Dick Adams wrote:
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If you planted early, mid and late season Bell peppers,
you might get away with overcrowding.

it was three crops from a single planting,
raised bed, full sun, heavy clay soil, no
mulch, no fertilizer, soil amended with organic
materials only the previous fall. watered when
dry for longer than a week.

they could take a fair bit of abuse. the 2nd
harvest was so thick and often wrapped around
stems that a fair bit of damage was done in the
process. still didn't stop them from putting on
another round of growth and fruits.

we had a lot of heat and sunshine last summer,
i'm sure that helped too.


songbird