Legit question: are my plants TOO big?

[u/paapsuave]

Have seen several posts like this one (https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/s/uuByKV8END) of a person bringing in their 4yr old plant that looks to be about 12"-18" tall.

All of my mature plants dwarf these sizes by a couple of feet and it makes me wonder if there are pros/cons of larger vs smaller pepper plants when we're talking about plant health and productivity.

All of my plants are healthy and producing. Just curious if I should change what I'm doing or keep growing monsters.

[u/jayNov01010]

Mine always get about 4 -5 feet tall. I pinch out the flower buds until they’re about 2 feet tall. And then I give it a vegetative state fertilizer two times a week like urban farms offers. When you have at least three months left before the first frost, you can switch to a flowering fertilizer which urban farms also offers. My current grow I’ve used Neptune harvest, but it’s a lot more expensive and not for everyone. You should have drainage for your pots use nothing smaller than 5 gallon but preferably something larger. Allows the roots to grow bigger and you have a bigger plant that way. Those look to be about 2 feet tall so nothing too Out of the ordinary you could actually get much larger.