Since I think I posted this in the wrong forum last week, I'll post this week's update here and follow up on this thread for anyone who's interested. My tomato plants have really flourished this week. The pumpkins are growing like weeds. And overall, my pepper plants continue to grow... although a little slower than I would like. I picked some peppers this morning and pinched a ton of buds and small pods. I think this will be the last pinching I do this summer, aside from maybe pinching a couple of the smaller plants a little more to see if that will help them grow. I also threw in a pic of six Mexican Palms we planted in the backyard a couple of weeks ago because I want to monitor their growth, as that is probably the biggest experiment... you can't see them very well yet, but they seem to be getting pretty plush and growing new branches (they were in bad shape when we got them). Anyway, here you go. Let me know what you think or if you have any tips...