I used compost and dynamic lifter with a drink of fish emulsion and seaweed every week.
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fertilizer What's the best fertilizer for peppers
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All of the above are good to excellent, as long as you don't use them in excess. all plant no fruit. I like the fish emulsion; mix it weak and use every watering steady diet not gorge and starve once a week or so.
If you want production there is 2 very important steps, common knowledge to some, denuding and soil prep.
Denuding allows the energy to be put in plant growth at first and not to a few early stragglers. every time you pick a bud the branch splits 1,2,4,8,16
I denude my plants for 4 to 6 weeks (climate allowing) and then watch em go, as a general rule 6 to 12 fold maybe more.
Of coarse the easer the root go down the faster the plant grows, so make it deep and fluffy; leaves are an excellent source of humus, use a lot of um, they decay very quickly, till them in in fall and again in spring and watch out.
I use compost that was allowed to heat to a temp that kill the weed seed, you can see me using it here.link and the way that i use it there is no weeding! gota love that.
Sounds like you got a handle on it
Cheers, SC
If you want production there is 2 very important steps, common knowledge to some, denuding and soil prep.
Denuding allows the energy to be put in plant growth at first and not to a few early stragglers. every time you pick a bud the branch splits 1,2,4,8,16
I denude my plants for 4 to 6 weeks (climate allowing) and then watch em go, as a general rule 6 to 12 fold maybe more.
Of coarse the easer the root go down the faster the plant grows, so make it deep and fluffy; leaves are an excellent source of humus, use a lot of um, they decay very quickly, till them in in fall and again in spring and watch out.
I use compost that was allowed to heat to a temp that kill the weed seed, you can see me using it here.link and the way that i use it there is no weeding! gota love that.
Sounds like you got a handle on it
Cheers, SC
All of the above are good to excellent, as long as you don't use them in excess. all plant no fruit. I like the fish emulsion; mix it weak and use every watering steady diet not gorge and starve once a week or so.
If you want production there is 2 very important steps, common knowledge to some, denuding and soil prep.
Denuding allows the energy to be put in plant growth at first and not to a few early stragglers. every time you pick a bud the branch splits 1,2,4,8,16
I denude my plants for 4 to 6 weeks (climate allowing) and then watch em go, as a general rule 6 to 12 fold maybe more.
Of coarse the easer the root go down the faster the plant grows, so make it deep and fluffy; leaves are an excellent source of humus, use a lot of um, they decay very quickly, till them in in fall and again in spring and watch out.
I use compost that was allowed to heat to a temp that kill the weed seed, you can see me using it here.link and the way that i use it there is no weeding! gota love that.
Sounds like you got a handle on it
Cheers, SC
By denuding do you mean pinching the growing tip? When is a good time to start doing this? I didnt think that peppers responded well to topping. But it looks like it worked for you.
Not topping, just remove the buds, can be tedious!!!!!!!
SC
SC
Your plants might be nice and big and gree, but with all that stuff in there oyu might not get much fruit. Remember peppers dont like nitrogen only in very small amounts. too much nitrogen and youl have a huge beutiful green bush with hardly and fruits on it. My advice would be to use nothing but an organic fertilizer such as fish emulsion or an organic miracle grow. the tomato fertilizer works well though as tomatoas are also nightshades. epsom salts provide a lot of the micros peppers need though. In fact you could not fertilize your peppersone bit and still have a bountiful harvest. the first year i ever grew them i just stuck them in the ground and they did fine, so the choice is yours but the benefits of a good fertilizer are defientely clear. Happy Growin!
Ahh you mean removing the flowers to push fruting farther ahead to increase the size of the plant i gotcha now Sc.
I thought that old debate was put to bed shortly after it started?
Q: Hey what's the best oil for a Harley?
A: Doesn't matter. It all leaks out so fast that it won't make a difference what you use!
just teasin.Back on topic, I don't use much for chemical fertilizer anymore. I tried the tomato ferts the first year I grew plants, but by the time it came to harvest them, they all tasted like chemicals. The past few years I've been giving the seedlings two doses of a chemical root stimulator (10-52-10) to give them a good foundation. Then after they've been potted up out of the seedling cups, I switch over fish emulsion and another mixture of bat/rabbit shit/seaweed/whatever else is in the organic liquid fert I got. I also mix in 30ish-% worm castings with my soil so they get a good healthy shot of calcium and other nutes.
Downriver
Extreme Member
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I got to speak to a fertilizer specialist today. Looks like I got it wrong. Chemical fertilizers like aquasol and miracle grow will eventually kill the micro organisms in the soil that are required for breaking down and releasing nutrients from the bio matter in the soil.
The seaweed and triple boost is good. But add gogo juice. It contains micro organisms and nutes to get things going again organically.
http://www.neutrog.com.au/gogo-juice-2/
The seaweed and triple boost is good. But add gogo juice. It contains micro organisms and nutes to get things going again organically.
http://www.neutrog.com.au/gogo-juice-2/
COMPLETELY agree. I would add to this worm castings, maybe some bat guano, and TEAS. IMO a good compost mix and a good tea mix is all you need for a great soil grow.
tfmiltz
Banned
I recall reading that the growers of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion's at New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute that tested over 2 million scoville units said they used worm farm runoff, I would expect this would be worm castings.
Myself ? I am looking into rabbit fertilizer- in fact, I'm looking into getting some rabbits for this purpose !
"Here Bugs, have a third serving of your favorite leafy greens, I know, I know it's only breakfast".
Myself ? I am looking into rabbit fertilizer- in fact, I'm looking into getting some rabbits for this purpose !
"Here Bugs, have a third serving of your favorite leafy greens, I know, I know it's only breakfast".
100% Tea hear and my plants are beauties.
GLOG
Also, Teas double as a pesticide, fungicide, and myco booster. Total cost of fertilizers for this entire year will be ~15$ for a pale of worms.
Note I had the equipment already, but that should last a few years.
As for taste, it will be hard to beat the Brix of any veggie grown organically.
GLOG
Also, Teas double as a pesticide, fungicide, and myco booster. Total cost of fertilizers for this entire year will be ~15$ for a pale of worms.
Note I had the equipment already, but that should last a few years.
As for taste, it will be hard to beat the Brix of any veggie grown organically.
Capsicum
Banned
Generial Hydroponics-MaxiBloom 5-15-14
It has high levels of Ca,Mg,S.
It costs 8 cents to mix full strength per one gal of water. So it costs about 8 cents a tsp and is the only fertilizer you need for chillie production.
I have been using it half stength so 1/2 tsp per gal to fertilize this thai that is in a container no bigger then a pint. The plant has over 150 pods!!.
It has high levels of Ca,Mg,S.
It costs 8 cents to mix full strength per one gal of water. So it costs about 8 cents a tsp and is the only fertilizer you need for chillie production.
I have been using it half stength so 1/2 tsp per gal to fertilize this thai that is in a container no bigger then a pint. The plant has over 150 pods!!.
