The following are projects to be undertaken during the 2010 growing season.

1. The bell pepper cv. Jupiter and the non-pungent Jalapeño pepper cv. Pace 105 will be transplanted into beds receiving the recommended or twice the recommended rate of fertilizer. Plants will be irrigated at 10 AM or 2 PM either once (3”/application) or twice a week (1.5”/application). Yields will be determined. This is the second year of the experiment.

2. Manure will be applied uniformly to the soil. To the soil three formulations of microbes, and a fourth treatment, a compost tea, was added to the soil. The bell pepper, cv. Jupiter, the non-pungent jalapeño pepper, cv. Pace 105, the cucumber, cv. Dasher II, and the sweet corn, cv. Incredible, were planted. Yields will be determined.