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You wrote overwintered but didn't tell us anything about the prep for that or environment during overwintering. A random guess would be that they're still in the same soil which is now depleted of some nutrients. Have you given them any fertilizer and if so, what, and/or repotted them in fresh...

^ I'll bet Monsanto knows... but they're not telling.

Nothing wrong with being a layperson. I've no formal education in botany and even managed to poison myself from fertilizer exposure a few years back, but I've been growing since knee high to a grasshopper, and more recently have managed to raise a stink on this forum enough to get people to...

Offhand, I'd water less and give them more nitrogen, but they are about at the point where they would benefit from repotting.

^ Surely you realize that shoppers would turn up their noses at moldy, smelly soil and pick a bag that looks *clean*. I'm guessing you would too, but it's not about you, it's about marketing to the majority consumer group. Organic growers are not some kind of stereotypical group that do xyz...

^ Soil is like anything else perishable. Leave (good pH) damp food out for a few days and you can't eat it because of what? Bacteria and/or mold. In fact many packaged soil was already sterilized because consumers don't like seeing mold and fungus growing in what they buy, or else it was...

Not sure that peppers would like the smoke residue, but certain soils are better used indoors after sterilized one way or another, to cut down on gnats if nothing else. Yeah it'll kill the microbes but as far as bacteria goes, it'll be recolonized in a few days after water is added. I just...

^ Might be okay for two plants. Growing six they'll end up cumulatively the size of two or three, BUT, then you still have space to do other things in the room they're in. Granted growing indoors you don't have to stop when it gets cold outside so you'll have fresh peppers to eat at least...

Well the rain stopped, weather reports were wrong and it's going to warm up earlier and stay dry for a week... not that I trust that either, with those darn chemtrails and secret government plans to mess with... Wait. What is their diabolical scheme again? I have no doubt that the government...

You can start hardening off during daytime highs over ~ 60F soon if not now, providing someone is available to get them out and back in, in a timely manner.

Dagnabbit, the rain won't stop and I've lost my tinfoil hat. ;)

Same here, an inch of snow yesterday but it's supposed to break 60F highs on Thurs and then warmer still with no more frost, except I never trust the weather forecast more than a couple days out.

Could just be minor transplant shock, wait it out and no more water till it needs it.

They would benefit from larger pots right now. They also need the lights done asap so they don't get too leggy.

Would you be offended if I wrote that you're nuts? It's not remotely sane to opt to grow indoors under LED lights if you live in Arkansas. No matter what soil you use, so long as it drains well, your lights will be your limitation... unless you're some kind of mad millionaire with money to...

FREE FOOD! It all tastes good with hot sauce on it...

When you transplant seedlings into their final outside container, it is good to use light, fluffy soil, but to also do something else. Give them very little water at first. Do NOT listen to the old wives tale that you are supposed to get the soil really damp then water them in really good...

Yes, let them dry out a lot but then no more flushing as that is just another way of saying overwatering. Give them minimal water from now on, until they seem to slightly droop in need of it, or if you have waited so long that you just can't help yourself but to give them a very little amount...

^ 5 gal buckets can be cheaper than that. All those I acquired over the years were free (and a rainbow of colors!) but I've seen them locally on craigslist, food grade/washed-out, 10 matching buckets for $10 is about the going rate unless you want 100+. If nothing else they're good for making...

Large doses of water + poor draining soil can also stunt them from root rot, or there could be something else about the soil that's problematic, lack of nutrients, contamination, pH level, etc but I have to agree with Willard that regardless of anything else they probably need more sun, and it...