mike
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Post by mike on Aug 7, 2021 17:59:41 GMT -5
Both of my Sweet Pepper gardens are doing fairly well. So much so I need to remove one plant each of the Sweet Jalapeno and the Yummy peppers. I don't have the heart to toss them.
Today, I took the greens totes down. They had gotten ugly, anyway.
Tomorrow, I will clean up a Bounty to move those plants to. (If I can, they may already be too big) The sweet jalapeno seems to be a larger plant, but the two plants I'll be moving are pretty close in size (at the moment). With the second tote gone, I'll have space for an additional Bounty, as well. I'm not sure what I'll plant,, though. Maybe some Early Jalapenos.
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campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Aug 8, 2021 11:36:06 GMT -5
Somehow, I see this as a good problem!  |
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mike
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Post by mike on Aug 21, 2021 17:45:09 GMT -5
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Aug 22, 2021 2:53:37 GMT -5
They all look wonderful Mike. I know the feeling of wanting to grow more ,,,
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mike
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Post by mike on Aug 22, 2021 19:23:34 GMT -5
Three more Bounties will be started soon.
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Post by lynnee on Aug 31, 2021 23:33:16 GMT -5
Can you tell me why these Green Bell Pepper plants keep producing gigantic leaves? I pruned off a bunch, but they're back. Not enough light, maybe? I'd much rather they put their energy into producing peppers, although they are producing some blooms  |
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mike
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Post by mike on Sept 1, 2021 2:38:20 GMT -5
Many pepper varieties produce large leaves. The larger leaves are usually in the initial growth period. When the plants start to bud you will want to remove the larger ones.
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airscapes
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Post by airscapes on Sept 1, 2021 9:08:28 GMT -5
Can you tell me why these Green Bell Pepper plants keep producing gigantic leaves? I pruned off a bunch, but they're back. Not enough light, maybe? I'd much rather they put their energy into producing peppers, although they are producing some blooms View AttachmentLots of green growth and thick stems and few flowers in any flowering vegetable is indicative excessive nitrogen and insufficient Potassium and Prosperous (not balanced in a manner that the pant likes) another thing that can cause this ph level being too far out of range for what the plant needs, making it eat the nitrogen but not the other things.. Also the variety of pepper matters.. I have baby bells I grow that reach 5' in height and don't produce much fruit until the get big months after they are started. This article talks about soil grown but what they eat is the same no matter the grow medium www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/peppers-not-producing.htm |
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Post by lynnee on Sept 1, 2021 19:37:00 GMT -5
Thanks, that's a useful article on pepper culture. I guess that the plant is getting too much nitrogen, though I'm using the Aerogarden nutrients. Last fertilization was at the end of a bottle, so maybe the mixture had settled unevenly, even though I shake it up every time.
I rinse and refill every two weeks, because my first green bell pepper plant died quite suddenly. I think it was root rot, because the roots were brown. A shame, because the plant was a real producer.
Anyway, Aerogardens are fun because the plants grow so quickly. Starting over isn't so bad, because its fun to watch the seeds germinate.
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