From: "Robert Farr - The Chile Man" <rbfarr@erols.com> > Apply epsom salts - 1/2 cup to one gallon water - every 2-3 weeks until > the plants begin to bear. > > I even use it when the peppers are in pots, at half-strength. Same goes > for fish emulsion - I use a tablespoon per gallon for the pots and two per gallon for the ones in the ground. You have to be careful about building up the salts in the soils. 1/2 cup a gallon every two or three weeks during the summer is a heck of a load. carp