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Good Evening Andy,

I hope you are having a great summer. I just got back from a week long fishing trip in the Mighty High Sierra Nevada Mountains. My lungs are really clear from the pure fresh air. I love to share with people.

http://www.naturalbornhikers.com/KearsargePass/KearsargePass.htm

Peppers like ACIDIC soil better. I try to grow my peppers at Ph 6.0. I use pine needles to lower my soil’s Ph level when needed. Peppers do NOT like dry soil. Keep your peppers moist but not wet. I fertilize with chicken manure at the start ONLY. The nitrogen gives your pepper plants a great start. Later I use small tomato cages to help hold them up. The peppers can make the plant very heavy and fall to the side. Snails and cutworms love peppers which touch the ground.

If you do not have a Soil Ph testing Meter, you can buy one at Home Depot for $7. The meters are very easy to use, and they will last you for years.

http://www.gardenersnet.com/atoz/ph.htm

I learned to garden at the age of three (3) in the hills of Kentucky with (smile) my uncle’s help. I have nine fruit trees, a 20x20 ft vegetable garden, and a huge front and back yard with dozens of flowers. My freezer always has some stuffed bell peppers inside. Whenever my wife (or myself) doesn’t feel like cooking or unexpected guest, in goes some stuffed bell peppers. She stuffs them with shrimp, sausage, hamburger, or ham/potato. If I may give you some extra advise.

The secret to bell peppers is not to over fertilize with nitrogen. Most gardeners love their beautiful green bushy bell pepper plants with a few peppers and a lot of blooms. They never realize they should be getting four times the pepper crop, because their plants look so big and green. Nitrogen helps the plant, not the peppers. When your plants are about one month old stop using nitrogen. You should use phosphorous and potassium fertilizer only. These two minerals help the plant produce peppers. This is very important. I usually get 10 to 15 huge bell peppers per plant.

Andy, if you are not award of fertilizers. Look on the outside of the box. You will find the letters, N_P_ K with a number next to each letter. The N=Nitrogen, the P=Phosphorous, and the K=Potassium. Get a fertilizer which is low in or no Nitrogen. The web site below is from the University of Illinois. Read the web site. The first question on the web site talks about over fertilization with nitrogen. It will help verify my answer to you.

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/peppers.cfm

You should keep your garden fully mulched. Head for a sporting goods store and buy some earthworms. They cost around $5. Spread them under the mulch around your pepper plants. Earthworms are a gardener’s little helpers. They care nutrients deep into the soil in order for your pepper plant’s roots to feed. They also work for minimum hourly (smile) wages.

http://www.stumblerz.com/earthworms-fun-facts/

I hope you do not get mad. I am an organic gardener. I have never nor will I ever use any pesticides/chemicals on anything my family eats. I know what these chemical companies tell you, but remember these companies are the same as drug companies. They will tell you everything to make a dime. The by-products from these chemicals accumulate in your soil. The chemicals also kill the good insects which work for your plants. Haven’t you seen wasps flying around your plants? They are attacking the caterpillars.

Andy, you only have three plants! Go out around 11 at night with a flashlight and a pair of scissors. Let your eyes adjust. Shine the light on each leaf of your plant. It will take you a minute or two, but you will finally see the “leaf cutter”. Off with its head. You will only find one or two worms per plant. Do this every two weeks, and you will not have any more problems.

Ph soil levels are the KEY to being a great gardener and having healthy plants. Healthy plants and good insects can always fight off the bad insects.

I just hope I have added to your knowledge. You and your family have a beautiful week. Peace, from Los Angeles.

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