after mourning my little girl for all these months, I feel it's time to bring joy into another's life.I have too much love to give to keep it inside and not share.
My Favorite Plants
none at the moment, but give me time :)
Plants Currently in My Garden
tomatoes,, ,green peppers,salsa peppers, and only 5 sunflowers
I love to garden, because....
The thrill of watching seeds become food that i can just pick up and eat. Plus watching the same thrill in my grandson's eyes
Biggest Gardening Challenge
getting started, and maintaining during the hot/mosquito infested days of summer
If I'm not gardening, I can be found:
on computer looking at different yard decorations and styles
John
after mourning my little girl for all these months, I feel it's time to bring joy into another's life.I have too much love to give to keep it inside and not share.
Mood: tired
Monday, October 26
John
After 3 months, I still sit and think daily of my Beloved Lucy.
Now that it's nasty outside, ie: rain/cold/rain/cold.....
What can i do for my now empty garden?
I've been collecting yard waste such as leaves/g ... more
Are the plants big, green and super healthy? If so, they may have too much nitrogen (N). Nitrogen encourages foliar growth but not fruit production. Just be sure to offer your plants fertilizer with a balanced NPK.
Lack of magnesium can also cause bud drop. Offering your plants a very dilute application of Epsom salts, which contain magnesium and sulfur, may help. Some claim this remedy is not useful, but if your plants are deficient in magnesium this is a cheap and efficient way to make this essential nutrient available to them. The standard method is to spray the plants three times in the season with a dilution of one tablespoon Epsom salts to one gallon of water. Spray once when the plants are young and first planted, again when their blossoms first appear and for a third time when they have developing fruit. It is late in the season, so I’d suggest spraying the foliage of your peppers once.
Peppers are also very temperature sensitive. For fruit set, they prefer day temperatures in the 70s and 80s and night temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Hotter or colder temperatures can cause blossom drop, though developing fruits can usually take the heat a bit better. Unfortunately, nothing can be done about seasonal temperature extremes.
Overall, peppers grow and produce best in soil with a slightly acid pH (6.5 to 7).
I hope these ideas help! Let me know if any of them sound probable.
after mourning my little girl for all these months, I feel it's time to bring joy into another's life.I have too much love to give to keep it inside and not share.
My Favorite Plants
none at the moment, but give me time :)
Plants Currently in My Garden
tomatoes,, ,green peppers,salsa peppers, and only 5 sunflowers
I love to garden, because....
The thrill of watching seeds become food that i can just pick up and eat. Plus watching the same thrill in my grandson's eyes
Biggest Gardening Challenge
getting started, and maintaining during the hot/mosquito infested days of summer
If I'm not gardening, I can be found:
on computer looking at different yard decorations and styles
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Are the plants big, green and super healthy? If so, they may have too much nitrogen (N). Nitrogen encourages foliar growth but not fruit production. Just be sure to offer your plants fertilizer with a balanced NPK.
Jessie KeithLack of magnesium can also cause bud drop. Offering your plants a very dilute application of Epsom salts, which contain magnesium and sulfur, may help. Some claim this remedy is not useful, but if your plants are deficient in magnesium this is a cheap and efficient way to make this essential nutrient available to them. The standard method is to spray the plants three times in the season with a dilution of one tablespoon Epsom salts to one gallon of water. Spray once when the plants are young and first planted, again when their blossoms first appear and for a third time when they have developing fruit. It is late in the season, so I’d suggest spraying the foliage of your peppers once.
Peppers are also very temperature sensitive. For fruit set, they prefer day temperatures in the 70s and 80s and night temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Hotter or colder temperatures can cause blossom drop, though developing fruits can usually take the heat a bit better. Unfortunately, nothing can be done about seasonal temperature extremes.
Overall, peppers grow and produce best in soil with a slightly acid pH (6.5 to 7).
I hope these ideas help! Let me know if any of them sound probable.
Jessie
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