Morugas looking a little deficient in something

N-hexane · May 18, 2013

I have whatever the opposite of a green thumb is but after several months my morguas are growing very slowly. But they're starting to look very pale green and even have white patches following the veins on several of the leaves.

I bought some blood meal because someone told me on here that would help with the green. Waiting for a confirmation to go ahead with that.

http://imgur.com/a/yqDGc
that is not glare for the most part, they are turning paper white. What do I do?

Oh and before you say it's sunburn, they were under a fluorescent grow light until a few days ago and have hardly gotten too much sun.

Edit: It's entirely possible that they're deficient in my IQ as far as plants go.

thegreenman · May 18, 2013

They look like they could use a complete fertilizer. Happy Frog or even Tomato-Tone if you want organic.

N-hexane · May 18, 2013

I have some 10-15-10 liquid plant "food".

suchen · May 18, 2013

It's difficult to tell from the blurry photos. What is your watering and fertilizing regimen? What soil are they growing in?

N-hexane · May 18, 2013

suchen said:
It's difficult to tell from the blurry photos. What is your watering and fertilizing regimen? What soil are they growing in?

I figured they're a little too young to fertilize much, but I put a very tiny amount of blood meal in with them. The soil is 1/3 perlite, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 miracle grow potting soil.

I water them so the soil stays damp and never fully dries out on top, but I don't keep them dripping wet or anything.

suchen · May 18, 2013

Try letting them dry out until the leaves just start to wilt. I am not sure if what you have is a deficiency or not, but keeping the soil moist is not good for hot peppers. They likes it warm and dry :onfire:

N-hexane · May 18, 2013

Will try. Good to know.

PepperWhisperer · May 18, 2013

Too much water. Impossible to tell anything beyond that since water stress can look like a lot of different nutrient problems.

Capt Poopiepants · May 18, 2013

Agree with everyone else, looks like too much water to me. Don't water them again until they start wilting, then water and put in the shade and they'll perk back up.

N-hexane · May 18, 2013

For the record they're not as green as in those photos, samsung phones oversaturate the fuck out of pictures.

holyhotpeppers · May 19, 2013

Remember chili's like dry soil. Like others said only water when they start to droop. Plus drier soil means less chance for pests i.e fungus gnats etc.