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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 |
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On Jun 20, 6:47 pm, "Rachael Simpson"
wrote: 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 Some thoughts 1. Temperatures: have the day temps been warm, 65-85 and nights 60-75? Hotter temps seem to slow them down. 2. Water needs are about 1 inch per week (maybe too much water?) 3. Any Black Walnut tree roots in the area at any time? 4. Pollinators present? 5. Too many flowers can decrease yield. Try thinning to 6 flowers per plant for awhile. 6. Fertilizer: probably the best is, of course, compost. Then I like to use fish emulsion also. Hope this helps some. Emilie NorCal |
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mleblanca wrote: On Jun 20, 6:47 pm, "Rachael Simpson" wrote: 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 Some thoughts 1. Temperatures: have the day temps been warm, 65-85 and nights 60-75? Hotter temps seem to slow them down. 2. Water needs are about 1 inch per week (maybe too much water?) 3. Any Black Walnut tree roots in the area at any time? 4. Pollinators present? 5. Too many flowers can decrease yield. Try thinning to 6 flowers per plant for awhile. 6. Fertilizer: probably the best is, of course, compost. Then I like to use fish emulsion also. Hope this helps some. Emilie NorCal I like it except, if you have flowers , I'd stay away from the nitrogen and go with bone meal and wood ashes. -- Billy Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly) |
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"Billy Rose" wrote in message ... In article .com, mleblanca wrote: On Jun 20, 6:47 pm, "Rachael Simpson" wrote: 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 Some thoughts 1. Temperatures: have the day temps been warm, 65-85 and nights 60-75? Hotter temps seem to slow them down. 2. Water needs are about 1 inch per week (maybe too much water?) 3. Any Black Walnut tree roots in the area at any time? 4. Pollinators present? 5. Too many flowers can decrease yield. Try thinning to 6 flowers per plant for awhile. 6. Fertilizer: probably the best is, of course, compost. Then I like to use fish emulsion also. Hope this helps some. Emilie NorCal I like it except, if you have flowers , I'd stay away from the nitrogen and go with bone meal and wood ashes. -- Billy Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly) Ok made mental note to check on bone meal too. |
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"mleblanca" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 20, 6:47 pm, "Rachael Simpson" wrote: 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 Some thoughts 1. Temperatures: have the day temps been warm, 65-85 and nights 60-75? Hotter temps seem to slow them down. 2. Water needs are about 1 inch per week (maybe too much water?) 3. Any Black Walnut tree roots in the area at any time? 4. Pollinators present? 5. Too many flowers can decrease yield. Try thinning to 6 flowers per plant for awhile. 6. Fertilizer: probably the best is, of course, compost. Then I like to use fish emulsion also. Hope this helps some. Emilie NorCal Temps have been anywhere from 80-105 the last 3 weeks. It's 9:50AM now and already 77. Night temps haven't been lower than 65-70 that I know of. No black walnut trees, no bees that I've seen, about 4 flowers each plant. Might try the fish emulsion. Got wait on pay-check though. Thanks! Rae |
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Rachael Simpson wrote:
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? Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've had a cool spring, that may be it. They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing? I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough. Slow release and high in nitrogen. -- ..NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers www.midnightbeach.com/.net |
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In article ,
Jon Shemitz wrote: Rachael Simpson wrote: 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? Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've had a cool spring, that may be it. They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing? I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough. Slow release and high in nitrogen. Cool Spring? -- Billy Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly) |
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"Jon Shemitz" wrote in message ... Rachael Simpson wrote: 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? Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've had a cool spring, that may be it. They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing? I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough. Slow release and high in nitrogen. -- .NET 2.0 for Delphi Programmers www.midnightbeach.com/.net Definitely not cool. We had a long spring and late frost. But the past 3-4 weeks have been 80+. Plants look good in color, just not growing. |
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On 2007-06-21 10:09:20 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"
said: Definitely not cool. We had a long spring and late frost. But the past 3-4 weeks have been 80+. Plants look good in color, just not growing. Try hollytone. |
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hollytone/was peppers
"Johnny Borborigmi" wrote in message ... On 2007-06-21 10:09:20 -0400, "Rachael Simpson" said: Definitely not cool. We had a long spring and late frost. But the past 3-4 weeks have been 80+. Plants look good in color, just not growing. Try hollytone. Hollytone?? Not familiar with this.....what can you tell me about it? Application, price, etc.............did a search on the 'net, but couldn't find out much. Anyone have experience with this? |
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hollytone/was peppers
"Rachael Simpson" expounded:
Hollytone?? Not familiar with this.....what can you tell me about it? Application, price, etc.............did a search on the 'net, but couldn't find out much. Anyone have experience with this? Excellent fertilizer for rhodies and the like made by Espoma. http://www.espoma.com/ I've used their products for years, Rosetone is my favorite for, of all things, roses G Feed and grain type stores (farm supply and such) carry it around here, I don't know if the box stores do. -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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hollytone/was peppers
"Rachael Simpson" wrote:
Hollytone?? Not familiar with this.....what can you tell me about it? Application, price, etc.............did a search on the 'net, but couldn't find out much. Anyone have experience with this? Hollytone is a mostly organic 4-6-4 fertilizer for acid loving plants. To help increase the acidity, it contains 5% sulfur. The ingredients a manure, feather meal, crab meal, cocoa meal, corn gluten, cottonseed meal, dried blood, sunflower meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, greensand, rock phosphate, sulfate of potash, humates, ammonium sulfate, and triple super phosphate. Check it out at www.hollytone.com It is a great product. For rhododendrons and azaleas, I recommend using it once each spring at half the rate on the package. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at: http://rhodyman.net/rahome.html Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at: http://rhodyman.net/rabooks.html Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA Zone 6 |
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"Rachael Simpson" wrote in message ... Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for peppers? Our peppers are a bit slow this year due to the drought. They're just developing flowers now. We have to water them bi-weekly. Good organic fertilizers are blood meal for nitrogen. Bone meal for phosphate and wood ashes for potash. Fish emulsion can get expensive, smells really bad and can draw unwanted pests to the garden like coons and possums. |
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"Garbodanno" wrote in message ... "Rachael Simpson" wrote in message ... Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for peppers? Our peppers are a bit slow this year due to the drought. They're just developing flowers now. We have to water them bi-weekly. Good organic fertilizers are blood meal for nitrogen. Bone meal for phosphate and wood ashes for potash. Fish emulsion can get expensive, smells really bad and can draw unwanted pests to the garden like coons and possums. Ok, thanks for the tips on the emulsion, leaning more towards the blood & bones meal now. Already have a possum that's fell in love with my van of all things. Look out there any time of night, and the little bugger is sitting up on top of it. Would be ironic if my van was the one to run over it one day....... We are in drought also, at least 9 inch deficent. Been keeping them watered though. Rae |
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"Rachael Simpson" wrote in message
... 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 Candidly, I can't see jalapenos producing anything at 2" tall... Must be a midget pepper. Dave |
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