Adding compost and mulch to pepper containers. (May/2024)
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- In this video the Desert Gardener talks about adding compost and mulch to your pepper containers. Part 11.
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I'm doing a few experiments this year with mulch in containers, mulching some, others not. I'm in a very different climate, northern MN, and while we do get hot summer days, I've heard that mulching peppers specifically might not be the best idea because they like the heat and want warm soil. I mulched every container last year and the peppers did okay... time will tell.
Topping or pinching Capsicum is one of those myths that was started from incomplete rumor and just won't die.
I would mulch but every time I try it my birds rake it out of the pots the very next day.
a new gardener here!!
This question has nothing to do with your video here
I just have one question: I am having a difficult time getting rid of squash bugs
What's a good organic and all natural insecticide that will kill the squash bugs
I tried DE, and it helped for awhile, but the squash bugs are back!!
HELP!!!
I've never dealt with squash bugs before, but I would suggesting starting by adding beneficial insects like ladybugs, parasitic wasps, and tachinid flies.
Why did you do this in the first place? Snipping off lower limbs and leaves just to make room for more dirt so it rises up the stem makes sense with tomatoes, but what benefit is there for peppers? It doesn't grow more roots in that dirt, as far as I can figure it doesn't protect the stem from anything (to the contrary, I'd say), it does cost you some leaves and it's an additional barrier to get water to the roots. So what's the purpose? Can you tell us
why you did it?
Trimming the lower leaves is so they don't rest on the soil. That can introduce soil born diseases. Adding more compost is for the nutrient value. Now that things have settled there is room for more.
@@desertgardener2151 That doesn't make sense to me because the added dirt is along the stem and I wouldn't think it could imbibe nutrition from the new compost without having roots in the new compost. How does that work? But hey, I don't know everything! So I'll mull that over. It raises a new question though. If this works in a pot, why wouldn't it work in a raised bed? But I don't see anybody doing this in a raised bed. What do you think?