Peppers

[Billy]

Don't fertilize after it flowers.

[songbird]

[e-mail] wrote: ...

you might be using seeds from a hybrid variety and that can cause the sort of thing you are experiencing here.

for a few $ get some seeds from a known source. well worth eliminating that variable from the equation.

if i had some here i would send them to ya. :)

songbird

[mjciccarel]

I don't think it is the seeds and I love these peppers. With the amount of foliage on the plants and the fact that I packed them into the garden too tight makes me think it is the other problems. This year I will make some changes and see what happens. Thanks for a ll the input MJ

[Gunner]

(Non gardening and Fringe Political BS snipped)

Just more Old wife's tales not supported by any real science billy.

=93It isn=92t what people don=92t know that hurts them. It=92s what they d= o know that just ain=92t so." Will Rogers

[songbird]

[e-mail] wrote: ...

ok, we planted 20 green pepper plants in an area of about 6x6ft.

we had three crops totaling around 300 peppers.

songbird

[Dick Adams]

I planted 18 habenero plants in a 6x6ft area and learned a big lesson - that is plant your peppers in a north to south columns with 2ft intervals. But from east to west, you'll need at least 3 ft. That's 12 plants in a 6x6 garden.

I had two 6x6 garden plots and the 12 plant garden out produced the 18 plant garden.

If you planted early, mid and late season Bell peppers, you might get away with overcrowding.

[David Hare-Scott]

Planting in north-south rows is preferred for all veges that need full sun. [Of course in the antipodes we plant in south-north rows!]

Whether you can get away with overcrowding depends on which resource is the limiting factor for growth. If sunlight is not the limit then with better soil you can plant closer than with poorer.

D

[Dick Adams]

Wierd things happen when you're born upside down. ;)

You are obviously currect in spite of your reverse polarity.

[Dick Adams]

As long as you're an antipodinal, I'd like to tell you of my mate, Simon. The little bugger died owing me 3 slabs of bitters. Someone suggested I have his head stone engraved "He died like a true Australian" ;)

[Billy]

Pepper plants like to hold hands. You should space them so that when the plants mature, their leaves are just touching one another.

[allen73]

Habanero peppers generally do better in a regular or raised garden bed, and they love the heat and the sun, so choose a sunny location. If you don't have access to a garden plot, you can successfully grow habanero peppers in containers, making these tasty treats a great choice for apartment dwellers. Habanero peppers also can be grown in indoors with the help of an 'indoor gardening'

system, such as the popular AeroGarden.

[songbird]

Dick Adams wrote: ...

it was three crops from a single planting, raised bed, full sun, heavy clay soil, no mulch, no fertilizer, soil amended with organic materials only the previous fall. watered when dry for longer than a week.

they could take a fair bit of abuse. the 2nd harvest was so thick and often wrapped around stems that a fair bit of damage was done in the process. still didn't stop them from putting on another round of growth and fruits.

we had a lot of heat and sunshine last summer, i'm sure that helped too.

songbird

[Gunner]

Why? Your plant requires a steady supply of N throughout its life cycle. A BALANCED fertilizer, ie.a 5-5-5 or a 10-10-10 is strongly recommended by most Ag experts. These garden variety pseudo- scientists are stupidly attempting to infer you do not need N when the plant begins to set fruit, when in fact it is EXCESS nitrogen, as well as other factors, such as soil and climate that affects the vegatative phase. Cutting out N is ludicrous in any viable nutrient management program.

[David Hare-Scott]

You mean he died much younger than the white man of largely preventable diseases, excessive consumption of intoxicants and inadequate medical services?

D

[Dick Adams]

Wrong on all descriptors. He had a congenital form of muscular dystropathy, drank less than a six pack a week, didn't smoke legal or illegal stuff, and had more than adequate medical services. He even got more exercise than the average patient with his disease. This included participation in wheel chair sports and gardering via a raised garden bed. Of course, he suffered from the largely unpreventable antipod disorder of upsidedownitis.

Dick

[mjciccarel]

My Gosh, all this about peppers. I am exausted. Gee what else can I start?

[Bloke Down The Pub]

Ah you meant that Simon. We had a wake for him and there were 3 slabs with a note give these to Dick if he shows up. Well being aussie beer we had to turn it upside down and it all ran out, luckily we were able to catch most of it.

Thanks for the beer .

Mike

PS If he only managed to drink 3 slabs more than you he wasn't a "true Australian"