To: LEAH ROZHON
Subject: Weed Killer
LR>Also I wondered if anyone ever heard of placing matches around the roots
LR>of green peppers when you plant them.  I asked this in another message,
LR>but the mail flow to this echo has been very light and it might have
LR>gotten lost someplace.  Thanks!
   I did reply, then lost my upline feed for close to another week; so
   you may have received it in a crossing post. But to restate - in acid
   soils, the sulfur may cause damage to the peppers. I did a double row
   experiment a few years ago, with one side getting the matches, the
   other none.  The Matches side all died. I replanted more peppers in
   the same spots, and they did poorly. The Unmatched side did fine.
   Peppers need very little fertilizer, but are waterhogs until the
   peppers are ripening. A good mulch is a good idea in soils inclined
   to get dry, or that have great swings in moisture levels. (Mulches
   also help prevent withered or sunburnt peppers to some extent.)
                       ...Sandra...
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