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Jul 31, 2016 1:50 PM CST
Name: Daniel Erdy
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in my experience peppers benefit from both calcium and a little bit of sulfur. I always knew they liked calcium but an old farmer once told me to put 6 match heads around each of my pepper plants one year so I did and they grew a lot better that year than in previous years. since then I just used a little sulfur instead of the match heads and they seem love it. Before I used the sulfur I was lucky to get 7 or 8 large bell peppers per plant but now when I do plant peppers which it's been over 2 years since I've last grown them but I get 10-12 large bells per plant with the added sulfur. There are a few articles on the effects of sulfur on pepper plants but not many. The trick is not too add to much maybe a tablespoon per plant though I never measured it, I just used what I thought would be the equivalent to the 6 match heads Thumbs up

Did you know that you can also overwinter your bell pepper plants in a greenhouse and the following year you'll have 7ft tall plants and easily get 30-40 large bells per plant. I did this also one year but keeping the plants alive in my unheated greenhouse was a chore so I'm not sure it's worth the headache for me to do it again but if you already are using a heated greenhouse for other plants you could tuck a potted pepper plant in a corner somewhere until next spring and I promise you'll be amazed at how much better a 2 year old plant preforms. just thought I'd throw that out there for any peeper fans reading this thread.
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