I would give them more time and maybe this month when it cools off they will start setting fruit. Also, if you are fertilizing them I would cut back on the nitrogen. You may be able to keep them growing all winter if you protect them from the cold.

Better late than never ... I have found a little miracle that adds tremendous boost to my Sweet and Hot Pepper Plants. I live in Victoria, Tx. just a 100 more miles down the coast from Houston, Tx. I apply 1/2 cup of "epson salt" (ya know the stuff to soak or sniff your achey nose joints with) when I start a new Pepper Plant just below the base (dry salt). I add 1/2 cup (dry) just worked in at the base of the plants every couple weeks during growth. I never had any Peppers either, or they were small and few, until I found this out. Now I cant stop my Sweet & Hot Peppers from packen it on. You grow your Peppers this way, and they will produce quality & quantity HUGE peppers. Add to that some regular humus under them with a gentle garden fertilizer (dry at the base), sprinkle occassionally with some green tea or miracle grow (with a drop of liquid dish soap and a half cup cola- per gal when watering), and step back. 'EPSON SALT' is the magic fertilizer that puts the pop in Pepper Plants ! It is basically all they need. Contrary to misbelief, all Pepper Plants require plenty of watering. Now You Know :-) Have fun. GOD Bless *note - too many hot peppers in your diet is not good. I have (2) 16' raised beds dedicated to 60 different Sweet and Hot Pepper Plants (packed in tight). I use the Sweet Peppers in place of salt in my diet and I find it very satisfying. They survive yr aft yr if you just pile all your clippings around them (almost entirely covered) until Spring is back. There is a spray you can purchase called "Tomatoe & Pepper SET" brand - ferti-lome, adds to larger Tomatoe and Pepper production & earlier harvest, It sets fruit on the flower blossoms. I pay about $6.50 lasts me a few yrs. You add this to the growing style above, I dont see how you could go wrong ! Hope this helps. *TIP: Try a couple of Tums (only Tums anti-acid) and 1/2 cup Oatmeal (raw) under your Tomatoe Plants when sowing them in (plant or seed). I like NON-GMO seed (organic) heirloom, start the seed indoors, get them long and tall as I can wait, then trench them in laid down instead of a single balled root, I get a ft of root growth, which I probably dont need to descibe the additional benefits that adds to the produce ! Helps prevent blossom-end rot : grey spot (which is another spray available). I hear that human urine (diluted 40/1 water) added with a small amount of wood ash will even increase upon all that extra Tomatoe produce.

This post was edited by VictoriaTexas on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 10:35

Your Welcome :-)

PS.. That cost ya a single serving packet of "SeaPort" coffee (instant will be alright) :-) Cant get that Cajun Greatness here. Pop me one in the snail shoot will ya please ! tanx

This post was edited by VictoriaTexas on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 9:43