Plants are individuals

[scarfguy]

SO... I have a pair of pepper plants growing in a single bounty. They are the same variety. The seeds came out of the same envelope.  They were planted at the same time and watered and fertilized at the same time.

They get the same amount of light and are in the same environment as to air flow, heat, etc.

One plant is loaded with a dozen great looking peppers. The other one flowers but wilts and drops all of its flowers. It has produced no peppers.

Because of the heat in the summer, both plants will drop some flowers but the one drops them all whereas the other one drops some and develops peppers on most.

I have no idea as to why they would be different....  Other than plants are individuals and do as they please!

[slw]

I'm observing something similar with my pepper plants.  I have two banana plants in one Bounty and 2 fajita pepper plants in a Harvest XL.  In each garden, one plant is clearly taller, fuller, larger than the other.   Started at the same time, same conditions, nutes, etc.  All of them have blooms so I'm excited about that.    I concur with your assessment, SG. 

[tatmia]

Have a similar situation with my 2 Golden Harvest cherry tomatoes.   I've even swapped their locations in the garden but one is thriving and one is the epitome of "There appears to have been a struggle".    It's producing tomatoes but I might just pull it and let the one thriving have the full garden.

[lynnee]

Aug 28, 2023 10:50:12 GMT -5 tatmia said:

Have a similar situation with my 2 Golden Harvest cherry tomatoes.   I've even swapped their locations in the garden but one is thriving and one is the epitome of "There appears to have been a struggle".    It's producing tomatoes but I might just pull it and let the one thriving have the full garden.

Sometimes when you thin the pod to a single plant you don't get the strongest one.