Re: [CH] Chemical fertilzers

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Nels wrote,

>Your response on using paper for pots surprises me.  Last spring in our
>greenhouse we used some trays with drainage holes and lined another tray
>with newspaper and put below them to prevent all the leakage.  Out of 40
>trays of peppers, the 8 with newspaper (all black and white) were a total
>disaster.  Nothing we could use out of them.. Over 800 pepper plants thrown
>out.  never got past the two to four true leaf stage.

I made little starter pots out of newspaper and my peppers came out just
fine! Maybe there are factors involved here other than the chemical
composition of the newspaper.

Alex

Alexandra Soltow
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