Need help growing habanero peppers

[fixit7]

https://imgur.com/a/aXT4I8V

I bought this habanero plant from Home Depot about 6 weeks ago.

I understand that it takes about 90 days until it produces peppers.

I could use some tips.

Like should I be pruning it?

It is located on a patio, so I bring it in at night and place it under a led grow light.

Something occasionally eats part of the leaves. But it isn't much.

Thanks.

 

[Pepperhead]

If you fertilize with a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer, you will get nothing but leaves (from experience).

If your patio has good sun coverage, don't put it under an LED at night, I think the dark/light cycle is necessary.

Pruning isn't a thing for peppers, AFAIK.

Don't handle hot peppers and then rub your eyes (or go #1 @ the potty) w/o washing your hands first.

Plant looks good IMO. Watch for folded leaves. It's either a spider (leave alone) or a worm about to eat you plant.

That's all i'm confident in saying.

 

[oneeye]

I agree with pepperhead don't fertilize, because that will stop pepper production. Peppers like growing in hot temperatures and some people even grow them using 24hr light cycles indoors. I never grow any indoor plants 24 hours without resting periods. I think it would be best for flower production to allow 8 hrs of darkness every night. Sun is the very best light source you can use for peppers. Your pepper plant looks good.

 

[fixit7]

Thanks guys for your help.

 

[Meadowlark]

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Don't handle hot peppers and then rub your eyes (or go #1 @ the potty) w/o washing your hands first.

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x2 especially on habanero...no joke dangerous hot if mishandled

 

[Twigs]

I’ve had zero issues with Habaneros. I will lightly fertilize once near the end of the growing season. (End of Summer, A splash of Miracle Grow during one watering.) Habaneros and Cayenne peppers are some of the easiest peppers I have ever grown. Water and Sunlight, enjoy!

 

[fixit7]

I’ve had zero issues with Habaneros. I will lightly fertilize once near the end of the growing season. (End of Summer, A splash of Miracle Grow during one watering.) Habaneros and Cayenne peppers are some of the easiest peppers I have ever grown. Water and Sunlight, enjoy!

Thanks.

I added a little bone meal which is supposed to help produce more fruit.

 

[jasper]

Less watering more heat more watering less heat. Add worm casting. Full sun.

 

[fixit7]

Less watering more heat more watering less heat. Add worm casting. Full sun.

I can not have full sun because I use a covered patio. It probably gets about 2 hrs of full sun.

That is why I bought a grow bulb. But I was told not to use it.

 

[Pepperhead]

If you only get 2 hours of sun, go ahead and use the light. I didn't know what your sun was like when I posted earlier.

 

[Lux628]

I was always told tons of heat, light is obviously important but heat is one of the best things for peppers. I am experimenting with seed started habaneros right now and have seen a drastic change since giving them heat