I use Organocide, although I use the concentrate. I had the same issue with leaf burn even when mixing to the label directions. I also had some leaf curl. It took a few days, but it all resolved and the plants recovered nicely. Dont sweat it,
I take an empty bottled water bottle, drill a small (maybe 2mm or so) hole in the top of the cap and use that to water seedlings. Easier to use than watering can or spray bottle. As far as fertilizer, I start giving them liquid fertilizer at 50% dilution after about a month. Most good soils...
You had all the respect in the world from me for a while. I thought there was no way I could make fun of you.
Then your cell phone went off (about the 7 minute mark) with the Michael Jackson ring tone. Then I got the hiccups and almost threw up.
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I'm using Fox Farms Ocean Forest and throw in about 10%-15% Black Kow compost. Couldnt be happier. Promix is top quality as well. You cant go wrong with either one.. If you're planting alot of plants, you may want to go with Promix to keep costs down.
You usually find a plant to be root bound (or pot bound) when a plant is too large for its container and there is not enough lateral room for roots to expand. Roots are constrained by the edges and bottom of the pot and continue to grow around themselves. But you usually find it in container...
Pics would help.
Lizards are great for round the clock pest control. They eat ants and other crawlers. One neat thing: if your plants are in containers, put them close enough so that the leaves touch a bit. The lizards will jump from one plant to the other and feast.
Ants pretty much serve no useful purpose for peppers. Where there are ants, there will usually be aphids. Aphids excrete honeydew, which ants feed on. In return, ants will transport aphids to higher leaves and also attack predators of aphids.
Went out and sprayed with a half strength dose of BT based on those pics. I havent seem one in about a month, so I'm getting nervous. A little preventative dose never hurt anyone.
Anything going on with the older leaves? Iron, Magnesium or Potassium deficiences will usually hit older, lower leaves first. Those look like younger leaves.