On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 10:11 -0500, Dan D Niles wrote: > Thanks for all the advice! I should have plenty of peppers this year. > > I read on a web site somewhere to use Miracle-Grow cactus mix to grow > the peppers. I wasn't sure, so I did a little experiment. I used all > cactus mix in two pots, and 1/2 cactus mix 1/2 potting soil in the > other two pots. I have one jalapeño and one habanero in each soil mix. > > The all cactus mix plants are puny and very pale green. The 1/2 & 1/2 > plants are a deep rich green and probably 3 times the size of the > others. The 1/2 & 1/2 jalapeño plant already has at least 15 peppers on > it, compared to 2 on the other. I'll try to post some pics later today. Here are the pics: Jalapeños: http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/359/dscn2169.jpg Habaneros: http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6485/dscn2171w.jpg And just for fun, my garden: http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1747/dscn2172k.jpg > So, any speculation as to why the cactus mix plants are doing so poorly? > Are the pots draining too well and not giving the plants enough water? > Or are the nutrients different/insufficient in the cactus mix? Do you > think there is something I can do to give them a boost? > > >