This year I started 16 bell pepper plants in mid March. These were started in peat pots with commercial starter mix. In the last two weeks I've transplanted them into the ground and containers. They were hardened off well. In the last two days plants that had been small but doing well otherwise have failed and given up. I am now down to 6 peppers that still look good.
I have these planted in all three of the growing styles I do - ground, traditional large containers, and self watering containers. There is no correlation between where they were planted and whether they died or not.
The only thing I can think of is the ground has been a little wet for the last few days and the roots rotted in that time. The nightly lows have approached 50 F as a floor.
The plants look wilted and the leafs start to curl for a day or two then they're just gone on the third or fourth day.
I don't think I have time to direct seed more at this point even though I really like this cultivator. At this point I think I will buy transplants tomorrow or so.
I did three Anaheim peppers in the same starter mix but in plastic cups. These are still going well and look a lot better than the bells. Well minus the one something ate.
Any thoughts where I may have gone wrong with the bells?
Agree that it is too late to direct seed peppers. - Typical first frost is Oct 10.
I have these planted in all three of the growing styles I do - ground, traditional large containers, and self watering containers. There is no correlation between where they were planted and whether they died or not.
The only thing I can think of is the ground has been a little wet for the last few days and the roots rotted in that time. The nightly lows have approached 50 F as a floor.
The plants look wilted and the leafs start to curl for a day or two then they're just gone on the third or fourth day.
I don't think I have time to direct seed more at this point even though I really like this cultivator. At this point I think I will buy transplants tomorrow or so.
I did three Anaheim peppers in the same starter mix but in plastic cups. These are still going well and look a lot better than the bells. Well minus the one something ate.
Any thoughts where I may have gone wrong with the bells?
Agree that it is too late to direct seed peppers. - Typical first frost is Oct 10.
