Pruning Back Pepper Plants

The season is over and time to cut back our pepper plants and prepare for our next crop. Pruning back each plant can be a little tricky. Watching for new growth around the trunk and near where branches split off is a great place to start.

 Alejandro Pepper Farm after pruning

 Serrano Pepper Plants after pruning

 Sweet Heat Pepper plants after pruning

 Hot Big Guy Peppers after pruning

 Costa Rican Pepper plant after pruning

 Mariachi Pepper plant after pruning

Serrano Peppers new growth after pruning

In preparing for the colder month's we pruned down each pepper plant and reduced the irrigation down to once every other day. With the irrigation we added plant growth fertilizer to stimulate each plant.