Peppers – Sundown Farms

Sprayed Peppers with Liquid Copper Fungicide for leaf spot

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024Tom

5/25/2024 – Peppers have a little bacterial leaf spot. Sprayed with 3 tsp/gal of Liquid Copper Fungicide. Had an hour before sprayed them with Epsom Salts at 1 tbsp/gal. Followed advice here – https://www.producegrower.com/news/use-caution-with-copper-fungicides-and-spray-surfactants-in-vegetables-and-fruits/. See extract below. Copper fungicides work to kill pathogen cells by denaturing enzymes and other critical proteins. However, copper can also […]

Sprayed Epsom Salts on Tomatoes and Peppers

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024Tom

5/24-25/2024 – Sprayed tomatoes and peppers with Epsom Salts at 1 tbsp/gal.

Sidedressed then Cultivated Garden with Fergie & new Wheel Hoe

May 16, 2024May 26, 2024Tom

5/16/2024 – As we had a 7″ rain day a few days ago and surely a lot of the fertilizer washed away, I side-dressed everything with 33-0-0 other than tomatoes, peas, and beans. The tomatoes are growing great so the plan is to side dress again when the first ones are ripe. Then plowed all […]

Sprayed Epsom Salts on Tomatoes, Peppers, & Roses

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024Tom

5/4/2024 – Mixed 1 tbsp per gallon and sprayed all plants. This was the first time this year. I was encouraged to try it again based on the article linked below. https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/68/Fertilize-with-Epsom-Salts

Side Dressed Pepper/Basil Row

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024Tom

Side dressed Pepper/Basil row with 33-0-0 lightly and tilled with stirrup hoe the tiny weeds to cover the fertilizer.

Planted Pepper & Basil Seedlings

April 13, 2024April 14, 2024Tom

4/13/2024 – Planted bell peppers, cayenne peppers, and basil seedlings sowed 2/6/2024 in the greenhouse, into row 43 North which is next to the eastmost row of tomatoes.

Sowed Tomatoes, Peppers, & Basil in Trays for Seedlings

February 6, 2024April 1, 2024Tom

2/6/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below in 6×6 trays for seedlings to transplant after frost. Put them on the HOSS hot mat to germinate. 2/27/2024 – Clipped off the sickly tomato seedlings, pulled 17 others, and planted them deep in deep 2×2 pots with potting soil. Watered them with rainwater. They pulled out without […]

Fed the Peppers & Tomatoes Superbloom & Sprayed Epsom Salts

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023Tom

6/9/2023 – Mixed at 1 tbsp gallon and applied two, 2.5 gallon batches to all the peppers and tomatoes.

Planted Basil and Peppers

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023Tom

6/1/2023 – The Prosper Basil and peppers grown in grow boxes in the greenhouse that were too small to plant a few weeks ago were planted this afternoon in the rows with the first basil and peppers. We added three peppers and four basil.

Fed the Peppers Superbloom and Fish Emulsion

May 22, 2023May 25, 2023Tom

5/22/2023 – Came across the video here where the guy did what made sense with the pepper plants. He fed them every two weeks with superbloom and fish emulsion that we know works in the yard with many bloomers. Ours are ok but not dark green and not growing or putting on many blooms. Mixed […]

Tag: Peppers

Sprayed Peppers with Liquid Copper Fungicide for leaf spot

Sprayed Epsom Salts on Tomatoes and Peppers

Sidedressed then Cultivated Garden with Fergie & new Wheel Hoe

Sprayed Epsom Salts on Tomatoes, Peppers, & Roses

Side Dressed Pepper/Basil Row

Planted Pepper & Basil Seedlings

Sowed Tomatoes, Peppers, & Basil in Trays for Seedlings

Fed the Peppers & Tomatoes Superbloom & Sprayed Epsom Salts

Planted Basil and Peppers

Fed the Peppers Superbloom and Fish Emulsion

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