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19 Feb 14, julian (Australia - temperate climate)

Very hot weather can shock the plant and cause the flowers to drop. It could also be magnesium or calcium deficiency. Try a couple of table spoons of epsom salts (for magnesium) around the base and some blood & bone (for calcium). Calcium will take a long time to uptake so be patient. good luck

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12 Jan 14, Paula (Australia - temperate climate)

My capsicum plant is in a sunny position, but does not get the afternoon sun. It produces flowers and the early beginnings of fruit but they disappear. Is this possums?? I have just shrouded the plant with a plastic plant protecting bag, open at both ends. Will the plant ever fruit??

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07 Dec 13, Lisa (Australia - temperate climate)

My capiscums hav fruited for the first time. The plants are about 20cm tall and each have 2 fruits and more flowers. The capiscums have only grown to to the size a bit smaller than a ping pong ball byte have started to ripen and wrinkle. Is it best to prune the first fruits to promote new bigger growth?

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13 Dec 13, Rosie (Australia - arid climate)

Lisa I have done a little more research on them and I gather that capsicums need calcium for good growth. I have poured a little bit of calf feeding powder milk around the base and also put a 'human' calcium tablet in the soil at the base of the plant. It seems to be helping. Good luck.

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30 Nov 13, Rosie (Australia - arid climate)

I need to know what causes my capsicum to develop a 'rot' spot on the lower part of the fruit. They are still very much green and roughly the size of a tennis ball and smaller. Thank you. Cheers Rosie

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08 Nov 13, Luke (Australia - tropical climate)

will capsicum grow from a cutting?

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28 Nov 13, Sara Sevinc (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Yes it will. I grow several varieties of capsicum and chilli, and grow new plants from cuttings in Brisbane. You'll need a greenhouse to do this, but if you don't have one, put the cuttings in a large plastic box and that'll work just fine.

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22 Nov 13, DrGreenThumb (Australia - tropical climate)

I haven't tried but wouldn't think so. Simply because a cutting would have to come from a shoot. Capsicum don't produce shoots until they are preparing to fruit. I think you will hinder your total yield. Keep us posted if you try.

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04 Nov 13, Dennis (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

I am interested in Capsicum farming in Congo Brazzaville Which specie of capsicum will favorably grow here?

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30 Oct 13, Pat Davis (Australia - temperate climate)

I have a tomatoe planted on a plot above & a capsicum planted in a lower plot, does this mean that I have to dig out the capsicum, put it in a pot & shift it to another part of the garden?? Please advise. Many thanks.

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