They look good! What soil are you using? Have you used fertilizer? What kind are you using if any? You must be in a warm zone to already have them outside.

Yah, loooking good for a first timer. Nice to hear that the average garden centers are starting to get more than bell peppers and Jalapenos in stock these days.

Peppers don't like to be too wet too long. If the rain doesn't stop, you might want to get them where they can dry out a bit. But, I would say, just keep doing what you are doing. It seems to be working fine.

Let us know where you are growing them.

I'm located in Central Florida. It still gets below 65*F occasionally at night and when it does I'll bring them inside. The soil is just a standard potting mix. As for watering I normally wait until the branches droop a bit before watering again. Funny thing how they spring back within the hour after. Thanks for the feed back.

Heck, when the temps get above 50, I get mine outside. I wouldn't bother bringing them inside unless the temps were getting to the low 50's at night. Mid summer, our average lows are below 60 degrees.

They look just fine for young plants.

How will you be fertilizing from here on out?

Josh

The potting soil used is supposed to be good for 6 months but I'll probably begin to supplement in a month or so depending on the plant's needs.

nutrients in bagged commercial soils are usually pretty weak and my guess is they don't really even last as long as they say, even in a minimal state. I agree, with soils and built in nutrients, I would probably start amending after a month or so.

This post is with a concern. Noticed a bit of yellowing on the upper leaves and some of the lower leaves are beginning to drop. They were watered on the 30th of April with a bit of trimming to open up for some new growth. One plant seemed to take to it well, the other, not so much.

The plant with issue is on top. I took them out of direct sunlight for the time being. It's about to rain.

What did you use for trimming? Are you using any fertilizer?

Looking back at you first pictures in the thread, the plants already look a bit off IMO, so maybe this issue is not so new. The leaves are not smooth and appear somewhat stunted for a C.chinense, to me at least.

The last thing you want to do is drastically over-correct for something and actually make it worse. I could venture a guess that it could be any one or a combination of Nitrogen, Sulfur or Magnesium deficiencies. Perhaps someone better versed than me in pepper health/symptoms could better tell.

Thanks for all the posts and the picture is very, very helpful. I went to the store Saturday and purchased fertilizer and some epsom salt. The fertilizer is a 18-18-21. Closest balance they had other than 2-2-2. I plan to fertilize every 2 weeks from here on out. I'm curious if maybe heat and underwatering could have also been a factor? One plant is doing very well, the other seems to be dropping the top leaves, but the bottom leaves have come back. It'll be a funny shaped plant and I probably won't overwinter it.

Looks like they are on the right track now. They are greening up.

Excellent! New growth is looking good, you should start seeing the first flower buds soon if not already.

Fantastic improvement!

They're beginning to flower.

Wow, great progress! I hope they produce nicely for you.

Looking great! They will get larger and probably grow more upwards and out. Looking forward to seeing pics of the pepper pods. Do you have any plans for the peppers when you get some?

That's what they're doing now. I'll probably be making sauce and a powder with most of them. Maybe I'll try to make an extract as well.

Looking good! It looks a bit on the round side, ghost usually start out more cone shaped. Keep us updated as the pods get larger, it's still too young to properly identify.

Here's a better picture.

That one is looking good! Can you post a pic when it's ripe.