My peppers all (15 plants, 4 different types) self pollinated indoors. Everyone of them was making little peppers before I got them in the ground. I dont think the paintbrush fiddling is needed.

Thanks mandolls - I'll give up the fiddling :)

Pick up one flower and rub it gently face to face to rest of the flowers.This way you may pollinate many flowers at a time bearing fruits of almost the same age.

Anyway, can't you open it up on warm days and let bees and wasps in? How do you keep it from overheating?

I have stopped pollinating by hand and the peppers are still setting.

Thanks for that chaman, but I don't actually want lots of fruit at the same time. A succession is more useful to me.

pn - I do open it up when it's sunny but it is actually pretty cool and cloudy here at the moment and to get enough heat for the peppers to be happy I have to keep it shut most of the time. Also the porch is attached to the house and has to be closed up when I'm at work for security. When I open it up a few insects sometimes come in but not reliably - and the stupid creatures get themselves into a frenzy buzzing up against the roof and have to be guided out.

Anyway - as I said there are lots of peppers coming along even though I have now stopped using the paint brush on them. So somehow they are getting pollinated.

Thanks for all comments, as ever.

I have been wishing mine were in a sun porch recently. This is usually the hottest time of the year and today the high was 60F, with a low expected of 50F tonight.