So, i decided to log this whole thing so maybe someone will see the photos and figure something out.
How it started:
I planted lots of Ring of fire and Aji Pineapple seeds (20 in total) germinating them in the soaked napkins (i planted the ones that had roots), then i transferred them to the seed tray under growlight and in a week only 2 sprouted but quickly died so i figured i did something wrong (probably too warm and too much water) i found one last seed and planted it in the same soil (not very smart i guess). Then i saw it started growing and understood that i managed to grow at least something and that's when i done the stupidest thing — i planted seeds from storebought green chilli in the tray. Yep, have no idea what kind of chili that is, no idea if they are resistant to viruses and all that. Just wanted to see if I was doing everything right and a lot of them sprouted. Then i planted some bell peppers and the time has come for the putting the big ones in the pots (1 litre for the Ring of Fire and 0.8 litre for weird green chili).
My soil mix is
— store bought soil (did not disinfect before using)
— 10% perlite
— 10% vermiculite
— 10% peat moss
— organic 5-5-5 fertilizer (applied in 2 weeks after transplanting)
The soil mix i used for germinating was the same only exluding peat moss and fertilizer.
Now fastforward 3 weeks and here we are.. The leaves are mottled, the new growth on ring of fire is weird (not all of it but like 3-4 leaves are wrinkled and damaged):
By the way the white coating is from using copper oxychloride solution.
Below is the photo of the Ring of Fire pepper leaf and i think the mottling became more prominent (I cut the oldest leaves that were way worse in terms of yellow spots).
Two green chilis were "mutated" from the start having doubled leaves and being wrinkled (the two "teenage mutant ninja turtles" plants are the only ones that don't have the mottled leaves as of now):
Now the 3 green chili plants that i quarantined in other room because the coloring looks a little to scary and i can't decide if it's virus or just deficiency:
The last one especially looks horrific to me and is like a picture from guidebook on mottle viruses.
So that's all for now. At the time of creating this thread I started practicing garden hygiene — washing my tools, touching my plants less, and washing hands everytime after touching them or working with them.
Here are the other seeds i planted and the only ways of disease spreading on them are:
— my hands (i wash them)
— the watering jug (i'm praying this one won't transfer any disease since I DON'T WASH MY WATER JUG)
— soil mix (maybe the peat moss was compromised?)
— pests (i used Aversectin C on all my plants)
I don't know what I'm gonna do if they get potentially infected too. To start this hobby and get the worst outcome on my first try would be an achievement for sure.
I don't know how this journey will end but please learn from my mistakes.