"marty lester" wrote in message
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hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. often, the buds look like they dry up before falling
off. i have tried watering more and watering less, but no clear
solution
has emerged. i hit the peppers with seaweed every other week and
liquid organic fertilizer every couple of weeks.

for what it's worth, i can grow the heck out of herbs and tomatoes
in the same areas (not competing with peppers), so i know it's
a decent place to grow stuff.

any suggestions? thanks in advance,

marty.


Every resource on earth says peppers like sun, but I've always gotten my
biggest harvests from plants grown in dappled sun, and sometimes even light
shade with no direct sun at all during the day. Makes no sense, but
hey....there it is. Can you give yours some shade somehow? Maybe suspend
some dark window screen over them or something?