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  Well, this has much more to do with your gardening skills.  But the point is taken that these vendors sell fully healthy, viable strains. 

FWIW, I'm not convinced that N:P:K ratios mean much.  So long as there is 'enough' of the big three, and all the micro-nutes and minerals, your plant will generally do fine.  Just avoid overdosing with one nute or mineral to the point that it blocks uptake of another.   During my first year I...

No composting - just dump a tablespoon or two on the surface and water it in.  It dissolves well and seems to "just work" as-is.

  Here in Tucson there are bazillions of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats that spend the summer living beneath the city's bridges. You just sweep if off the ground.  If the bats are set up in caves, it's easy enough to wait until they head south for the winter before entering.   These guys eat bugs and...

  That sounds about right.  A tablespoon or two of fresh (dry pellets) 'Mexican' bat poop as a top dressing works wonders.

Just got back from the first 'mining' expedition of the year with nearly two gallons (dry volume, thank god!) of the stuff.   :)   I'll be switching over ASAP from the fish emulsion I've been using this season.  Fish soup works but, as I've 'discovered,' it is entirely possible to over-use it...

  Exactly!  A ~10% increase in cap transforms a painful snack into instant death?   People slug pure refined capsaicin w/o keeling over.

I water my container plants (pots and wallybags) in the morning, and position them for some mid-day and afternoon shade beneath a big mesquite tree.   As the plants get bigger, their water needs may outstrip their roots, or the soil's ability to hold water.  Inspect the plants in the evening and...

IMO, some mid-day and afternoon shade is a very good thing.  In Az the plants become stressed when subjected to full sun and ~95+ temps. They do grow -  if you can keep them watered - but not as well as they might.   A tree, awning, shade cloth - whatever will help.

Here's hoping the transplant turns them around.

Those poor things look distressingly familiar.   :(   I've once again managed to fert and sun burn a good portion of my plants. Some poorly rinsed coir may have contributed.  You'd think that after three years of doing this, I'd get a clue.       I do have a few Amarillo in decent shape.  If you...

My Aji Amarillo that stayed outside during the mild Aridzona winter has flowers and a few nacent pods going.   The OWs have been slowly growing new leaves for a month or more.  When the night time lows start to tickle 60, the OW plants really start to 'wake up' and flower, etc.

Vitamin C neutralizes both forms of Cl.  Half a pill will "fix" a large container of water. https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/html/05231301/05231301.html

The LAST thing you want to do is amputate those glorious photosynthetic factories.   Personally, I'd just "sit it out" and let the plants figure out what they want to do.  If you feel you "must" intervene, maybe a light topping of the plant will stimulate new growth.

Haven't watched it all, but it seems rather comprehensive...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq9tTqMxh2o&t=179s

At the least, you can mix the old stuff with the new...  

  So, maybe it is a nutrient or environmental thing?  OK.

I have no experience with the stuff.  Sorry. But..  I think it will probably be a lot cheaper to buy a "lesser" variety of soil, along with a bottle of fish emulsion or other good fertilizer. You'll likely need to buy ferts of some sort anyway - with Tucson's climate, any soil will start to...

Sure! So long as the soil isn't accumulating salt or an overabundance of calcium from hard water, you can re-use the stuff indefinitely.  Just plan on augmenting it with some good fertilizer of some sort.  Cow poo is cheap and easy to mix in.  Or water in some fish soup, bat or worm poop, or...

5 gallons is is fine.  While probably on the small end of the "This will work" scale, the peppers will grow healthy and produce plenty of pods.   The plants tend to grow until they reach a limit in either root space, nutrients, or a combination of both.  With proper fertilization, you can grow a...