On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:36:08 EDT, you wrote: >Hello Chile-Heads, >I have been reading many unfortunate tales of woe of blossom drop, >non-pollination, etc. >We have had the WORST summer in years here in New Hampshire. >I planted 40 hot pepper plants (had a 99.9% germination rate with Burpee >seeds, heavily discounted at the local Wal-Mart) ranging from Biker Billy >Jalapeno (good stuff!) habanero, plus their hot 'mixed' (and it was mixed - I >have everything!) I have been have quite a problem with my hab plant I would be very lucky to get 10 peppers off this plant. My Jalapeno's haven't done that great this year as well. I used some "Better Homes and Garden" seeds last year from Wal-Mart and they were great the Jalapeno ones in particular. >I am up to my ears in hot peppers! (even with the lousy weather). >The one thing I can attribute to the good pollination is that my wife grows >herbs. She has one particular area where oregano grows. It is now bush size >(it is a perennial and will come back bigger and badder each year). It has >been flowering since mid-July and we now have dozens of bumble bees from >sunrise to sunset on it. My neighbor has some Crape Myrtle's planted next to my garden. It's liked there is a bee hive next to my garden. They don't have as many flowers now but they were really going for a while. >This is the first year this has happened. (because she let it flower) >Coincidence? Maybe, but I'm not complaining! >Grow some oregano! It's easy and comes back year after year without much >care! >Steve and Rosemary in frigid NH I think my problem are more of soil conditions and maybe some not so good plants for my area. Matt Prerost