My jumbo jalapenos are rotting on the tips before they get mature. I googled it and found out this could be to a variety of problems including soil deficiency. So I put a fertilizer in my soil that had nitrogen and other stuff in it. They are still having this problem. I am not over watering my peppers either. I have some habaneros and a couple other varieties in the planter Box and they occasionly have the same problem but the jalapenos are by far the worst. I can't even get enough of a crop to do anything with. Any suggestions?
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peppers rotting on tips
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is it been rainy damp with humidity like its been in illinois ? That 'll cause it to . I had a couple that way , but since the rains
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My understanding of BER is that under-watering and inconsistent watering are the greater concern with BER, rather than over-watering. Pods need satisfactorily consistent delivery of Ca (consistent water) during pod formation to avoid BER (I could see over-watering causing this too in more extreme cases). If Ca isn't sufficiently available at a critical time, the issue can't be corrected later. BER also has a tendency to affect earlier season pods more than later season pods (explained in article, below), so often the recommendation of "give it calcium" works, but it's not the result of the added Ca. It's almost always another factor preventing Ca present from being available when and where needed.
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This is a good resource on BER and managing it in tomatoes and peppers -Â https://pepperdatabase.org/pdf/BER.pdf
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Hope it gets better. I'd hate to be missing out on those jalap's.
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This is a good resource on BER and managing it in tomatoes and peppers -Â https://pepperdatabase.org/pdf/BER.pdf
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Hope it gets better. I'd hate to be missing out on those jalap's.
I would recommend that you take a sample of whatever (soil, potting mix, etc) is in your planter boxes, to your local ag extension office for analysis. They will be able to tell you what, if anything is deficient.Â
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Tell me a bit more about your planters. Did you build or buy? Are they open on the bottom to earth, or is there a bottom in the container? What did you fill it with? Pics?
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Tell me a bit more about your planters. Did you build or buy? Are they open on the bottom to earth, or is there a bottom in the container? What did you fill it with? Pics?
Âcmwr said:
Because soil/dirt in containers compacts, and is terrible for drainage. It's an absolute no-no.
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A peat based mix is the standard choice. Although composted bark mixes work quite well, also. Watch out for advice using mixes that are mostly or all compost. Composts are not all created equally, and can be a nightmare.
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That won't do you much good for this season, unfortunately. You'll probably have much better luck next season, if you knock the bottom out of your beds, and get a good amount of organic matter in there. (hardwood leaves are the best, as is alfalfa hay, etc)
Âcmwr said:
That's great if you have no good reason not to do it. Get a head start this fall, by putting all of your raked up leaves into the area where you will lay your garden down. Every single year, just keep putting organic matter in. Grass clippings, leaves, etc. You will be gardening effortlessly.
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Born and raised Nebraska, here...
Years ago I had a garden every year. Then I got tired of having to constantly weed all summer long and one year I decided to do my pepper plants in pots on my deck. I have done that for the last few years with moderate success. But I noticed I was never getting overly large plants or very high yields and I thought that was due to the size of the pots. So a coworker told me this last Spring that he was building a planter Box to grow peppers in and I just thought it sounded like a neat idea as well as adding a little touch to our landscape garden. So that is what prompted me to give this a try. But I think it's time to start going back into the ground and using good fertilizer.solid7 said:
Âcmwr said:
When I lived in Wichita, KS, I never fertilized my garden. I grew as good of plants back then, as you're likely to see anywhere. Never been able to replicate that form here. Just doing what I told you with the leaves and clippings. I know where we come from, with all of the commercial farming, fertilizers get more credit than they deserve. There's no magic in fertilizers, though. Farmers have to fertilizer, because they're constantly tearing the ground apart, and releasing the sequestered nutrients - thereby necessitating that they do it over and over and over again. (most of our midwestern farm ground isn't as fertile anymore as they like to think - one year without fertilizing would prove that)
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If you were to lay down a weed barrier, and put straw over it, you'd not pull any weeds in a summer.
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Your beds will work, but they need to be open to earth. You will get all of the advantages of soil, but with less area for weeds to grow. And you probably still want to do a little conditioning. But it won't take much.
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Also, consider the no-till with yard waste option. I honestly cannot tell you just how effective that is. After a year or so, no tilling. And only light tilling for the first year.
OP posted this early on......Doelman said:
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cmwr said:
Thank you for the advice. Actually 50% of the soil in my planter is compost that is yard waste. Our town has a yard waste dump. Trees and tree branches go on the East Side of the road and leaves and stuff like that go on the West side. This compost that I got from the landscaper came from the city's compost pile down there. It is just giant hills of decaying leaves and wood chips and other stuff like that.The_NorthEast_ChileMan said: