I had a really good year with green peppers this year. I like slight bitterness of Hawaiian thin wall green peppers. Just as I like bitter melon too.
Anyway, so I did a rot test.
I found that as most green peppers left on the plants turn red and fall on the ground, harvested peppers did the same. They slowly dry and turn red. There are few that melt into slime.
The garden space that I grew the peppers were of course used no-fertilizers. No chemical fertilizers, no organic fertilizers, no chicken manures, no animal manures. Only thing used was ground where leaf litter naturally decomposed on the ground so much like planting in a natural forest environment.
Some people just don't get it. Understandable, I was like that too. Too much confidence in their organic fertilizers and natural things are all good. Once I said "using no-fertilizers even organic fertilizers" and a lady told me "oh, so it's the same. I only use chicken manure."
Chicken manure is an organic fertilizer. It's just not commercial organic fertilizer if you get it from your chickens.
Anyway, I need a comparison study to be able to really see the difference. I only know what no-fertilizer vegetables do, but typical organic vegetables with proper nutrients and minerals may not be as bad although I hesitate to contaminate good soil with organic fertilizers.
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