Do we have anyone who grows Bell Peppers well?

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Yeah, I always thought that peppers were easy to grow too.

This year, I have some in cardboard boxes as an experiment with "raised beds" without the work. My garden is at the top of a hill and the soil doesn't seem to have any nutrients in it, so I have to do something different. The only pepper plant doing well is in a conventional large pot. One in a box was being eaten by slugs, so I know why it didn't do well. One bloomed but the tiny fruit dropped. And one in a box is so-so, may still make it. All of them but one are in the same soil (more experiments).

Heat is not an issue this year. Today my thermometer outside showed 100. It has been a hot year, not enough rain but I have been watering all the time.

Thanks for the suggestions. Let us know how the liquid kelp works. That is an interesting experiment and I love trying different things....especially if they work. This is the first year that I have been trying the instant milk on the tomatoes and it seems to be working fine.