I feel like this is taking forever. Not sure if I’ll get any peppers in the end, but we’ll see!

  • The_v@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That’s pretty normal for peppers. They take forever for the first fruit to be ready. Then a month later you are drowning in them.

    Peppers also require large amounts of nutrients once they get going. Like 4x the amount of sweet corn…

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      1 month ago

      I’ve got the high-nitrogen plant food ready and waiting! It would be awesome to be drowning in them, I eat bell peppers every day pretty much, and I’m dying to make some Hatch green chili, so I hope they all get crazy in the end.

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      28 days ago

      High potassium fertilizers are crucial when they start fruiting - I switched to a 5-10-10 last year and my yeilds doubled compared to using the same high nitrogen feed throughout the season.