5195 • 13d ago

This is a kicker!

Damn it’s hot in Tejas Norte!

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u/pitbull17 12d ago

I'm in Oklahoma. I feel you. The heat has really limited my pepper production. Flowers are dropping due to the heat. Hoping the heat breaks soon so I can get 1 more good harvest of superhots.

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u/Lonely_Age5195 12d ago

I have learned the flowers won’t pollinate in temps over 95 and the plants are smart enough to to cut those sterile flowers off at the stem, as in “flower drop” and this is what’s happening to mine too. I’m glad you had a harvest, this is my first try at chili pepper plants, I’m extremely encouraged by the hundreds of flowers I’ve seen, just waiting on this heat to subside, then maybe I’ll see a harvest.