Poor pollination. Peppers are generally self-pollinators but sometimes it doesn’t happen like it’s supposed to. Other stressors like inconsistent water, poor soil, disease can contribute as well.
Necrolust1777
Is it a Tinkerbell variety?
IndirectSarcasm
best thing you can do for your entire garden is start using an inline hose filter. even if you never give it any fertilizer at all.
Salty-Pop-5512
Wow. I’m also in the miniatures subreddit and thought this was polymer clay. You could pass it off as artwork! 🙂
Hrosalia2000
Bell peepis
MottledZuchini
Pepper expert here. Plant was very stressed when it produced this pepper. Your plant sounds large so if it looks healthy, my best advice is to keep irrigation even and appropriate and you should have full sized peppers soon. If it isn’t healthy, I would need to see some pictures.
One thing you can do to bump up fruit size is limit number of fruit on the plant to one per internode, and prune weak side stems to direct energy toward the fruit. But not doing that is not the reason this pepper was small.
Technical-Jello-4464
Just a little guy
That-Water-Guy
You didn’t let it grow
Aramace117
Hey now, he’s completely average and doing his best.
425565
All of my middle November veggies are about that size due to less sun mostly.
YourLocalPotDealer
Don’t pick on it
lminer123
Bell peppers are actually kinda hard to grow. Nothing crazy, but people treat them kinda like the “starter pepper” when a lot of different peppers actually give much more consistent results.
You’re still always gonna get peppers, but to get those nice huge bells you get from the store your watering and fertilization need to be on point. Other varieties like Anaheim or Jalapeño are much more forgiving.
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Right, it doesn’t ring a bell at all
That one was for your garden elves?
It’s got a cute little booty
You may have to call the Dr… Pepper
Inconsistent watering, poor soil, lack of sunlight, and temperature fluctuations can all lead to tiny fruits.
It was in the pool.
That’s not small, it’s a perfectly normal size.
Good things come in small packages c:
How do we know you’re not a giant? Need a banana for scale.
Must be cold
He’s just a little guy
He’s just a little fellow.
I think you accidentally planted a Balls Pepper.
Genetics pee wee.
average. Too big if anything
[r/mightyharvest](https://reddit.com/r/mightyharvest) would love that
r/thingsforants
Poor pollination. Peppers are generally self-pollinators but sometimes it doesn’t happen like it’s supposed to. Other stressors like inconsistent water, poor soil, disease can contribute as well.
Is it a Tinkerbell variety?
best thing you can do for your entire garden is start using an inline hose filter. even if you never give it any fertilizer at all.
Wow. I’m also in the miniatures subreddit and thought this was polymer clay. You could pass it off as artwork! 🙂
Bell peepis
Pepper expert here. Plant was very stressed when it produced this pepper. Your plant sounds large so if it looks healthy, my best advice is to keep irrigation even and appropriate and you should have full sized peppers soon. If it isn’t healthy, I would need to see some pictures.
One thing you can do to bump up fruit size is limit number of fruit on the plant to one per internode, and prune weak side stems to direct energy toward the fruit. But not doing that is not the reason this pepper was small.
Just a little guy
You didn’t let it grow
Hey now, he’s completely average and doing his best.
All of my middle November veggies are about that size due to less sun mostly.
Don’t pick on it
Bell peppers are actually kinda hard to grow. Nothing crazy, but people treat them kinda like the “starter pepper” when a lot of different peppers actually give much more consistent results.
You’re still always gonna get peppers, but to get those nice huge bells you get from the store your watering and fertilization need to be on point. Other varieties like Anaheim or Jalapeño are much more forgiving.