Bell peppers, like eggplants, are a heat-loving crop. Bad weather, diseases or untimely planting of seedlings can do their dirty work..
It happens that peppers simply do not have time to ripen before the onset of cold weather..
There are several folk tricks that allow you to speed up the process and not let the harvest perish on the vine.
In order to speed up the ripening of bell peppers, summer residents are advised to prune.
Some even prune throughout the season. However, the approach of autumn leaves no choice.
How to proceed
Remove excess leaves and ovaries that prevent formed fruits from ripening.
In addition, excess foliage can cause the development of fungal diseases.
But as for accelerating the ripening of the crop, summer residents are advised to remove the tops of the seedlings.
You need to count 4-5 leaves from the beginning of the branch and cut off everything else.
Pruning will cause stress to the plant, and it will direct all its energy to ripening fruits and seeds.
You can do without pruning if you cover the peppers with agrofibre and fertilize them with complex preparations (potassium plus phosphorus).
