RE: [CH] 80% of plants doing poorly
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (SCOTT.PARKHURST@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL)
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:41:30 -0000
> Ok, new soil, new conditions.....about 80% of my
> plants are stunted and yellow.
Have you checked the soil pH? Peppers get unhappy
the farther south of 6.0 the pH gets. Too acidic is
not good at all. The gypsum helps, but acts slowly IIRC.
Get a tester or have a soil sample analysis done. I use
one of these with good results:
http://www.veseys.com/store.cfm?product=843
Scott... harvesting all but Mulato Isleno... KCK