A view of all the peppers.

Bonda Ma Jacques that is not growing at all... What am I doing wrong? They are in a semi 5/1/1/ mix with soil from last year.

Did you bare root the transplants .. meaning did you strip off most of the original soil from around the rootball?

If so, then it probably caused those plants to stop growing for a couple of weeks, Chinenses are prone to this in my experience. As for your plants that kept growing, they were either hardier plants, or their rootballs were more intact, or both.

A weak shot of nitrogen shouldn't hurt, especially with sapwood present. Try not to kill them with too much love though. They should get that initial growth spurt pretty soon imho.

Not sure.. It does appear that one on the right might be a tad stunted just because of the cluster of growth. Otherwise, they look very healthy. AS long as the NAGA'S fine, that's all that matters ;) I'd just stay the course and see if it snaps out of it though. How are your temps? I notice they're inside some type of enclosure.

One thing I noticed though for future reference -- is that a cucumber or other cucurbit? If so(in the future), you may want to plant in different containers than peppers. it's not that they're bad for them or nutrient requirements are all that different. It's the WATERING requirements. Cucurbits tend to like a constantly moist soil while peppers(as we all know) like to be dried out between waterings.

Man! I still want some of those containers.

Kevin

sjetski, you know what, some of the smaller plants I do remember not having a full entact rootball and the dirt falling away when planting the seedling. Is that the key... Only potting up with seedlings when they are getting root bound, and then putting them outside in the same circumstance?

Kevin: You always have awesome advice! Yes the cluster of growth I can see on 2 or 3 so I agree. One is in a pot and not doing well. I should have kept potting it up but just threw it in a big pot instead. It's a 7pot. How do I help them along a bit as they are only a few inches tall with like 10 blossoms forming. I'll leave them, but if they don't improve, any ideas?

Beside the peppers are melons. They grew good in that spot last year but totally have different watering & soil needs so have adjusted that. Nice thing is the way the containers are shaped, it's pretty easy to hand water and not affect the peppers too much. That area dries out lots as it's right by the windows so that helps too. I'll consider planting the melons beside cucumbers next year. They are on the opposite side. Here is a pic from last fall. More peppers this year so it's going to be tight but I need to keep everything smaller!

These trays are awesome for peppers. I wish I would have put my overwintered Bhut back into the tray instead of a pot. I think it would be doing much better with more oxygen but has a few pods about an inch long :) Live & Learn

Also, temps are about +20-+35 Celsius. Fan kicks on at around +32, sometimes I'll set the thermostat for the fan a bit higher if it's not an extremely warm, long day. Cucumbers don't like anything above +35. Stresses them right out!

>>>sjetski, you know what, some of the smaller plants I do remember not having a full entact rootball and the dirt falling away when planting the seedling. Is that the key... Only potting up with seedlings when they are getting root bound, and then putting them outside in the same circumstance? Not sure if it's key, but i know barerooting means that the finest root hairs have been stripped away and some plants need extra time to recover from that. On the flipside, overly rootbound plants need recovery time as well. I think you get the jist of the idea though.

And agreed with Kevin about plant spacing, especially with the type of plants involved ...cucumber.

I actually had a couple that looked like the one on the right but a couple months later, they're doing just fine -- I'd just let it play out for now. At the worst, they just wont be productive at all... it happens. I wouldn't fret.. your plants look HEALTHY.

Regarding the temps... 35C??? what's that? 95F? Kinda TOO warm. Try to keep them around the mid mid 80's if possible. YOU do the conversion. ;)

Same applies to damn near every warm weather veggy -- one can get production when temps get into the 90's and 100's in the dead of Summer. Plants don't particularly LIKE it THAT warm though.

Of course there's ways of regulating it though. You're indoors so the SOIL temp may be optimal. I have to MULCH.

Kevin

I checked the F degree on the thermostat and it's set to turn on at 85. I've only had a few days this year warmer than that so it's averaging 70-80 would be my guess. Everything else is growing like weeds. Thanks for all the advice, always!