On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:52:52 -0400, "Brad Heidinger"
wrote:

Hello All,

I have planted typical garden variety green bell peppers every year for the
last five years. (Bonnie Bell?) I have never had great luck with crop
production.

I have been planting peppers for 8 years, all kinds. I start them
all from seeds, and they are planted exactly alike, mixed up in the
rows, using my compost, commercial potting soil, ground up leaves, and
the orginal clay, all combined. I never get more than one or two
peppers off any bell peppers I plant, but I get dozens off all the
other varieties, like mild and hot bananas, cubanos, long chilis, and
several varieties I call Barok peppers. Of the Baroks, I picked up
the originals (and gleaned the seeds from) a varieties that were set
out to take for free from Barok Builders in Pittsboro several years
ago (I guess they got dozens and dozens, too).
I don't know why bells have a problem, but try some other types.
Most mine are mild, not hot (if that is stopping you from branching
out). Have fun experimenting.
Kira