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21-06-2007, 06:41 PM
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peppers
In article fc.003d0941022b1be53b9aca00e7280970.22b1c3a@pmug. org,
(Glenna Rose) wrote: writes: In article fc.003d0941022b0ea53b9aca00e7280970.22b0eaa@pmug. org, (Glenna Rose) wrote: writes: Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is stunted like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only grown about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot. Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with bugs & other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that were planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their size. Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they need some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong? thanks for any input, Rachael aka Rae PS: in south/sandhill area of NC I don't grow a lot of hot peppers but my experience with peppers in general is that they don't really get going until the weather gets hot. At least here in my corner of the world, they like the warm weather which us western Pacific Northwesterners don't get until now or later. Patience may pay off well for you and as July gets closer, they will stand up to the plate and be in good shape by August. Glenna I'm coming at this slowly. All the above and keep the mulch off until the heat arrives. Your buddy, -- Billy Billy, why would you wait to mulch? I ask because one of the main reasons I mulch (usually with newly-mown grass) is so the soil will be warmer. It also seems to promote more and healthier root growth, probably partly because of the increased earthworm activity due to the composting grass. Between the mulch and surface watering (deeply and once a week or every 4-5 days when it's really hot), my results have been good in the past - once the air temperature also is up there. Of course, there is the added advantage of the mulch keeping down weeds (as well as keeping moisture at the plant's roots). For my tomato plants, by the time the mulch has "gone down" from composting, the plants are large enough to produce shade which also decreases weed activity. Not only does it help the desired plants to grow, it discourages the undesired. Rather than waiting to mulch, I get discouraged because I don't have more grass earlier in the year. I've even mowed the fire alley grass to have more mulch! (Our block has a T-shaped alley as it is actually two blocks, the leg of the "T" provides back yard access for fire trucks for the otherwise not-so-accessible houses but that leg is not paved.) Anyway, my plants get their mulch early so I am interested in reasons to wait. Glenna You got it alright. Your doin' good. I waited wih my plants until they showed some vigor, especially the corn. I wanted to get the ground warm. I'm using alfalfa, which is light colored when its dry. I presumed I'd be reflecting some of the heat, when I wanted to absorb it. Grass clipping would be darker and probably absorb more heat. Little thing I forgot to include in my advice because I got in a hurry. Everything is mulched now. -- Billy Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly) |
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