Still have pepper maggots...

[DarkTrak]

I give up. I've tried sevin, neem, ortho, infant blood...EVERYTHING. and still, EVERY SINGLE PEPPER is ruined before it ripens. What the fvck do I do?? Wait till the pod sets, then wrap a tea bag around it?? Set my entire garden on fire and start again??

 

[slick]

I give up. I've tried sevin, neem, ortho, infant blood...EVERYTHING. and still, EVERY SINGLE PEPPER is ruined before it ripens. What the fvck do I do?? Wait till the pod sets, then wrap a tea bag around it?? Set my entire garden on fire and start again??

tried sprinkling used coffee around the soil? companion planting - I've used marigolds last year near my plants just to attract insects (and keep them away from the important plants)

 

[DarkTrak]

Used coffee?? And do marigolds attract the flies that fill my peps with maggots?

 

[franzb69]

I think slick is referring to used coffee grounds.

i think the marigolds will repel them. marigolds has that smell that some insects do not like.

 

[slick]

used coffee grounds is what I meant - thanks franzb69
marigolds are awesome - they get rid of things like nematodes but also attract caterpillars away from important plants like chillies they grow with very little assistance and self seed very easily (so need to lots of seeds/seedlings)