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[tjg911]

Originally Posted by RayR

Wood ashes is like adding lime to the soil, it has a fair amount of Calcium and other minerals and lowers soil PH, but it has a negligible amount of NPK value.

lime and wood ashes RAISES not lowers PH. wood ashes do it FAST, be careful using wood ashes.

tom

[RayR]

Originally Posted by tjg911

lime and wood ashes RAISES not lowers PH. wood ashes do it FAST, be careful using wood ashes.

tom

Thanks for the correction. Must have been a dyslexic moment.

[roper2008]

Originally Posted by rnewste

I am having a similar issue this Season, even in my EarthTainers. Lots of foliage - - but few Peppers:



The mistake I made was to switch from the TomatoTone I used last Season, now to a Foliage-Pro like 19-6-12 CRF fertilizer.

Here were the Peppers last year in the TomatoTone:



Clearly, the Peppers this year are being hit with too much Nitrogen. .....Won't make that mistake again next Season.

Raybo

Raybo are those the The Big Bertha peppers? I bought seeds to try this
year. They did really well and I will be growing them again next year.
Here is a picture of one turning red and to the left is another big green
one. I bought them when I saw you had so many peppers. When not
crowded the peppers are much bigger.

[rnewste]

Roper,

The two Peppers in the back are the Big Bertha, while the 2 in the front are Early Thickset, in both 'Tainers. I thought I was doing something "smart" by going down from 6 plants last year, to only 4 this Season. Wrong!!

Next year, I am going to plant only 2 Big Bertha Peppers per 'Tainer, just like as with the tomatoes so they would have plenty of leg-room to spread out and more fully develop.

Raybo