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New Brunswick

I was checking my green pepper plants over today and there are one or two pickable size peppers on each plant but not any sign of a new blossem or tiny peppers. What gives here? Should I give them miracle grow or do they like a poor soil? Suppose there were more blossems that did not get pollinated? I was not paying attention to them and did not "tickle" them with a brush as I have done occasionly in other years. How can I get them to blossem again...pick the peppers perhaps? I have never had this trouble before and have always had loads of peppers to freeze.

8/1/2005 11:40:33 PM

Follansbee, Wv

I'm running into the same problem here. First set of blooms formed nice fruit, but not another bloom anywhere. All peppers are affected here. This is a strange one for me.

8/2/2005 7:57:47 AM

Western NY

same here, i'm blaming the hot weather. 2 peppers on a total of 40+ plants

8/2/2005 8:27:27 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Spray some of that calcium on the plants...We have a half way decent crop here.

8/2/2005 9:18:16 AM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

hey all spray the peppers with some molasses and fish they love it and will increase youre yield two fold hey monty congrats youre almost to a state record!ps i got loads of peppers this year wife loves em

8/2/2005 10:52:24 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Hey thanks Keith! Long time no see, everything OK??

8/3/2005 1:00:39 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

yes monty been recovering from a auto accident but doing allright hey i think west virginia just might make the punkin map this year he he maybe state record will be broke at least i hope so of course monty i aint got a chance he he be good bro keith

8/4/2005 2:13:34 AM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

What is probably needed is Magnesium. Peppers need a lot of Mg and will not produce many fruit if they do not have enough. I always sprinkle a little epsom salt around mine every year.

8/4/2005 2:10:28 PM

Montoursville, PA

The only peppers I have that look near normal are ones that were mulched deeply from the git go. Those in open soil may be seeing to much heating from this unusually hot year in the Northeast. I have no good fruit sets in unmulched open soil.

8/4/2005 2:33:30 PM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

I have seen a lot of bell peppers with black spots. After 2 app's of Calcium it has pretty much disappeared. Only affected the bells and not the others.

8/4/2005 3:38:13 PM

New Brunswick

Thanks guys....our soil is liberally laced with horse manure. I put a tablespoon of epsom salts in the holes I set my tomato plants in, but never thought of doing that to the peppers. Thanks...I will dissolve some and water them with it...or should I mix it dry in the surrounding soil? Would Miracle gro help?

8/5/2005 8:11:03 PM

New Brunswick

I applied the epsom salts and the moracle gro. I now have all kinds of new little blossems forming. Thanks for all the help! It worked!

8/19/2005 6:56:09 PM