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It wasn't a recent repotting, no. I think the repotting I had done had been... a month, maybe two earlier. There wasn't any weed poison in the ground then. The backyard was sprayed after that, and I made sure my plants were safe inside for a few days after that. I am using tap water, and it is...

Any idea on what counts as "good" soil? Last time I just picked up a bag of fruiting plant potting soil from Wal-Mart (and with as much ambiguity as there is in this whole sickness, for all I know could be the cause. I doubt it, but then who's to say for certain?) But I'll give that mix a try...

Rabid48: Generally I'll go through the 2-gallon watering bucket, which used to take a day but now takes three with fewer plants, twice before I'd just do regular water in the watering can three or four times. Dave2000: Alright, I'll take those precautions into effect. That'll at least be one...

Eh, I did. None of them seemed to be quite to be quite the same case. With those it was the blossoms or buds dropping off completely, but there didn't seem to be other symptoms. This the buds dry up and remain on the plant, while the plants themselves have just died off one by one as they...

Interesting note that I realized I forgot to mention; I planted some seeds shortly before this whole ordeal began for habaneros, tepins, anaheims, and jalapenos. None of them have sprouted (since I planted them close to 6 weeks ago) and I finally decided to dig them up and see if they even took...

When you say 1/4 to 1/2, how do you mean? Generally I'm mixing it to 1 tablespoon for 2 gallons of water.

I have not been adding any kind of fertilizer. the only additive I've used recently is a Miraclegro mixture in the water. The soil itself is roughly 50% dirt from my backyard, which is almost a clay, and 50% potting soil made for fruiting plants.

Yeah, I did look at the roots on one of the plants that had died. Weird thing is, the root system looked like it belonged to a healthy, perfectly alive plant. But on this particular plant, everything else was brown, dry, and dead. There were no fungi I could discern either. I pulled up another...

A recent epidemic has swept through my plants, killing most of them. Only two remain now, a cayenne and a bhute jolokia. However, despite surviving, these two that survived still show signs they are sick. The most notable is any buds they develop shirvel up and die, thus unless I can find a cure...

I sure hope it's not that. It hasn't affected the last fruit on the oldest plant that I haven't picked yet, but that plant itself doesn't seem to have gotten it either. Here's some images. On this one, you can see two things; one is the blackening and wilting of the leaves, the other is the...

Howdy! Well, concern for my plants (cayenne, bhute jolokia, and jalapeno) has risen considerably in the past few minutes. I went outside to water my plants and found several of them shrivelled and many of the leaves blackened to varying degrees. This was the first day of moving the plants...

Thank you everyone for helping to set my mind at ease... as well as provide a couple of laughs. You all are great.

The package of mites I got contained three predatory mites: Phytoseiulus persimilis, Neoseiulus californicus, and Mesoseiulus longipes.

I can understand that. They have definetely helped take care of many other pests, though it doesn't seem they go for the accursed spider mites. But I'm concerned about them eating my predatory mites. Are they likely to?

Hello good people! So a week ago I would not have cared much for this topic. I've seen spiders climbing around my plants, many I've never seen before and thus entertaining me with their wild varieties of shapes and sizes. One of the unique ones I really liked seeing was a Green Lynx Spider...