Should I plant em in straight FF Ocean Forest or cut anything in. For my house plants I use 3/4OC cut with 1/4 Canna Coco. Dunno what soil Bell peppers like. What to run em mainly organic anyone have any good links?

i am starting container garden in my backyard.

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They want more magnesium and less calcium than tomatoes. Less nitrogen too. They're not heavy feeders like cukes.

I have lousy luck with bell peppers but great luckwith non-bell sweet peppers such as cubanelles, bull's horns, and that kind of thing.

They'd do well in MG potting soil and some EWC. I usually grow mine in clay soil and they do fine outside.

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bell peppers:

they do well in most any soil that is close to neutral (slightly acidic at times for food), get em planted early (at least where i'm at), and also plan to do some staking of some sort as they will eventually lean all the way down till the peppers sit on the soil if you do not.......I also like to remove some fruits as per biological trade-off principles.....in order to get nicer sized peppers............nothing like waiting a season and coming up a few weeks short.......

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cool thx for info right now I got bell pepper, beefsteak tomato and broccoli seeds planted in coco with some roots exel really really low dose nutes. When they spout and get bigger I will transfer to the fox farm then cause its got nuetral ph. I wish I could grow in ground but got old septic tank like 12 inches bellow my grass

It is nothing for my peppers to get waist high in clay soil outdoors. Good luck

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Originally Posted by DonkDBZ

cool thx for info right now I got bell pepper, beefsteak tomato and broccoli seeds planted in coco with some roots exel really really low dose nutes. When they spout and get bigger I will transfer to the fox farm then cause its got nuetral ph. I wish I could grow in ground but got old septic tank like 12 inches bellow my grass

Definately take the staking measures then -----or else they will bend past the pots all the way to the ground.........probably wont snap though.........but it will affect the fruits (the wet ground that is)

Throw the beefstakes in a pot and let em go---------seriously....practically don't even need nutes........brocolli is nice but watch for the aphids --- they love to get mixed into the whirl ---- or at least they seem to attract to my romanesqco brocolli

btw---- try growing some hot peppers, chilies an herbs..........those are great for pots -----maybe even an ever-bearing raspberry/blackberry bramble LOL

really cacti can be very fun too.........and beautiful...and

Good luck