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fertilizing with mater magic to boost growth?...

southernfried

southernfried

For my hot peppers I planted them in fafard with some tomato tone mixed in (a decent amount, not the whole recommended amount though). I used mater magic on my tomatoes, following the instructions and sprinkling it in the hole at the roots before transplant. The tomatoes are growing like weeds currently. My peppers aren't taking off yet, and some of them have prematurely started producing buds so I've been picking off the flowers. Anyways, lots of rain in the forecast and was thinking of surface dressing the peppers with some mater magic, an 8-5-5 mix, just to boost growth. Good idea or am I going to make them leggy?

Don't really know much about fertilizer beyond the basics, so here is the label transcribed:

Natural and Organic Dynamite Mater Magic​
8-5-5​
guaranteed analysis​
total nitrogen (N) 8.00%
0.30% Ammoniacal Nitrogen​
6.80% Insoluble Nitrogen​
0.90% Other Water Soluble Nitrogen​
Available Phosphate (P2O5) 5.00%
Soluble Potash (K2O) 5.00%
Calcium (Ca) 4.50%
Sulfur (S) 1.00%
1.00% Combined Sulfur​

Derived from: Meat meal, hydrolyzed feather meal, bone meal, and sulfate of potash.

contains 6.80% slow release Nitrogen

Says it's up to 3 months of continuous feeding at 70 degrees, but I'm thinking as a surface dressing it won't last as long in the heat

EDIT: I'm an idiot - 8% not 100% nitrogen, label was a little squished
 
i think there is a good chance what is good for tomatos works out as
good for peppers.

i am also an idiot but i know to be careful with
what i am doing so my idiocity does not get me hurt too awful bad

the ones to watch out for think they are clever! :eek:

and that they know better than you do
 
nitwit said:
i think there is a good chance what is good for tomatos works out as
good for peppers.

i am also an idiot but i know to be careful with
what i am doing so my idiocity does not get me hurt too awful bad

the ones to watch out for think they are clever! :eek:

and that they know better than you do
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Haha, quotable take an idiocy. I like. I went ahead and surface dressed around my peppers with the mater magic, and I figured if it works for tomatoes it'll probably do for peppers. Thanks!
 
I've never heard of the "Natural and Organic Dynamite Mater Magic".

Last season I used "Pro Gro Organic Fertilizer" which I applied biweekly. My peppers and tomatoes exploded in size with excellent structure and color. When you find something that really works you don't want to mess with it too much.

If you want to take a look at it here it is:
http://www.dirtworks.net/Organic-Fertilizer/Pro-Gro.html

Good luck!!
 
The less you treat chiles like tomatos, the better will be your chiles.
Chiles are rather un-engineered plants and can't use nutrients like tomatos, an highly engineered plant.
If you treat chiles like tomatos, your next posts will be about flower drop.
 
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