This is my first year growing peppers and I have some questions. My peppers have curled up leaves from thrips I think (little yellowish bugs). But they are very healthy and my oldest that I had planted indoors has about 11 buds on it. The only problem is that its only about a foot tall. Its really windy here and its not staked, so I'm wondering if I should? Its stem is super thick and it seems to be doing very well otherwise. I have been using fish tank water as fertilizer every couple of weeks in case that matters. I'm not sure what plant it is exactly since my seeds were a "pepper mix" of jalepeno, anaheim, hungarian wax, cayenne, and large cherry. Some of the plants I planted directly are already taller, just not as many leaves or as wide a stalk.