Steve Wertz wrote:

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 08:34:49 -0500, Kathleen wrote:


Every year I buy pepper plants, put them in large pots and "window boxes"
with potting soil and enjoy the peppers. Bell peppers, jalapeno peppers,
and banana peppers. Last year the banana peppers didn't grow but the rest
did wonderfully. This year none of them are doing so well.

I was thinking about buying new soil, and trying again. I think DH planted
them in last years soil.

Any suggestions?


I know some of you will consider this blasphemy, but my peppers
wouldn't do anything this year. I used a mixture of 20% miracle
grow, 20% Hill Country Fare potting soil, and regular 'ol
untreated dirt that had only supported weeds for the last 14
years. The peppers just sat there for 3-4 weeks.

I added some:
http://www.scotts.com/index.cfm/event/ProductGuide.product/documentId/a14b1caec1613fcfdfd9849e67bb6eef
as a last ditch effort, and they're now doing terrific.

-sw

I picked up 10 big bags of Natural Gardner turkey poop (they still owe
me 10 more, since I couldn't fit more than 10 at once in my truck). I
spread it all over the top of my veggie garden like mulch and in my
containers with fresh container soil and the ones who got the fixed up
mix with turkey poop, are popping peppers, tomatoes and eggplants all
over, but the other old containers without fresh mix are not do doing
anything.