Re: pepper plant issues

Yeh...my plants that are not doing well - I think they don't like
where they are planted.  I have some others that are doing
exceptionally well and producing little peppers.  Those are in whisky
barrels on my back porch...go figure.


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Daryl<dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
> d
>
> ----- 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 problem I 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 don t even think
>> the plants are strong enough to support the peppers when and if they
>> get big.
>>
>> --
>> Jesse R. Bell
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