Curtis Jackson,
I'm not a horticulturalist; however, in the gardening world of the net my knowledge is often sought. Until recently I was the moderator and guru of a couple Organic posting boards. I had to make a decison either to continue with the Recipe project here and give of the gardening stuff or to stop here. I decided it would not be fair to the members here for me to stop now that growing season is here.
To some degree I agree with this horticulturalist however there is much more to it than what is stated. If you want the hotest, best, greatest, tasting jalapeno then grow them organically in an
<font color="red">Earthbox Type Of Container.</font id="red"> Either purchase one or make your own.
This is my time tested base soiless mixture and base fertilizer.
<font color="blue">My base soilless mixture:</font id="blue">
3 parts Ground pine bark (I run it through a chipper)
2 parts sphagnum moss
1 part Perlite /Vermiculite
1/2 part builders sand.
1 pint dolomite lime per bushel of soil mix
I do not use any wetting agents. This means you will have to really work at getting this mixture wet. Once it is wet don't let it dry out. Next I add, a good inch of mature compost to the top of my filled containers.
<font color="blue">My base Fertilizer:</font id="blue">
2 parts blood meal
1 part fish meal
2 parts bonemeal
4 parts rock phosphate
6 parts greensand.
1/2 part kelp meal
Now how much of this base fertilizer you are going to use is based on the size of your container. I mix in a lot. For example in a container that is 42" X 30" X 22" I add 6 quarts. I mix this fertilizer though out the whole container. Top to bottom--side to side. Remember unlike synthetic fertilizers most organic fertilizers are nonburning. This mixture will not burn your plants. One time I turn around wrong (LOL) and added a second 6 quarts. The plants did just fine in that double mixture.
In the water reservoir of the Earthbox/ Growth container always add one ounce of Fish and Seaweed extract per gallon of water during the fruiting. Before fruiting time add two ounce of each per week with one ounce of unsulphured Molasses to the water reservoir. When the plants are 1/2 grown side dress your plant with the above fertilizer mixture. Lightly water it into the top of the soil. If you can find any Earthworms (not red fishing worms) add them to the soil. If you add worms make sure to add a good cup of builder sand to the soil. They have to have it in order to digest food. Feed them some corn meal that is been soak in a mixture of Molasses, water and a packet of dry yeast for three days.
When your plants flowers then spray them with one ounce of seaweed and fish extract per gallon weekly for a month. Then cut back to once per month. Cover both sides of all leaves. I purchase if I have not had time to make my own Maxicrop for the fish and seaweed extracts. They are made from the highest quality and not trash fish or warm water seaweed.
The fish and seaweed mixture will address the needs of not just the the 3 macro nutrients--NPK--that most people only feed a plant, but all of the other macro nutrients:
<b>The Other Micro-nutrients people never seem to address are the following:</b>
Boron B
Manganese Mn
Copper Cu
Zinc Zn
Iron Fe
Molybdenum Mo
Chlorine Cl
Plus this mixture address the 50 plus trace elements needed to grow a very succesfull plant.
Final note: Peppers are part of the night shade family. Do not grow tomatos in the same mixture where you have grown peppers in for a good three years. If you smoke and roll your own then do not smoke around your pepper or tomato plants. If you smoke and roll your own wash your hand in a mixture of 12 3/4 ounces of common bleach mix with one gallon of water. Allow the bleach water to stay on your hands a good 3 minutes.
Good Luck!
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