disease-pests Yellow, Curling, Burned Tip Pepper Plants :(

[Soilworker]

Hey Everyone,
 
So I ordered a few pepper plants online (chocolate habanero, chocolate scotch bonnet, orange scotch bonnet) and ever since I got them they have been yellow and curling and this has just gotten worse as time has gone on. I planted them immediately upon arrival and all of my other pepper plants I purchased in town are growing fine so far. The leaves are yellow on them and curling and it looks like they are getting burned on the end. Am I over watering? Is this a calcium or magnesium deficiency?
 
Here is a picture of the plants:
 

 

 
Thanks for any help or advice. 

 

[meinchoh]

Were they hardened off properly?

 

[Soilworker]

I didn't do any hardening off once I got them. If that's the problem is there anything I can do to help?

 

[Roguejim]

If they weren't hardened off, then, shade is the answer. What is your soi mix made of? It does look soaking wet.

 

[Soilworker]

That's cocoa bean mulch on top of top soil with compost mixed in. I'll get a sheet and some stakes over them and see if they perk up. Thanks!! I'll report back with the results

 

[geeme]

Yes, a lack of hardening off combined with overwatering. I am sure none of the rest of us has ever done that ourselves.  

 

[Helvete]

Not that it would help you now, but it's usually good to ask the vendor if the plants are already hardened before you get them--even so, after spending a few days in a box while they're shipped they might need a mini hardening.
 
To me, they look overwatered--I had half my plants start looking like that after a three day "monsoon" we had that ended on Friday.  Sprayed them with epsom salt solution and gave them a fulvic acid feeding just before dark the night it ended and woke up the next morning and they were getting green back in them and perking up nicely.