Pinching back pepper plants?

[thamnophis]

Hello all -

A rabbit or woodchuck chewed off the top of one of my pepper plants a few days ago. The plant was about 20 inches tall and about the top 20% was removed. I noticed that side shoots are growing fast along the stem of the plant as a result.

Do people generally pinch peppers back to produce side shoots? Some of mine are a little leggy.

Joe

[Nuthead]

Some do but usually if the plant gets enough of light there's no need for that. It kind of does it itself by starting to branch more!