Posted by Rachael Simpson on June 20, 2007, 9:47 pm
Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for
peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is stunted
like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only grown
about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot.
Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with bugs
& other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that were
planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their size.
Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they need
some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong?
thanks for any input,
Rachael aka Rae
PS: in south/sandhill area of NC
Posted by Jon Shemitz on June 20, 2007, 11:33 pm
Rachael Simpson wrote:
>
> Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for
> peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is stunted
> like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only grown
> about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot.
> Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with bugs
> & other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that were
> planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their size.
> Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they need
> some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong?
Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've
had a cool spring, that may be it.
They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing?
I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough.
Slow release and high in nitrogen.
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Posted by Billy Rose on June 21, 2007, 12:49 am
> Rachael Simpson wrote:
> >
> > Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for
> > peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is stunted
> > like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only grown
> > about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot.
> > Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with bugs
> > & other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that were
> > planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their size.
> > Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they need
> > some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong?
>
> Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've
> had a cool spring, that may be it.
>
> They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing?
>
> I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough.
> Slow release and high in nitrogen.
Cool Spring?
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Posted by Rachael Simpson on June 21, 2007, 10:09 am
> Rachael Simpson wrote:
>>
>> Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for
>> peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is
>> stunted
>> like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only
>> grown
>> about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot.
>> Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with
>> bugs
>> & other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that
>> were
>> planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their
>> size.
>> Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they
>> need
>> some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong?
> Peppers can be slow to take off, and they do like the heat. If you've
> had a cool spring, that may be it.
> They can also be pretty greedy - are any of the leaves yellowing?
> I've used fish emulsion for years. Not 100% organic, but close enough.
> Slow release and high in nitrogen.
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Definitely not cool. We had a long spring and late frost. But the past 3-4
weeks have been 80+. Plants look good in color, just not growing.
Posted by Johnny Borborigmi on June 21, 2007, 8:40 pm
On 2007-06-21 10:09:20 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"
> Definitely not cool. We had a long spring and late frost. But the past 3-4
> weeks have been 80+. Plants look good in color, just not growing.
Try hollytone.
> Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for
> peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this year. Growth is stunted
> like. I've had lots of blossoms, but only 2 peppers. They have only grown
> about 2 inches since planting. I have a variety of peppers, sweet & hot.
> Significant amount of water each day, but not too much. No problem with bugs
> & other pests, no spots or browning on leaves. All other plants that were
> planted the same day as the peppers are doing fine, even doubled their size.
> Just having trouble with the peppers lagging behind in growth. Do they need
> some other type of fertilizer, or is something else wrong?