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Old August 30, 2017   #62
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For most of the summer my bell peppers under the shade cloth did slightly better and produced a few more peppers than the ones in full sun. That has now changed dramatically. I think it may be the massive invasion of whiteflies which seem to like it under the shade better and thus are spreading foliage diseases faster under the shade cloth. Up until two weeks ago my plants under shade looked noticeably better and now they look far worse. Both beds have gotten the same treatment all year long and so I must conclude it is the whiteflies which only got bad a few weeks ago and are really bad now.

I used the last of my Vegetable formula from Urban Farms to try and perk them up but it may not help at this stage. I will still get some good peppers off some of the plants but many have less than a quarter of their leaves still on them and the slightest touch sends them to the ground. A good high wind could leave some of them leafless.

Bill
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