I don't have the energy to keep up with a non-Chile Pepper grow log, but wanted to share my success in growing Cucumbers and Tomatoes in 100% composted manure—no soil at all.
I don't remember the type of manure, but am reasonably sure it was Cow manure. I don't remember the NPK, but it was much lower than commercial fertilizer.
I got some powdery mildew on the Cucumber leaves, but I got it in past years with soil grows, so I'm not blaming the growing medium. I was able to kill a lot of it by spraying a mixture of 1 teaspoon of baking soda per gallon of water on the leaves.
As you can see from the two pictures, the crops are doing very well. This is a better yield than I got with soil mixed with composted manure, and a much, much, better yield than soil watered with commercial fertilizer.
I look forward to next year when I'm going to do some container Pepper growing in 100% composted manure.
I don't remember the type of manure, but am reasonably sure it was Cow manure. I don't remember the NPK, but it was much lower than commercial fertilizer.
I got some powdery mildew on the Cucumber leaves, but I got it in past years with soil grows, so I'm not blaming the growing medium. I was able to kill a lot of it by spraying a mixture of 1 teaspoon of baking soda per gallon of water on the leaves.
As you can see from the two pictures, the crops are doing very well. This is a better yield than I got with soil mixed with composted manure, and a much, much, better yield than soil watered with commercial fertilizer.
I look forward to next year when I'm going to do some container Pepper growing in 100% composted manure.
