Bad year for bells

b54red · July 30, 2011

This has been the worst year for my bell peppers in a long time. I have had very poor production and some of the sickest looking plants this year. We had terribly hot dry weather til July then constant rains. Some of my plants have lost nearly all their leaves and many have been hit hard by diseases with some even dying. If I can keep some of them alive til fall I'm sure they will perk up but it is not looking good. Even Socrates which is usually a sure thing has not done much so far this year.

The Uyababa and Pappadew plants are doing fantastic and a couple of chiles have done good but overall this has been a terrible year for peppers down here. I talked to a friend of mine and he said his bells have done even worse. I wish I had started some more seedlings to set out now for fall production because I fear many of my plants may be past the point of recovery.

wmontanez · July 30, 2011

Sorry to hear that. This is a bad year for most of my pepper and my tomatoes are way behind The malagueta that I have from your seeds are setting fruits now.

Keiththibodeaux · July 30, 2011

Same weather here. Record drought till July, then it started raining nearly every days and still hasn't stopped. Bells and Tomatoes probably made one quarter of a normal crop. But I have to say, my fall tomatoes are off to a roaring start, and the Bell Peppers from fall look great, as well as a few Eggplant. God save an early frost, and we might have an outstanding fall garden, as we did last year.

t3clayton · July 30, 2011

That's too bad. I don't want to brag, but I'm getting plenty of peppers. My disappointment is zucchini. Hardly any. Here's today's harvest.

Mudman · July 30, 2011

Last year and this year have been bad for me too. Last year I did not get a single pepper out of about 8 plants. This year will be better but I just had to pull one today because it was so sick. I use to just plant and harvest-what happened to the good old days?

robbyjoe01 · July 30, 2011

We're breaking 1930 heat records here.We've had 35 triple digit days so far and were just getting to Aug(the worst of the season).Water restrictions are coming up so this season is pretty much a bust other than a few superhot peppers and one sweet palanacko cudo.Got only five poor tomatoes left and already gave up on my wildflowers.I'm looking at the start of a Dust Bowl here(not pretty at all)

b54red · August 24, 2011

Well I have continued to spray my peppers with the bleach solution that has helped on my tomatoes and some of the plants that had the speck disease or spot disease seem to be getting better and starting to produce a few nice looking peppers now. If we could just get a good break in the heat I think I might just make a nice crop by fall.

Nothing seems to help those plants that have that weird leaf curl that affects the entire plant and just seems to stunt its' growth and production. It must be some type of systemic disease that is unaffected by bleach or Daconil.

July 30, 2011	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Bad year for bells This has been the worst year for my bell peppers in a long time. I have had very poor production and some of the sickest looking plants this year. We had terribly hot dry weather til July then constant rains. Some of my plants have lost nearly all their leaves and many have been hit hard by diseases with some even dying. If I can keep some of them alive til fall I'm sure they will perk up but it is not looking good. Even Socrates which is usually a sure thing has not done much so far this year. The Uyababa and Pappadew plants are doing fantastic and a couple of chiles have done good but overall this has been a terrible year for peppers down here. I talked to a friend of mine and he said his bells have done even worse. I wish I had started some more seedlings to set out now for fall production because I fear many of my plants may be past the point of recovery.

July 30, 2011	#2
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Sorry to hear that. This is a bad year for most of my pepper and my tomatoes are way behind The malagueta that I have from your seeds are setting fruits now. __________________ Wendy

July 30, 2011	#5
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	Last year and this year have been bad for me too. Last year I did not get a single pepper out of about 8 plants. This year will be better but I just had to pull one today because it was so sick. I use to just plant and harvest-what happened to the good old days? __________________ Mike

July 30, 2011	#3
Keiththibodeaux Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 587	Same weather here. Record drought till July, then it started raining nearly every days and still hasn't stopped. Bells and Tomatoes probably made one quarter of a normal crop. But I have to say, my fall tomatoes are off to a roaring start, and the Bell Peppers from fall look great, as well as a few Eggplant. God save an early frost, and we might have an outstanding fall garden, as we did last year.

July 30, 2011	#6
robbyjoe01 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 30	We're breaking 1930 heat records here.We've had 35 triple digit days so far and were just getting to Aug(the worst of the season).Water restrictions are coming up so this season is pretty much a bust other than a few superhot peppers and one sweet palanacko cudo.Got only five poor tomatoes left and already gave up on my wildflowers.I'm looking at the start of a Dust Bowl here(not pretty at all)

August 24, 2011	#7
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Well I have continued to spray my peppers with the bleach solution that has helped on my tomatoes and some of the plants that had the speck disease or spot disease seem to be getting better and starting to produce a few nice looking peppers now. If we could just get a good break in the heat I think I might just make a nice crop by fall. Nothing seems to help those plants that have that weird leaf curl that affects the entire plant and just seems to stunt its' growth and production. It must be some type of systemic disease that is unaffected by bleach or Daconil.