Dick Adams wrote:
songbird wrote:
wrote:
...
I don't think it is the seeds and I love these peppers. With the
amount of foliage on the plants and the fact that I packed them
into the garden too tight makes me think it is the other problems.
This year I will make some changes and see what happens. Thanks for
a ll the input
ok, we planted 20 green pepper plants in
an area of about 6x6ft.
we had three crops totaling around 300
peppers.
I planted 18 habenero plants in a 6x6ft area and
learned a big lesson - that is plant your peppers
in a north to south columns with 2ft intervals.
But from east to west, you'll need at least 3 ft.
That's 12 plants in a 6x6 garden.
I had two 6x6 garden plots and the 12 plant garden
out produced the 18 plant garden.
If you planted early, mid and late season Bell peppers,
you might get away with overcrowding.
Planting in north-south rows is preferred for all veges that need full sun.
[Of course in the antipodes we plant in south-north rows!]
Whether you can get away with overcrowding depends on which resource is the
limiting factor for growth. If sunlight is not the limit then with better
soil you can plant closer than with poorer.
D