What did I do wrong? I planted 5 bell peppers, one tabasco, one banana, one longhorn (?) and another that died a long time ago in the same 5x5 plot. I have had to pull out 2 of the bells and the remaining two look pitiful, now the banana looks wilty too. They are mulched with cedar mulch and I water them every third day if it doesn't rain. I may have voles but I don't see any other pests. I looked at the roots of the ones I pulled out and they seemed to be pest free but puny. There was a vole run under one of the plants. One volunteer dill was also growing in the same bed. The tabasco is the only one going like gangbusters, it is very healthy looking and covered with atleast a hundred peppers that are starting to turn red. I don't know how big it SHOULD be, but it is actually about 3'x3'. Why is it doing so well when the others are dying? Anybody know peppers? Thanks!

Sorry I can't help ya but you gotta check out "biggest one I ever seen" Maybe she can help.
Good luck to you and yours
Mavis

I've gotten this reputation I guess for having "the longest one I've ever seen" scenarios in my garden! I honestly don't know what I do, but I keep getting these strange and odd looking veggies. Maybe it's because I'm a nurse and I LOOK for body resemblances in my veggies! :^O

Or maybe it's just the good loose, black dirt here.

As for your peppers, sounds like you have one HUGE healthy plant and I don't have a clue what is wrong with the others. Were they too close together and some got crowded out by the big one? Some of mine green bells wilt in the evening and perk up in the a.m.
probably because we haven't had rain in a while and I refuse to water. The bananas get partial shade in the afternoon and are going like gangbusters. Same with the chilies, they just won't quit.

Hope you get an answer to your problem so you can correct it next year. You didn't say where you live--has it been too cool at night?