Re: [CH] Bloodmeal
jim@wildpepper.com
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:00:19 -0500
Correct again on it being bone meal.
I don't know if I count as a professional or not, but I only use a
single application of 12-12-12 before planting & nothing else. Chiles
don't respond that well to fertilizers (unless there is a lack) and
nothing makes up for good soil. If you have good soil, then you really
don't need much else. In heavy crop years (I think I can remember back
to one) aometimes the plants can produce to the point that they get a
little nitrogen starved. This is cured by a foliar application of a low
N fertilizer, just to give them a little boost.
Very often folks have a tendency (me included) to look very hard for
stuff to manage, just so that we can be doing something :-)
Hope this helps!
-Jim C
Mild to Wild