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Can I top my plants immediately after transplanting, or should I give them a week or so to settle in?

Are you 100% sure about that?  Just double checking. ;)

I'm pretty sure we covered that already Willard... lol :rolleyes:

Just to add to this, it's also about leaching of your nutrients. The rain can quickly wash out all of the water soluble nutrients you may have applied. This is probably a case where a fast draining soil mix both helps and hurts you...

It's good that you're not up to any super-complicated growing methods, because,generally speaking the less complicated the better off you are... New growers tend to over do just about everything lol... Over complicate, over water, over fertilize, over attend, etc... How big are the rectangular...

Picture?... Lol

?? I wouldn't use that mix in a pot, sounds heavy and slow draining to me...

I'm just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. The videos are pointless without a dissolved oxygen test to show any measurable difference. At any rate, I'm not going to fault anyone for using them, but IMO they just are an added expense that is not needed. I get frothy Brews in 24...

Burnt tips on the leaves could be under or over fertilizing, and yes you can over do it with any fertilizer organic, synthetic, etc...

Personally, I feel the air stones are not needed. I'm a long time aquarium hobbyist, and I was also the acting curator of a large saltwater (10,000 plus gallon) system for a large chain restaurant for a few years. Breaking the surface tension of the water and circulating water in a system does...

A good source of fungal/bacterial Inoculate is espoma brand starter plus organic fert, or jobes organic tomato food. They are both packed with fungal and bacterial strains, and are much less expensive than the various guano. One bag of either would last a whole season easy, provided you store...

+1 to double checking for mites and or ahpids as they do like to congregate in the new growth nodes and can cause deformations.    It is probably just a bit of over watering though, and make sure your not over doing it with the ferts.

PMD,   Thanks for the heads up, just picked it up on my lunch break, and so far it's a great read.  One from my collection that I would recommend is "Worms Eat My Garbage" by Mary Applehof.... pretty simple and straightforward, but a good reference.

If it is sunburn, depending on how bad they were burned, the brown could be completely normal.  Were the plants hardened off prior to being put outside?  Sunburn USUALLY only occurs if the plants were not properly hardened off.

Did you harden them off at all?

Looks to me like they could be brown marmogated stink bugs.. and mating ones at that.  We have those bastards all over NJ, and they  are a PITA!  Check the undersides of leaves for their eggs.  If you can make a positive ID that that's what they are, then, KILL EM ALL!!!!!!    Try not to squish...

Peppers (and all plants) do odd things sometimes... here is a pic of one of my Jalapenos from last year that decided it wanted to look like a mini purple bell...  Stress, cold weather, etc... during pollination can cause some odd shaped fruits to form...    

Try taking a sample of your tap and letting it sit overnight before testing it.  The pH will often "rebound" once the water has sat and stabilized for a bit.  The 6.5 - 6.9 readings your are getting may not be 100% accurate if you are testing the water right after taking a sample.       I know...

Pmd, They should work great, prob as good as any of the commercial products. The difference is probably only in their long term durability... I would expect a season out of them, and then it's probably time for the compost pile, but they are free so... The only other thing to maybe consider...

Are you watering with city supplied water or from a well, or other source? I ask because a lot of municipal water sources have good amounts of calcium and magnesium it's just unavailable due to the high pH of city water. The pH is usually buffered up to 8 or higher to reduce degradation of...