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Crinkly pepper leaves

I have a set of peppers I am growing and as I am new to this and learning through my many mistakes, I am thinking the damage you see is due to overfertilizing with Oscomote.  I originially was overwatering and started getting white mold then fungus gnats, but fought through that problem by putting 1 part to 9 of hydrogen peroxide (straight HP killed one of my small young plants so I learned from that lesson), and strong brewed camomile tea and I spray every few days with especially the camomile tea and put up a couple sticky fly traps in the grow container and gnats are gone, white mold is minimal and plants are getting swole now.  I am growing inside my house in a tupperware container with a special light for people with circadium rythm issues (10,000 LUX at 10 inches) and a fan enclosed by a box that blows through the container fully line with tinfoil with a big entranc hole by where the fan blows in, and a smaller hole on the other side where the wind comes out.  
 
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(today I removed even more Oscamote pellets after this pic was taken)
 
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However, I think I over fertilized them with Oscomote as the lady at the nursery didnt know what she was talking about and pretty much told me to use a whole teaspoon per 9oz cup (cups I initially was growing them in!).  Luckily a friend of mine saw what I did and said it was way too much so I removed 2/3s of it per cup but looking at it now, I think it was still way too much!  
 
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(what lady at nursery told me to do)
 
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(after friends advice)
 
 
Some of my plants are getting huge and doing fine but other are getting crinkly and mishapen.  I have 3 different plants I am primarily concerned about as the others are doing pretty well.  I want to make sure there is no virus or anything and that it is purely from overfertilizing.  By the way, all my cups are in standard size Solo cups now.  For some reason, I had one Moruga Scorpion plant that ever since seedling, has been the stud of the pack and is the only one that has roots coming out the hole in the bottom of the Solo cup, none of the others have roots coming out the bottom hole (first cup inside 2nd cup) yet.  I mixed in some diluted fish emulsion 5-1-1 into the soil before all transplants and put some on top the plant (Oscomote on top of soil too).  I recently found a hydroponic mix which I made last night and put a little in the bottom of each of ALL the pepper plant solo cups: 1 gallon deer park water, 3 grams 4-18-38 fert, 3 grams calcium nitrate, and 2 grams epsom salt.  I figured Id use this mixture one every 5-7 days from now on (generally how often I now water plants)
 
Initially, due to overwatering, the plants were stunted and some got yellow leaves.  Once I stopped over watering and I gave some ferts, they started growing again.  Some still have baby yellow leaves (first true set) and some I actually cut off, including 1 plants yellow placental leaves.  
 
The 1st pepper plant is a Butch T and it has started to grow crinkly stiff leaves.  Is it Over fertilization?  Is it safe to keep around other plants?
 
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(see the brown on the leaves?)
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The 2nd plant is a Chocolate Bhutlah that I had started in a seed tray and when it sprouted it still had its seed attached to its head and I transplanted it into a solo cup with the seed still on its head thinking it would fall right off.  It never fell off and I eventually pulled it off with tweezers and the intial two birth leaves were fuqed.  I thought it was a goner and tore it out the cup ripping pretty much all of its little roots off but decided to give it one last shot and transplanted it in another Solo cup to which it has grown a few sets of shitty leaves.  Is it a goner?  should i move from other plants?  Too much overfert?  Too soon to have transplanted?
 
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The 3rd plant is a Chocolate Douglah seedling, I got over excited when it sprouted and immediately transplanted it into a new solo cup (with Oscomote) immediatly the night I noticed it sprouted.  It has what looks like dead cells in its stem that make it look like the death went halfway or more through the bottom of the stem and I thought it was a goner but it just now beginning to sprout its first set of leaves right on time.  Is it a goner?  Too soon of a transplant?  and too soon for Oscamote?
 
 
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(I put more dirt around that sore spot to cover it)
 
 
Well any and all help would be great in diagnosing what the plants problems are, whether theyre goners, contagious, or might pull through.  
 
Thanks!
 
 
 
 
 
Very young plants don't really need any ferts until after their cotyledons fall off. You can start at any time, though, just make sure it's extra-diluted at first - like a 1:10 ratio. I would suggest removing any pellets at this point and using plain water for a handful of waterings. The plants that aren't too bad off will pull through. Keep in mind that too much new grower attention is the leading cause of cultivated plant death. Try to more mimic what they would get if they were outside in nature. 
 
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