Well, I think we should ask our resident "commercial" growers: I asked Pepper Joe about this & basically he replied that he keeps his fields well composted with organic feedings & hasn't had a problem in almost 20 years of growing in the same area's. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <melauter@earthlink.net> Sent: Saturday, 28 September, 2002 2:59 PM Subject: [CH] No crop rotation? > Don't the Tabasco people rotate their plantings of chile plants? Windrows > of pine sound pretty permanent. Does anyone know? Margaret L >