I have a couple of pepper plants that look healthy and have many blossoms,
but they turn yellow and fall off. I haven't noticed any insects on them.
One plant has a pepper about 2 inches and progressing nicely. I've heard
that getting too much fertilizer(Miracle grow in this case) prevents from
forming fruit. However, I've given equal amounts, if not more, to my tomato
plants and they're thriving with tons of fruit. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Rob
Zone 7(NYC)

Rob:

I'm in Bergen County.

It's the bleeping weather. I have four plants, all blooming, and only one
pepper on any of them. And, no I have not fertilized them since they are
growing in soil that contains a lot of good compost. Past years, I always had
lots of peppers of all sorts by this time with the same number of plants. It's
the rain for months followed by no rain for the past three weeks causing the
blossoms to fail to get fertilized. I've noticed a lot less bees and other
flying insects up until this past week, probably due to last year's drought and
this year's rain, and I'm sure that's also a large part of it.

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In our last fun filled episode, Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:15:32 GMT,
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I have a couple of pepper plants that look healthy and have many blossoms,
but they turn yellow and fall off. I haven't noticed any insects on them.
One plant has a pepper about 2 inches and progressing nicely. I've heard
that getting too much fertilizer(Miracle grow in this case) prevents from
forming fruit. However, I've given equal amounts, if not more, to my tomato
plants and they're thriving with tons of fruit. Any ideas?

How much rain have you been getting and what have your
nighttime temps been?

Peppers don't like having wet feet, and are very sensitive to
nights in the 50's. I have a friend near Albany whom I'll be
visiting soon pause for a happy dance and he says the
nights have been cool, but humid. (Since the Puppies O' Thunder
are going, we have to plan...)


Pam








---
"Oh no, not again."
- A bowl of petunias on its way to certain death

I'm in Bergen County.

It's the bleeping weather. I have four plants, all blooming, and only one
pepper on any of them. And, no I have not fertilized them since they are
growing in soil that contains a lot of good compost. Past years, I always
had
lots of peppers of all sorts by this time with the same number of plants.
It's
the rain for months followed by no rain for the past three weeks causing
the
blossoms to fail to get fertilized. I've noticed a lot less bees and other
flying insects up until this past week, probably due to last year's
drought and
this year's rain, and I'm sure that's also a large part of it.

I feel your pain

I never thought rain water was so much better for the plants than my garden
hose.

Thanks for sharing,
Rob

I have a couple of pepper plants that look healthy and have many
blossoms,
but they turn yellow and fall off. I haven't noticed any insects on them.
One plant has a pepper about 2 inches and progressing nicely. I've heard
that getting too much fertilizer(Miracle grow in this case) prevents from
forming fruit. However, I've given equal amounts, if not more, to my
tomato
plants and they're thriving with tons of fruit. Any ideas?

How much rain have you been getting and what have your
nighttime temps been?

Haven't gotten much rain in the last few weeks, Pam, but got about 12 inches
in June.
The nighttime temps have been in the 65-75 range, but humid(an East Coast
phenomenon).

Peppers don't like having wet feet, and are very sensitive to
nights in the 50's. I have a friend near Albany whom I'll be
visiting soon pause for a happy dance and he says the
nights have been cool, but humid. (Since the Puppies O' Thunder
are going, we have to plan...)

I'm not crazy about wet feet either, but I figure if you're a plant you got
to love it
I do give the garden a good soaking most days via a soaking hose and at
least the tomato's seem to love it. I'll be needing tomato sauce recipes in
another month.

Enjoy Albany, I've been there once after ski trip many moons ago. We stopped
at 'Jacks' for lunch -- a nice place.

Rob

I feel your pain

One damn pepper, not a tomato but for two out of eight plants - and those just
took in the last week. Figures that the zucchini that I loathe is loaded with
baseball bats waiting to be harvested (yuck).


-=epm=-

In matters of truth and justice,
there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
- Albert Einstein

On 20 Jul 2003 03:38:59 GMT,
(EvelynMcH) wrote:

I feel your pain

One damn pepper, not a tomato but for two out of eight plants - and those just
took in the last week. Figures that the zucchini that I loathe is loaded with
baseball bats waiting to be harvested (yuck).


Next year, my peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes will be
growing IN A HOOPHOUSE. If we get it built this year, that
is. I think we will.

We already have all the materials and we already had the
fenced moved to accommodate the hoophouse to keep the dogs
away from it - they wrestle and play with each other, always
up *against* something - usually the fence. A hoophouse
would not benefit from two large dogs slamming into it
repeatedly while they play.

Next project: hoophouse.

Pat

"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
...

Next year, my peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes will be
growing IN A HOOPHOUSE. If we get it built this year, that
is. I think we will.


Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "Hoophouse"? Is it a greenhouse or
something similar?

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:35:20 -0700, "Walt Brothers"
wrote:


"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
.. .

Next year, my peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes will be
growing IN A HOOPHOUSE. If we get it built this year, that
is. I think we will.


Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "Hoophouse"? Is it a greenhouse or
something similar?

A (usually) unheated greenhouse, made by arching pieces of
PVC pipe or metal into a hoop shape, then covering them with
plastic.

I believe they are called 'polytunnels' in the UK.

Here's the one we are going to build (with minor
modifications):

http://www.westsidegardener.com/howto/hoophouse.html

You need to scroll way down the page to see good pictures of
it.

You can find plans for lots of other hoophouses by Googling
on "hoop house" and hoophouse (one word) and maybe on 'high
tunnels'.

Pat

I feel your pain

One damn pepper, not a tomato but for two out of eight plants - and those
just
took in the last week.

I've got plenty of tomatoes which makes my pepper problem a little
perplexing. Although the cantaloupe has no fruit either -- hundreds of
blossoms though.

Figures that the zucchini that I loathe is loaded with
baseball bats waiting to be harvested (yuck).

As a general rule don't plant what you don't eat

"Walt Brothers" wrote in message
...

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "Hoophouse"? Is it a greenhouse or
something similar?

http://www.pvcplans.com/ArchGrnHouse.pdf

Figures that the zucchini that I loathe is loaded with
baseball bats waiting to be harvested (yuck).

As a general rule don't plant what you don't eat

My husband made me do it. And he's going to eat every last one of them, or
else.....{g}




-=epm=-

In matters of truth and justice,
there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
- Albert Einstein