[the Kergan]

Ok here goes. I have two capsicum plants in my greenhouse and they are doing well. They are about 18 inches tall, very green and lush. However they are very bushy and covered in buds and I worry that I will end up with lots of tiny tough fruits that come to nothing. I certainly can't see me getting big fat capsicums like I would buy in the shops.

So should I be pruning the plants and getting rid of some leaves and buds to give a select few a good chance of becoming large capsicums?

[sunshineband]

I would wait and see how many fruit set, once the flowers open, before you think of thinning them out 

[mumofstig]

In my experience, they start to drop flowers themselves, once they are carrying enough fruit

[New shoot]

They keep going for ages as well.  It was really late last year when I finished harvesting peppers and chillies.  Somehow cooler nights at the end of summer or beginning of autumn don't seem to bother them like they do early on 

Bushy plants are good as they form the most flowers that way.  As the others say, a lot of these drop without coming to anything on peppers.  Chillies seem less prone to this. I have gone a bit mad on chillies this year so may be starting a tabasco factory later on in the summer with any luck   

[the Kergan]

Thanks for the help with this.