Why are my thai peppers not growing & ripening at their full length?
There’s absolutely no reason to trim the roots if you’re planting it in a larger planter. Don’t use Miracle-Grow soil. Use good organic soil. You’re overfertilizing already,and it’s not good for peppers (or anything else). You can’t control the nutrition if you’re using soil filled with fertilizer. It’s a gimmick Miracle Grow uses to sell junky soil. You also don’t want to use the plant spikes constantly because there are seasonal cycles to nutrient uptake. You shorten the plant’s life by feeding it all the time, and like I mentioned above, you run the risk of creating the situation for a very common calcium deficiency in peppers. The best time to fertilize peppers is 10 days after flowering. You should be using a fertilizer that has a high potassium (K) ratio- something like N3-P1-K6 (or 6-2-12, 30-10-60. The ratios remain the same, the numbers reflect percentages of the nutrient on the fertilizer compared to inert materials. Higher percentages of nutrients should indicate the use of
