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Imo, wouldn't do the hot water for inside plants. Wouldn't move the plants at all. Spray plant right in place.  Move the plants, branches, leafs, as little as possible till it gets a good coat of neem,, imo.     Every time a plant is moved you've shaken loose mites and eggs to fall on the floor...

Unfortunately, have lots of experience with broad mites. Have battled them many times for years now, in Florida they are a regular occurrence after a bout with aphid/white fly.    Fortunately, last year 'solid7' from our forum has shown me the best way to deal with them easily and successfully...

Those do look rather large. Unfortunately I've seen them here in sFL. Key is to act fast at very first sign and be very diligent/ observant... Good job spotting them and eradicating them...   Must be dozens of white fly species, all very bad for pepper plants.   Might want to check with a lupe...

No. Afaik only 2 types of neem that are appropriate for garden consideration, cold pressed neem, and clarified neem.   Clarified neem removes approximately 1/2-3/4  (depending on brand) of the Azadirachtin content, which is what many say is the most active part of cold pressed neem.    This...

Agreed, broad mites, textbook broad mite damage. And you got them pretty bad... Broad mites for all practical purposes are pretty much invisible to the human eye. A 40x scope will verify it.   I myself, would not use soap, or cold pressed neem for the first spray.   I'd use clarified neem,, with...

Ya, got some for ya if ya want. Will need to be transplanted out of the solo cups in a week or 2... let me know. Shoot me a pm when your down, I'm in the Parkland area a little south of the Broward_Palm Bch line.   Hey, thanks everyone, Its hard to decide what seedlings to rip out and cull. They...

This is my anecdotal experience with full sun...   As a M E, an analogy I can relate to...   An engine can not achieve full throttle HP unless every support system is 100%. If the fuel filter is clogged the engine will run lean at full throttle maybe miss firing and possibly lean detonate to...

Any locals near NW Broward, got a dozen or so seedlings that need a good home as my garden is to small for all of them. No shipping.    Scotch Bonnet seedlings, any locals that want some organically grown Scotch Bonnet seedlings, I'm giving some away, first come first serve till my surplus is...

Not sure about "vegetate", but it makes watering correctly much harder. That can stunt a plant and/or cause other problems...   A large container with a small plant is hard to water right because once all the media is soaked it takes a long long time to dry out as the small plant can not use...

  To me, looks like text book mite damage, broad mites. They mite have hitched a ride in on the aphids legs... Neem to the rescue..?     Unfortunately I've battled them many times, and dealt with small fruit, small deformed leaves, slow/no new growth, plant soon too shut down.       Broad mites...

Harbor Freight has a coupon out in their flyers good till June30, for this 4gal back pack sprayer, $19. I don't particularly like HF tools but for the non professional use some things ain't bad, and get the job done at a fraction of the cost. It comes with a bag full of new orings/seals/3...

Baccatum in general don't do really good in summer sun down here, but really good under shade cloth or shade filter, if you can keep the bugs off.  From about now till end of summer. Angle of the sun..? Less pollutants in the air to filter out uv..? IDK, but its been hot, uv been high, probably...

Impressive as always,,, that this years crop..?

By the way, got no ants, no aphid ant farms, for a year now since I adopted the tubs with a constant water moat all around my pots.

As usual will take your advice as thats what I've been doing anyhow. Seems my pest prblems so far this year are not nearly as bad as in years past... Probably shouldn't have said that.   Don't worry about those snake heads, I've been keeping their population in control, especially the giant ones...

Like always you're probably correct,, again... lol   Hey Matt, hows the PNW treating you..?   Do aphid lions eat any others pests..?

Used these from Home depot. Sprinkled about half a teaspoon in the water tubs and within 1-2 days not even 1 flying gnat around, compared to swarms of them flying around everywhere before treatment... Annoying insect for sure... Says approved for organic gardening, and as the BTI is naturally...

Was about to trim off a dead branch from my old chocolate reaper and saw these little guys.... Lacewing eggs that are soon to be aphid lions if I'm not mistaken. A great addition to my garden   Not sure why mom laid them there as I haven't see any aphids around...?

Whats the best way to renew/recharge/sterilize(..?) old potting mix...? Is that even acceptable/possible..?   The mix I'm talking about is a peat based, worm casting, perlite, eggshell, dr earth org fertilizer, couple pinches of lime, media mix. It always was hydrophobic but bottom watering...

Well, thats a cop out, anyone can say what its not, Typical PNW...lol,, come on, what is it then...? If anyone should know, it should be you, the guy that taught me how to grow in sFL...   The 3 pods so far that have turned orange, all look like the first pic in original post.