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| Author: | BenBrewcat [ Jun 29th, '14, 03:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Bell pepper manual pollination failing... what am I missing? |
I've been manually pollinating my sweet peppers with an electric toothbrush. Every day I do in and hit each receptive flower: a big poof of pollen pops and it should be good. Additionally a fan blows on the grow 24/7. But I'm not getting any fruitset. This technique is getting me 100% fruitset on five varieties of tomatoes right next to the damn things  . The plants are vigorous and healthy otherwise, and new flowers pop daily.What gives? |
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| Author: | gazza [ Jun 29th, '14, 08:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bell pepper manual pollination failing... what am I miss |
Maybe temperature or nutrient related? I've found some chilies can be tricky like that. |
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| Author: | BenBrewcat [ Jun 30th, '14, 01:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bell pepper manual pollination failing... what am I miss |
Noots is my guess too, but I don't really know where to start... maybe a foliar feed of: 
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