I'm sure this has been covered multiple times...but I've got lots of plants so I just want to make sure.

I started my peppers a few weeks too early and they are just now getting outside in my boxes. They were in 20 oz solo cups, but did get a little root bound and started putting out blooms.

The plants are a very healthy dark green, with thick stems, but most are under 12" and now have anywhere from a couple to 20+ blooms.

As an example, my Reaper is ~11" tall, but has around 16 blooms starting.

My assumption is that I should pinch all blooms now so that plants can grow larger right now and properly support future growth. Is this correct?