Re: more pepper questions

On Thu 11 May, AE266Bill@cs.com wrote:
> Generally speaking, yellowing at the edges of leaves can indicate excessive 
> watering or rainfall. Peppers are a plant which requires less moisure than 
> many others to do well. (In fact, a lot of people swear by the idea that less 
> water and hotter temps produce a more flavorfull fruit, and that you can even 
> control the temp of the spicier varieties this way). As far as squat pepper 
> plants with tons of foliage, it sounds like the crop I had the year I planted 
> my peppers at the low end of my garden, and they got all the run-off from my 
> miracle grow! Bushy plants with tons of foliage, but little fruit. I now 
> plant them in a spot where I can strictly control the amount of fertilizer 
> they receive, and hit them lightly with M.G. about once a month. (I also 
> levelled my garden better!) Hope this helps, and as always, use all possible 
> sources for answers. I do!
>                     Bill,
>                     Zone 6
>                     Eastern MA
> 
The ordinary Miracle Grow is not meant for feeding fruiting plants, use
a proprietary tomato feed or anything with a high potash/low nitrogen
balance, even straight sulphate of potash will do as long as the soil is
reasonably fertile.
Allan

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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