Paul M. Cook wrote:
I can't do much about the heat here in SoCal. Even the shade is 92F
today and literature says peppers drop over 90F. So my bell peppers
have started to drop their buds and small fruit. I have several
larger peppers holding their own. The plant is not stressed, it gets
water every day and needs it, the nights have been rather warm and
the days in the low 90s. I gave them all a drink of magnesium this
morning - 2 tablespoons for a gallon of water. What else can I do? The one
that drops the most buds is in a 5 gallon white bucket. Could the roots be
getting too hot? I was thinking about wrapping
some foil around the bucket.

Make sure the top of the bucket is well mulched and that it is not on
concrete or brick that will get hot from the sun. If the air temp is so
high there isn't much you can do about that.

David