Hi Chile-Heads, I have not sent any e-mails for a while. Most gardening books refer to peppers as lite feeders. In my experience this is not so true. Habs, Jals and Serranos all seem need liberal feedings. I find poultry manure, compost, liquid sea weed and fish emulsion as good choices. regards from a hot spot, Akiva Kotler Ashdod Israel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com