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The mix I have is discontinued and I need to find something new for my container peppers. I like how my current mix dries out pretty quickly and doesn't hold water. Everything at the store seems to be made to retain water. I'm worried about rotting roots with all the afternoon rain here in...

Thanks Mike, I am hoping!!   When I started looking for information on growing peppers I found a pretty thorough guide.  At the end it says to always grow in the shade in Florida. So I was thinking Florida sun is bad for them. Maybe "always" is over doing it a little.   GROWING PEPPERS IN...

I mistakenly said that I started these in February.  I received these the last  week of March.   This is March 31st after potting.    

Thank you Very Much.

Thanks Solid7 for your encouragement. I didn't think that our growing season was so long here in Central Florida. I thought that the plants would not put on and set new blossoms in the mid summer heat. After reading that you start seeds in July I am thinking about starting a few that I ordered...

Old spot - Sun 4:30-7:30pm  

New Spot    

This is the first time I've attempted to grow anything so I'm not familiar with how plants work.  After my first several attempts I was pretty sure any full sun would quickly kill off the transplants.   After your question I tried direct sun again this morning, and they did a lot better than...

Bonnie Poblano    

Poblano A  

Poblano B  

Poblano C  

Pasilla de Oaxaca  

Mirasol  

Boldog Hungarian  

Can I use imgur to post pics? it Doesn't seem to work.

    These are in Grow Bags. For the top 2/3 of the bag I am using a 50/50 mix Miracle Grow Organic Choice & Miracle Grow Orchid Mix with Blood Meal, Bone Meal, and Kelp Meal blended in. The bottom third of the bag is a 50/50 mix of Perlite and Orchid Mix. PepperBag < 20 Qts Potting Mix...

I tried sun at first but they wilt completely very quickly. I have a poblano that I bought from Home Depot in February and it did the same. It was in direct sunlight from 8am til 1:30pm.Eventually it dropped many of its blossoms. Since then I've moved them all to the shade. They get direct sun...

Thanks again for your input! They are in grow bags on a porch in the shade. I think I might be over Fertilizing. 1Tsp Alaska Fish Emulsion & 1Tbs Alaska Pure Kelp per Gallon Water Weekly. I will post pics tomorrow.

I started them as small transplants the last week of March. At this point they are about the size of Home Depot starters.