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Wilted Carolina reaper plants

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Hi, Im Shannon parks from Nashville, Tennessee and I am growing Carolina reapers in my office. I have fourteen plants and right now they are in solo cups and they are watered from the bottom. I noticed that some of their leaves were turning white or getting lighter and from what I found online I gathered that they were getting to much sun so I started cutting their heat lamp for a few hours everyday. I sat them outside in the sun for a few hours yesterday and when I brought them back in and got ready to go home for the night I forgot to cut their lamp on. Right now some of the leaves are wilted and the plants were sagging. They have started to perk back up since I cut their lamp on.

I wanted to put them in larger containers tonight but now Im not sure with them being shocked like this. Should I trim the white wilted leaves? Should I go ahead and move them into bigger pots or wait? Should a sing them a song? Anything? I dont want to lose these plants. Please help. Your input is appreciated and thank you in advance.
 
I'd wait a little bit for the shock to fade, and don't worry about clipping the damaged leaves, the plant will drop them when it's ready. How old are they? What is night temps in your office? What are they potted in? 
 
They are young, planted on 9/22. They are in the solo cups with a hole drilled in the bottom and I put bottled water that I let sit out for a day and the temperature stays between 75-80. My big mistake was forgetting to turn the lamp on.
 

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the thing with the lighter leaves you are talking about is called sunscald...and can occur whenever the light intensity is too much for the plant...
 
the wilted/sagging leaves is a natural response of the plant trying to prevent water loss...the actual mechanism is the stomato on the bottom of the leaves close preventing any water/vapor loss....plant is just trying to protect itself...
 
 
as far as transplanting goes, I would not touch them for a bit...the seem still pretty young to endure the transplant shock JMHO
 
young seedlings should be kept in a constant temperature environment somewhere between 70-80F.
 
remember this, treat your babies like a baby...
 
AJ
 
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