[CH] Too much sun?
Jonathan Smillie (jonathan.smillie@gmail.com)
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:05:01 -0400
I planted ten habanero plants (a mix of Caribbean Reds and regular
orange habs) in a raised bed at the bottom of my garden about five weeks
ago. In that location, the plants are exposed to full sun for most of
the day, with shade from a butterfly bush to the west in the later
afternoon. We've had a very hot early summer- temperatures in the 90s
for the first two weeks of June - with reasonable amounts of rain, going
a week to two weeks without, but getting good soakings afterwards, and
we water when necessary.
I'm finding that I am getting negligible growth in terms of plant height
and new vegetation, and although all my plants have put out flowers, a
great many have dropped without fruiting. Is it possible that my plants
(which according to their plant tags are "full sun") are getting too
much of a good thing?