How to make green pepper plants grow?

My green pepper plants in my garden just wont grow.They are about 7 inches tall and look week.Ive tried miricle grow...still not much growth.What do green pepper plants really like to eat?

How to make green pepper plants grow?
Peppers are a tender, warm-season vegetable. They grow best when temperatures are warm, though they still are slower to grow and are smaller than most tomato plants.



These plants cannot tolerate frost and do not grow well in cold, wet soil. When night temperatures are below 50° to 55°F, the plants grow slowly, the leaves may turn yellow and the flowers drop off. Raised beds, black plastic mulch and floating row covers may be used to advantage with peppers to warm and drain the soil and enhance the microenvironment of the young pepper plants in spring, when cool weather may persist.



Peppers thrive in a well-drained, fertile soil that is well supplied with moisture. Use a starter fertilizer when transplanting. Apply supplemental fertilizer (side-dressing) after the first flush of peppers is set. Mircale Grow Tomato Plant Foot is a fine product to side dress peppers. Because a uniform moisture supply is essential with peppers, especially during the harvest season, irrigate during dry periods. Hot, dry winds and dry soil may prevent fruit set or cause abortion of small immature fruits. Peppers, like all plants produce their own food. Nutrients supplied by mineral soils, compost and side dressing are needed by plants to produce their own food. A plant will only absorb nutrients at the rate needed by the plant. Other than Nitrogen, growth rate is more a function of genetics and weather. It's likes kids, we can not make them grow faster than their genetics allow, but by providing the nutrients they need we can issue that thier diet is not limiting their growth. Stimulating excessive green growth with high amounts of nitrogen fertilizes invites insect infestations and disease.
Reply:Some varieties of pepper plants, particularly the "sweet" varieties, take a long time to flower up and bear fruit. In my garden right now, I have hot peppers that are going gang-busters, but my sweet bells are not even flowering yet.



Sounds like you are doing all the right things, although don't expect miracles from Miracle Grow because peppers take their time.



I live in a warm, coastal climate and I don't expect to get any sweet peppers until late September or October. (I like them to turn red before I eat them.) Just be patient and give them as much sun as possible.

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