Flower Drop

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Q:  Hi Dave,

I have a pepper plant that I can’t identify.  It has been growing for about 2 months and has made many flowers, but it seems the flowers just open and turn yellow and fall off.  I don’t know what to do.  It is an inside plant that is growing in a 1 gallon container under fluorescents. What do I do?

–Sequoia

 

A:  Hello Sequoia:

Does it have a lot of foliage?  Sometimes over-fertilizing causes flower drop.  Also, if the plant is getting too much heat from the lights, the flowers will drop.  I suggest raising the light.

–Dave

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