Re: pepper plant issues

Green and vibrant and no blooms usually means "happy as a clam", growing well, and possibly over-fertilized.
Yours sounds like they're really stressed. When mine are in that shape, I remove the peppers ( sometimes keeping just one on the plant if I can't stand it), give them some TLC, and let them gain strength. They usually put on a big lot of peppers in a month or so. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:24 PM
Subject: [CHAT] pepper plant issues



I have a friend who sent me this e-mail:
"I have 8 red pepper plants that are about 18 tall and very green and
vibrant, but no blooms. They look totally healthy and happy. What
should I do? Fertilize? Underwater? Overwater?"
What should I tell her?  I have just the opposite problemI have about
six pepper plants that look like hell and leaves are falling off every
day, but there are tiny peppers growing on them.  I dont even think
the plants are strong enough to support the peppers when and if they
get big.

--
Jesse R. Bell

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