lopping off the tops
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lopping off the tops
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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Re: lopping off the tops
It will! Provided the tops were still relatively "green" and not woody, it should take.
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Rob, ZONE 6A with 170 days between frost dates, Western Pennsylvania
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Re: lopping off the tops
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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Re: lopping off the tops
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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Re: lopping off the tops
That is cool, I didn't know it could be done with peppers.
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Re: lopping off the tops
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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Re: lopping off the tops
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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Re: lopping off the tops
Some peppers with tops lopped to show bushy growth come through and one that has not been lopped
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