What factor most likely accounts for the pepper plants that died in plot 1and2 prior to producing peppers?

Question

A.increased consumption of weeds by insects B.competition between weeds and pepper plant C.A lack of nutrients in the soil resulting from herbicide application D.A reduction in the amount of sunlight received by weeds growing under pepper plants

Answer 1

Hard to answer without more information. Lacking that here are some pepper growing tips.

  

How to Grow Peppers:

Select a location in your garden that receives full sun. Prepare the garden, adding plenty of compost, manure, and a general fertilizer.

No matter what type of pepper you grow, they like the weather hot. Transplant young seedlings outdoors after the last chance of frost. If the weather is still cool, delay transplanting a few days, and keep them in a coldframe, indoors or next to the house.

Space 18-24 inches apart, in rows 24 to 36 inches apart. This spacing may vary somewhat by variety.

Pepper plants prefer moist soil. Avoid wet soil. Water regularly in the hot, dry summer months.

Add mulch around the peppers to keep down weeds, and to retain moisture. As the peppers develop, switch over to a fertilizer higher in Phosphorous and Potassium. Gardeners often make the mistake of providing too much nitrogen. The result is a great looking bushy, green plant, but few fruit.

Tip: Peppers are self pollinators. Occasionally, they will cross pollinate from pollen carried by bees or other insects. To minimize this possibility, don't plant hot and sweet peppers too close. Don't worry though, as it will not affect the fruit of this year's crop. The cross will show up in the genetics of the seeds, if you save them.

Answer 2

You do not use herbicides in a growing vegetable garden at all...This alone has killed off your peppers..maybe a good thing for if they had grown you may have been poisioning yourself..especially with herbicides in most items today with atrazine..it stays in your soil and seeps into your water tables  for over 2 years

Answer 3

B