Bell peppers, like eggplants, are heat-loving crops. 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 cold weather sets in.
There are several folk tricks that can speed up the process and prevent the harvest from perishing on the vine.
In order to speed up the ripening of bell peppers, gardeners are advised to prune them.
Some even prune throughout the season. However, as autumn approaches, there is no choice.
How to proceed
Remove excess leaves and ovaries that prevent the formed fruits from ripening.
In addition, excess foliage can cause the development of fungal diseases.
But as for accelerating the ripening of the harvest, 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 stress the plant and it will focus all its energy on 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).
