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I'm in Western NY, and there have been years when my bell peppers have
languished in the summer heat, and started to rock & roll in September
when the weather cooled down. I've concluded that when experts say a
plant likes full sun, that doesn't necessarily mean they like heat. In my
current garden, I've planted them so they'll be shaded by the tomato
cages during the hottest part of the day.

You might try shading them with window screen stapled to wooden stakes.
And, be sure they're mulched. I use lawn clippings for that, adding about
an inch every couple of weeks.


We are just now getting hot weather, and when it was cooler they didn't
look any better. I thought maybe I was watering them too much? The
eggplants right next to them are exploding out of the ground. I read up on
them, and all I really found was that they like hot weather, evenly moist
soil but not wet soil. I'm going to fertilize them and step up the
watering and see what happens. I read up on eggplants, and found the same
thing - hot weather, moist soil, go figure?


1) Take notes about when you fertilize so you don't forget and overdo it.

2) Did these pepper plants come from a store, or did you grow them yourself
from seed? If a store, what kind? Home Despot, Wal Mart, Lowe's or another
place where the plants may have been tortured in unimaginable ways?

My bell peppers and jalapenos are not doing well either, my friend's
peppers are of the same type are growing like gangbusters. He had a book
that said peppers need to be close to each other, leaves touching
leaves. His are close to each other, my peppers are spaced apart. Being
close may also provide the shade or with propagation. I am not an expert
so I do not know if this theory applies to you or me.

Enjoy Life .... Dan

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