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cybrczch said:Richard's Terrible, Horrible, Absolutely Awful Pepper Plants 2016

My Carmen plants are close to 4 feet tall right now. That's because they haven't set a single pepper yet. Blooms all falling off.
My Big Bertha plants are maybe 6 to 10 inches tall. They haven't set any peppers either. Blooms all falling off.
Neither have Golden Star, Big Red, or Ace. Blooms all falling off.
Fooled You (heatless jalapeno, probably similar to Coolapeno) looks like it's been whacked with a stick, but there are peppers (nearly full size).
Zavory (very mild Habanero type, citrusy) was growing wonderful up to 2 days ago. Over the past 2 nights, *something* has eaten most of the leaves off one, right at where they join the stem. The other plant is still leafy. All the peppers now are dusted with DE.
Gypsy and a mystery bell (likely King Arthur) planted in a pot are doing well and have each born 1-2 pickable green peppers so far. A repeat of Fooled you and Zavory in another pot growing but not blooming or bearing yet, because they were beheaded by hail and I threw them in the pot when I saw them put out new growth.
Sweet Banana planted in another area of the garden have given me the biggest harvest of over a dozen.
I'm beginning to hope I can stretch my 2015 frozen harvest until 2017.

Newyorkrita - I usually start peppers 8-10 weeks before last frost (tomatoes 4-6 weeks), and a heating pad (or a spot that can give them consistently warm bottom heat) is a MUST to get them to sprout.

Oh my. So very sorry about your troubles in the pepper patch. How can they (mostly) all be doing so poorly?

Thank you, now I know when to start up my pepper seeds. I have the bottom heat covered so hopefully all will go well.