hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. often, the buds look like they dry up before falling
off. i have tried watering more and watering less, but no clear
solution
has emerged. i hit the peppers with seaweed every other week and
liquid organic fertilizer every couple of weeks.

for what it's worth, i can grow the heck out of herbs and tomatoes
in the same areas (not competing with peppers), so i know it's
a decent place to grow stuff.

any suggestions? thanks in advance,

marty.

"marty lester" wrote in message
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hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. often, the buds look like they dry up before falling
off. i have tried watering more and watering less, but no clear
solution
has emerged. i hit the peppers with seaweed every other week and
liquid organic fertilizer every couple of weeks.

any suggestions? thanks in advance,

Offhand, I'd cut back on the fertilizer. Killed a couple of mine in deck
pots last year by fertilizing too early..
Frank

"marty lester" wrote in message
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hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. often, the buds look like they dry up before falling
off. i have tried watering more and watering less, but no clear
solution
has emerged. i hit the peppers with seaweed every other week and
liquid organic fertilizer every couple of weeks.

for what it's worth, i can grow the heck out of herbs and tomatoes
in the same areas (not competing with peppers), so i know it's
a decent place to grow stuff.

any suggestions? thanks in advance,

marty.


Every resource on earth says peppers like sun, but I've always gotten my
biggest harvests from plants grown in dappled sun, and sometimes even light
shade with no direct sun at all during the day. Makes no sense, but
hey....there it is. Can you give yours some shade somehow? Maybe suspend
some dark window screen over them or something?

Read about this insect cause at the link below.

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/veg/be...per_weevil.htm

Hi temps also cause bud drop. above 95F

thank you all for the help. it has been extremely hot
here the last few days. maybe some shade is in order
on one or two plants as an experiment.

marty.

"marty lester" wrote in message
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hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. any suggestions? thanks in advance,

marty.

Next year before you plant your peppers get a box of book matches. When you
put in your plants drop a book of matches in the hole, water, cover with
about an inch or so of soil and then in goes your pepper plant in the usual
manner. I can't remember what it is in the matches, sulfur or whatever, that
the peppers love and keeps the blossoms from rotting off or dropping. My
garden sat in full sun all day and many of those were in the triple digit
temps during July and August. I usually had at least a dozen different
varieties of peppers and always had bumper crops. This also worked well with
eggplant.

Val

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"marty lester" wrote in message
oups.com...
hi out there-

i live in Austin, TX and i just can't seem to grow jalepeno peppers
well.
i have them in a pretty sunny area (about 6-7 hours a day) and in
decent soil with mulch. they form buds, but after a few days they
usually fall off. any suggestions? thanks in advance,

marty.

Next year before you plant your peppers get a box of book matches. When
you put in your plants drop a book of matches in the hole, water, cover
with about an inch or so of soil and then in goes your pepper plant in the
usual manner. I can't remember what it is in the matches, sulfur or
whatever, that the peppers love and keeps the blossoms from rotting off or
dropping. My garden sat in full sun all day and many of those were in the
triple digit temps during July and August. I usually had at least a dozen
different varieties of peppers and always had bumper crops. This also
worked well with eggplant.

Val


Sulfur makes sense, since it's sold in powder form as a remedy for some
plant diseases. (Also good for dusting bulbs that are to be stored indoors
over the winter, so they're less likely to rot).

Epsom salts will provide both sulfur and magnesium which is the basis
for chlorophyll.
A spoonfull in a gallon of water applied as a foliar drench is enough.