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July 23, 2017 | #1 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: AL
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What really made me sad as I didn't notice til too late, that the hornworms made major destruction of the pepper plants. They ate leaves and peppers like crazy. My fault as with the plants being in shade, I didn't have to water them very often and was too busy killing hornworms on the tomatoes and saving them. I think next year, I might also do a set-up like RedBaron's. Instead of just shade on top, will cover the sides too. Darn pests will be back next year like always and this time maybe I'll be ready for them. Maybe since the hornworms did some major pruning, I'll have some bigger plants. I can see new leaf growth and more blooms coming on, so hopefully I'll have plenty by the time frost comes. |
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July 23, 2017 | #2 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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August 30, 2017 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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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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