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Re: Small pepper plants

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Peppers will not be happy as long as night temperatures dip below 50
degrees. They probably prefer it a little higher too. Looking at your zone
and having spent most of my life on Long Island (zone 7, I believe), I'd
guess this might be the cause. I guess peppers and eggplant can be
permanently stunted if they experience too many cool nights. I'm hoping mine
were big enough at transplant to compensate for the 45-50 degree nights we
are having.
Tom
Portland OR,  Zone 8
http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Betz, Richard <rbetz@randomhouse.com>
To: 'sqft@listbot.com' <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 6:53 AM
Subject: Small pepper plants


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>Hi all,
>
>I have some pepper plants that are only about 4 inches tall, which is just
>about the same size they were when I transplanted them into the garden.
They
>now seem to be forming buds(tiny peppers maybe?) from the crown of the
>plant. My question is this, should I pinch off all of these buds so that
the
>plants get bigger or leave them? Does anyone have any tips as to how I can
>get the plants to grow bigger? They look healthy, they just aren't growing.
>I have tomatoes in the back of the bed that were planted at the same time
>and they are doing great. Any one have any ideas as to what could be wrong?
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Richard(zone 6)
>Brooklyn, NY
>
>
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