Been growing a line of peppers for 8 years now (save the seeds every year). They start out rough and green, but by the time they hit red, their a thing of beauty!
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That sounds like the trouble I was having. Did you start from seed, or buy starter plants? I found that my best solution was to start from seed, the plants take longer to grow, but they actually grow ;DBrant wrote:Bell peppers are my favorite vegetable; however, I can never get my plants to produce. I think it is my nasty clay soil. Hopefully this year I have amended it enough to get some fruit.
Last season I got maybe three decent peppers (from six plants) and then a few of my plants just died overnight for no apparent reason and the others never produced any peppers bigger than a golf ball. Some of them would ripen all red but be about the size of a marble.
I always use drip irrigation on a timer, so water is not the issue. Oh well. I have heard from local gardeners that if I can just keep them alive through the summer they will produce much better in the fall...
Yeah, I did start them from seed. The giant containers are a good idea, I might try that this season too. I have a feeling it is a mix of poor quality soil and too much heat.SPierce wrote:
That sounds like the trouble I was having. Did you start from seed, or buy starter plants? I found that my best solution was to start from seed, the plants take longer to grow, but they actually grow ;D
I have the soil issue too- definately no heat issue here! Try the larger container, i did that with my one bell pepper plant and- though it grew slowly- it worked out great! I also sprayed it with the fish emulsion mix (water + the fish goo) and i think that helped too.Brant wrote:Yeah, I did start them from seed. The giant containers are a good idea, I might try that this season too. I have a feeling it is a mix of poor quality soil and too much heat.SPierce wrote:
That sounds like the trouble I was having. Did you start from seed, or buy starter plants? I found that my best solution was to start from seed, the plants take longer to grow, but they actually grow ;D
Just made some with my left over habaneros, cayennes and a ghost pepper. Also just got about 15-20 ghost peppers and dried them out, I'll be making a powder with them tomorrow.!potatoes! wrote:two words: hot sauce.