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Old June 27, 2017   #45
b54red
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It is still way too early to determine how much the pruning or the shade cloth affect production. We have had an unusually rainy spell for the past three weeks so the shade cloth hasn't had much of a chance to help with sun scald yet. The newly transplanted peppers that are less than a week old look much better under the shade but that is also way too early to mean anything yet. Both beds got hit hard by flea beetles the past two weeks so I ended up spraying then both to get rid of those pesky things.

I'm not looking forward to the hot weather in the upper 90s but I'm sure it is coming soon and that will be the time to see if the shade cloth works to the benefit of the peppers or not. I have two plants in the first pepper bed that look like they may have TSWV which devastated my peppers last year. I am watching them closely and if they don't look better in a couple of days I will be removing them. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Bill
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