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| I started plants from seed, as I always do. A bell pepper mix of different colors from a packet that I bought years ago. I only use 4 or 5 seeds every year. I always get very thin meat peppers, even if I buy plants. This year they were thick! I always mulch them heavily with straw. The only things that changed was moving everything to a spot that has been planted in crimson clover for 2 years. And the fertilizer. I normally move after 1 year to a spot that was planted in crimson clover. I changed to nitrogen fertilizer only this year after doing a much needed soil test. They said I had too much P and K. Everything else preformed as usual. What did I do right? :) |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Wed, Sep 24, 14 at 13:00
| Did you get more rain than usual this year or water more? Rodney |
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| I got a less rain than last year and I only watered a few times. I actually neglected them more than I normally do, due to time constraints from working too many hours at my job. I probably had too much rain last year and cooler than normal temps. Before that we had years of drought conditions and I watered 1 1/2" once a week. |
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| If you only use four or five seeds out of a packet of mixed bell pepper seeds, you may have come up with completely different varieties of peppers this year too. ;-) |
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| I think your plants got just the right amount of nitrogen, pulsed at the right times. Crimson clover can produce 150 lb N per acre, so with two years under crimson clover let's say you hit 225 lb N per acre, with much of that held in safe reserve by the soil. This is pretty much the ideal level for peppers, plus you added more, a good move in a warm climate with a long growing season. Additionally, you probably got a flush of bioactive N from the clover residue in early summer, when the soil warmed up. Extra N provided while the fruits are small gives you big, thick-walled peppers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: N levels for peppers
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| I think you are probably right planatus. |
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