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Originally Posted by b54red
I have a terrible time growing tomatoes in containers but peppers seem to thrive. Besides the cow manure I found that the composted chicken manure that they sell bagged at Lowes is a terrific top dressing to add a bit later when the plants are looking a bit sad in the summer heat. Last year was the first time I tried using it on container peppers and they exploded with new growth and perked up wonderfully. Most of all they set a lot of new fruit and so every few weeks I would give my container bells a bit of chicken manure and water it in well. I also scratched in some around my peppers in the ground and they liked it also.
You might want to check out the thread on seed starting with DE under the Starting From Seed forum. I have found that using DE to start seeds gives far better germination and far faster germination than any other medium I have tried. It is also very easy to work with and cheap for a seed starting medium. The one I use is called UltraSorb and is sold at Auto Zone in a 15 lb bag for around 6 dollars. They keep UltraSorb in the corner next to the oil in all the stores I have seen it in. If you decide to try it make sure you don't get the large bag that they have at the front of the stores because it is not the same stuff.
Bill
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Great info...thanks. I will remember this and check or that thread. Thank you again
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