How to get more peppers from your green pepper plants: &quot;Spray the plant with Epsom salts (1 teaspoon dissolved in a spray bottle of warm water (about 4 cups). That gives the pepper plant a boost of magnesium that is required at flowering time to produce fruit. Spray them again 10 days later and in a few weeks, you will have more peppers than you can eat.&quot; http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/gardening/2009/08/the_trouble_with_peppers.html