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It would seem that you mostly need a cat and some rat traps.  Otherwise what's the point in hoping on one plant that is doomed to suffer the same fate?

Put it under water and rub it.  If that washes off it may just be splashed up dirt or bug poo.  Then again, splashed up dirt can also cause BLS, but it will be in the leaf rather than rinsing away.   If that leaf is among the worst then I wouldn't start cutting leaves off yet as it doesn't look...

Sand isn't really needed for an indoor grow where you have complete control of water level.  Yes bark is good to have but it will sink away nitrogen as it decomposes so add either something nitrogen rich or fertilizer to offset that.  Same for the sphagnum moss.  Yes worm castings are a good...

Probably a Gochu cross pollinated with a jalapeno.  Be sure to spread that bucket of peppers out or else the bottom may start to mold.

We didn't get a frost last night but all the potted peppers look droopy leaved from 40F + wind and drizzly rain.  Oddly the one I had in the ground was completely unaffected.  It's supposed to get down to 35F tonight but no frost warning so far, then warm back up for 3+ weeks.     At least my...

Seeds dried at higher heat tend to be a darker yellowish hue but there's no chart or anything that you could use to tell you what is dead.  The best answer is that if a grow is important to you, buy some known good seed from a trusted seller.  It may be an initial expense but once you get going...

  They don't ripen any faster hanging upside down still connected to the plant, but what that does is gets a lot of plants out of the cold weather quick and up out of the way if you have something to hang them from.  Well, it does also minimize stress on the pods to not be grabbing them to snip...

It doesn't matter.  Don't let them sit around in the thawed pod so they are overly wet for more than a few hours.

There is no benefit per se health wise, it's just that basil and several other plants help to repel harmful insects or attract them to that plant instead of the peppers.

Pick them the evening before a hard frost is forecast.

Good job, I'm surprised it recovered.   However, things like this are why I always start more sprouts than I plan to grow, then when it comes time to re-pot I toss away the smallest or weakest.

I'm sure the worms will help but given 7-8 months, if that's kept damp it will probably break down on its own except for the larger pieces.

Depends on sun but mostly temperature.  In the middle of summer some of my habs or hab-hybrid blooms make it to ripeness after approx 50 days while towards this time of year it's closer to 65+ days.   Where you are located, any outside plant pods less than two weeks old probably won't make it to...

Another vote for the ghost peppers.  Jalapenos ripen earlier so new ones each year are easy to get pods from and at worst (debatable) can be eaten green.  I would overwinter a hab too if you have room for it but habs can sometimes be bought from a grocery store if you get a winter time craving...

  Beer makes me lose focus too. :cheers:

  If they correct themselves when they get larger then it was just an effect of rapid growth of the tissue faster than the veins.

Whatever you found helpful throughout the pod growing season is what you should continue using.  Perhaps you would have benefited from Cal/Mag, or perhaps you had enough of those nutrients, but end of season isn't a time when more is needed than any other time in the grow.

Go nuts with the ones you can't give away.  Fill them with ordinary dirt, sprout a plant in each, then sell them for $5 to $10 depending on size.  A lot of people would pay that for an established plant that already has a large container and soil coming with it so it's ready to go.

I seem to get more late season pods from giving the plant a break by picking off "most" of the blooms until it is over 12" tall, freeing up some energy to grow larger, catch more sun to grow even larger faster, etc.  Then again it gets warm here fast after the last frost so the plants seldom...

Gophers and moles are a social problem.  In reality, it provides an excuse to sit out in a lawn chair with a cooler full of beer and a shovel   Suddenly I'm not that neighbor obsessed with plants any longer, I HAVE PURPOSE.    LOL.   Seriously, 3 out of the last 3 moles I took out, came from...