[CH] Bat guano instead of Peters?
Greg Mortensen (loki@world.std.com)
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:29:43 -0500
Chile-Heads:
I've had great success (dark green plants, abundant yields) using Peters
(now "Jack's") plant food with my chile peppers, both potted and in the
garden. This year, I was thinking about using bat guano instead
(specifically, Worm's Way "House of Guanos" which is a collection of
four different ones). I really don't have a reason, I just want to try
something different.
The problem I've run into is this: I can't find any reference to what
chile peppers need regarding fertilizer requirements. Googling
doesn't provide much, except for advice that seems to contradict what
the page that preceded it said. Even DeWitt's "The Pepper Garden" is all
over the place.
Has anyone used bat guano for their potted peppers? (I'm using one part
vermiculite, one part perlite, and three parts commercial potting soil.)
I was going to start them off with Mexican (10-2-0), maintain them with
Peruvian Seabird guano (9-9-2), and finish up with Jamaican (1-10-0) or
Indonesian (0-13-0).
Regards,
Greg
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