Importance of Feeding Pepper Plants

Farmer George shows you what happens when you do not appropriately feed your pepper plants. He then shows you how to remedy the issue(s) so that your plants get back on track!
See his spreadsheet for his nutrient feeding schedule for 2019 as an example. Feel free to use to make your own schedule and tailor it to the needs of your own garden!
drive.google.c...
Remember new videos every Thursday at 12pm EST!!
Let's share and grow together!

[@baytownsgreatest]

Sounds like your whisper and that background music isn't helping

[@harrypotterzoup3886]

Try cleaning your ears out

[@LSD123.]

Nice video......... But the background music is so annoying.

[@FarmerGeorge]

LSD123 thanks, I realized that as I got more experience. Hopefully more recent videos won’t be like that. Thanks for watching

[@johnliberty3647]

I grow in straight composted Chicken manure, never fed my plants and they produce heavily all season long. Maybe I have a bit too much Nitrogen because I do have a bit of delay before they flower compared to using generic potting soil. Its just a 2 week delay and then I have peppers all over the place and many fruiting sites from the extreme vegetative growth early on.

[@mish3595]

I keep adding things and fertilizer to my peppers throughout their growth to help them. I don't know if the soil I have has added fertilizer in but normally mix it with a ratio of compost and bone meal. Started adding eggshells and banana skins to see if it helps add what's missing. Fertilize with fish emulsion and keep adding periodically. The things that I have noticed was I was watering too often and it curled the leaves as they get rain water too so the leaves looked terrible. So tried to water less and just let the rain do so. The leaf curling thing has periods of growing well and not curling to doing it again so I have no idea what causes it. Just have been trying to take care of them the best I can. Only water them now when I need to add the fertilizer

[@tonybowsnowy]

That was amazing❗Liked your learning and you shared Your mistakes. The all purpose fertilizer with time release. Will be my go-to. But how you fixed the problems was priceless. Thank you.

[@jameswilmot4537]

Some great advice there, I have just applied some blended comfrey in water to my pepper plants. I haven't had any leaves falling off yet although a few flowers have dropped but most of them are hanging on.

[@FarmerGeorge]

James Wilmot I’m going to be using for the first time next year as we finally have a yard, also I am going to try and go organic so that’s an excellent option. If I were you I’d keep doing what you’re doing! Thanks for sharing and watching. 🔥👨‍🌾

[@LaceyLace_]

Thank you so much for this video. My bell peppers are starting to look funny. My thai chili peppers are barely coming in so they're dojng okay but...Just wondering, I have Epsom salt with a hint of lavender in it. (Yes, I bought it for soaking my feet in! 😁) Will that work or does it have to be a particular type? Dumb question..probably. Lmao!

[@FarmerGeorge]

Mai Okutsu I’m not sure about that stuff with additives. I know regular Epsom salts is less than $5 I think for quite a bit of it! Thanks for watching!

[@LaceyLace_]

@@FarmerGeorge Good to know! I've never bought pure epsom salt for anything so I'll run out and get some!

[@miltonwelch8619]

I often fail to proactively feed my plants. You just helped me pull up my socks!

[@FarmerGeorge]

Happy to help

[@ijeomaekpe7028]

My pepper plants are short and already flowering, what do I do pls? I'm planting in bags and containers.

[@herlindeclark5488]

Thank you for this video. It is early in the season and all my pepper plants are showing these symptoms of going naked. I mixed all soil with organic nutrients before I planted them in that soil. Then it rained dogs and cats and all the nutrients washed out ( raised bed). I will add epsom salt and tomato fertilizer right away! Thank you!

[@FarmerGeorge]

Herlinde Clark hopefully it works out for ya!

[@donjuwann5868]

why the back groiund noise? older folks can't hear you over the noise

[@Earthomo]

Thank you!!

[@FarmerGeorge]

Thanks for watching

[@wranther]

Great timely information! Enjoy your suggested 2019 schedule, even tho you seem to be in a much warmer climate location.

[@martiallaw3487]

I thought pepper plants don't like nitrogen?

[@FarmerGeorge]

They do, nitrogen is especially required in the early stages of growth. When flowering and maturing fruit they need less of it and more potassium and phosphorus. Does that help?

[@jamestboehm6450]

I've found 4-4-4 works very well with 1/2 TSP of Epsom salt to a gallon of water.

[@Yoav76]

Nice video!

[@ChrisGarcia-qi1jw]

Great stuff brother I was having a hard time with my plants also just working so many hours then getting sick not being able to feed the plant can really damage them so bad

[@FarmerGeorge]

Sorry to hear that, hope you’re feeling better. Hope the video shows some hope - I should’ve waited longer to show how they’re flourishing now. It’s too bad it’s the end of the season, it’s hard to let them go.

[@ChrisGarcia-qi1jw]

@@FarmerGeorge oh I'm good now this was like in the middle of the season the most important time when the flowers were starting to come out that when I wasn't doing my part on taking care of them do to working a lot of hours and getting really sick but I can't wait for next season it's on like donkey Kong lol

[@northernpike56]

Grow and learn....funny how the plants talk to ya...good save :)

[@FarmerGeorge]

northernpike56 so true! Haha

[@ironian24]

forget the music while your talking it is very distracting and I cannot hear you properly. other than that a good video, you may like music and to be fare so do I but when your doing a video like this it really does not work at all in my opinion.

[@jerrysabio5658]

How do you know if your soil still good to use to plant? Is there a test you can use, or how often do you change soil on the potted plants?

[@FarmerGeorge]

You can reuse it but maybe have to add nutrients at the end of the season. Depending on how your plants are looking at the end of the season

[@TreasureWOMAN]

Awesome

[@hairybass480]

I miss my big pepper plants. Looking for pods and actually having to search is half the fun. :)

[@FarmerGeorge]

I love that too!

[@yannip2083]

You are in which zone?

[@chrisandrews6456]

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.... Awesome... Love from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@FarmerGeorge]

What a great pepper!

[@chrisandrews6456]

@@FarmerGeorge So I've heard... I stay clear of it because of it's intense heat but I'm happy to see that people all over the world are enjoying a pepper created in my twin island home Trinidad and Tobago. Happy planting

[@FarmerGeorge]

You too !

[@tittyrino]

I live in Pennsylvania and just planted Scorpions. Mo Hotta Mo Betta!!

[@aaron6841]

Potassium is why the leaves had brown burns on the tips and causes curly as potassium helps cell formation along with calcium. Miracle grow is far to high in n and I prefer a balanced feed like champak 20-20-20 at quarter strength.

[@FarmerGeorge]

Thank you very much! I'll take this into consideration this year!

[@aaron6841]

@@FarmerGeorge slow release is good how ever it is controlled by temperature so if it'd been cold the nutrients won't release as soon as it warms up you get a huge load of grow put on in a short space of time leading to sappy weak growth. Seaweed extract is a great feed to. Also excess potassium locks up magnesium etc. I'm also not sure why you need to feed plants when there dormant they have sorted enough for next spring.

[@barneylaurel4267]

How often and how many liters per plant you need to pour? Great video!

[@FarmerGeorge]

barney Laurel thank you! I believe I attached an example feeding schedule in the description. Check it out

[@degacci]

My ghost pepper leaves are turning white, it’s not mold or mildew it’s pale green and white in the veins. It’s a baby seedling but the true leaves are deficient. The only thing I found was it might be iron deficiency. Have you dealt with this and how I can fix it. My medium is half seed starter mix and half potting mix in a 19 oz Bonnie plant container

[@FarmerGeorge]

Sorry to hear that. I’m sure it’ll bounce back! Seedlings don’t require much fertilizer other than what’s in the potting mix to start, so I don’t think it’s a nute problem. My first inclination is a light problem, is it getting enough light? Is it under a grow dome or plastic starter dome? Let me know and we can go from there 🔥👨‍🌾

[@degacci]

Farmer George thanks for the quick reply. It has a total of 6 leaves, it is still tiny about 2” height. I showed some people, someone said it might be sunscold. I’ve been keeping it under LED tube lights for about 12 hours a day and they are pretty close about 6-8” to the plant because I’m germinating seeds right next it and I only have one light/growing area. Maybe the light is too low and on too long for this? Because other than the white patchiness on the leaves everything looks healthy.

[@FarmerGeorge]

@@degacci No problem! Cool, I don't think that the lights are that close actually. That is about the height I keep my lights (actually a little closer because my lights are cheap). My next thought is over-watering. If you want to send me a picture of the plant and the set up you have shoot it to me on instagram or reddit. My username for both is: therealfarmergeorge. You should recognize me from my logo.

[@gregblanton9386]

Hit them with a shot of 20-20-20 once a month after the first fruit set is harvested.

[@FULLmeltHASH]

Liquid fish fertilizer is always good for pepper plants

[@FarmerGeorge]

FULLmeltHASH thanks for the tip, I’ll look into it

[@FULLmeltHASH]

Farmer George , yes Sir, kzbin.info/www/bejne/an-5oot4i7CGj5I

[@LivingxPrime]

Mine were suffering and appeared near death... then I decided to go for broke, threw a bunch of crushed June bugs in there, and buried in some bait worms (nightcrawlers) from Walmart. The mugs have started banging ever since when it comes to Nitrogen, Magnesium, and Calcium absorption from their look. Temp dropped and I put some bone meal on top of the soil, and they went crazy on the flowers. I’d water them like rain to make the bushes shake. All in all pretty baller results and easily my best yield. I’m a scrub at gardening, but it’s fun.

[@garlicbulb]

My pepper plant has yellowing leaves (like oyu showed in the video) but are also slightly browning - looks almost like downy mildew. but I can't seem to find anything about downy mildew on pepper plants on the internet. Does downy mildew happen on pepper plants? Or is my issue nutrient deficiency?

[@FarmerGeorge]

Do you mind sending a picture to my Instagram account? @therealfarmergeorge

[@highhat5229]

Are they potassium hungry? Like pk nutrients? I guess they'll love cal-mag

[@FarmerGeorge]

HIGH HAT they like nitrogen for growth, and phosphorus and potassium when they’re maturing with flowers and fruits. Cal mag is also a great nute to add to the mix

[@highhat5229]

Farmer George awesome thank you

[@FarmerGeorge]

HIGH HAT of course, thanks for watching and the comment!

[@Merlinsluck]

Awesome spreadsheet!

[@jenniferschikowsky6472]

Thank you. We are also growing ghost pepper and will start feeding it more. This gives up hope.

[@rashid7708]

bravooooo

[@cyhomer]

Nix the music.

[@FarmerGeorge]

Thanks, still working through production and editing pains at that point. Newer episodes aren’t like this, thanks for watching!

[@stellamariss2066]

Great video. I learned alot.

[@FarmerGeorge]

Stella Mariss thank you!!

[@kamikazekrunch8363]

Farmer George you may want to mix in the composting jnto the sool as all the nutrients can get used up. For richer soil, crush up some apples and a few orange peelings from a few oranges and mix them in the soil.

[@FarmerGeorge]

Kamikaze Krunch thanks for the feedback. I do compost, but never throw whole food scraps directly into my containers because of animals. I wait until the food scraps have been decomposed into compost.

[@kamikazekrunch8363]

Farmer George yeah i am going to grow some aji lemmon drops next year. I have never grown peppers before so this will be interesting since i live in Minnesota.

[@AlanAJRoberts]

Great video thanks! I've got some yellowing and discoloration of the leaves on my chillies. It's time for my plant to go dormant now here in the UK. Could I ask - do these plants lose their leaves when they go dormant?

[@FarmerGeorge]

Thanks for watching Alan! To answer your question, what I would do is trim back and over-winter your plants. This would require you stripping off all the leaves after you cut the plant down. I have an episode on overwintering here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGGklZaum9GUgaeVnd you can see the 9-month progress of the plant here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ3Op51pot9qpqs Hope you're enjoying the channel and good luck this winter!

[@AlanAJRoberts]

@@FarmerGeorge Much appreciated thanks. Yes great channel. Informative and entertaining

[@FarmerGeorge]

@@AlanAJRoberts Thank you!

[@playerone82]

Great video, spreadsheet will be very useful. Thank you.

[@FarmerGeorge]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@maeflorogario3733]

Hi i am new subs from Philippines

[@FarmerGeorge]

Maeflor Ogario welcome! Hello!

[@rechelfrancisco5076]

Sir, what is the caused of yellowing the leaves of the chillies? And what's the solution for this.

[@FarmerGeorge]

Most likely from lack of nitrogen. The way I like to fix it (if caught early on) is to use a balanced plant food that has equal amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

[@rechelfrancisco5076]

Ok thanked you so much!

[@gottafly125]

I'm surprised you're surprised about the nutrient issue. Look at your soil pot size. You have a 2ft+ plant in a 6 inch deep pot. You might as well put it in a solo cup and do hydro.

[@KevinSmith-dq9tz]

🤣😂🤣. 👍