lopping off the tops

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lopping off the tops

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Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:48 pm

So some of my early peppers i want to now bush out a bit so have lopped off the tops to encourage further growth down lower. I have placed the tops in water to encourage rooting and after a couple of days they still seem to be doing okay. Will this work ? Does anyone do this ?
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:48 am

It will! Provided the tops were still relatively "green" and not woody, it should take.
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:50 am

Thanks [mention]Rockoe10[/mention] . They are still looking good so i shall persevere, should be a nice quick way to multiple the plants out.
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:51 am

I love propagating by cuttings, its my favorite. I find changing the water often helps a great deal. Especially with those hard to root plants.
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:20 pm

That is cool, I didn't know it could be done with peppers. :)
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:12 pm

I have done this with peppers before, putting them in my hydroponics to root them, and almost every one of them rooted. They rooted better when I used a knife to lightly scar the stems - same thing that helps when I do this with basil cuttings.
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Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:35 pm

Yup roots are coming through good. Key tip is make sure the node is under water, this is where the roots sprout from.
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Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:37 am

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Some peppers with tops lopped to show bushy growth come through and one that has not been lopped
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