It’s been getting cold outside so I’ve been telling her to bring them in while I’m gone (I was gone for 6 days) she said she watered them once and brought them outside during the day once, which I’m not mad or anything I’m just kind of upset she just let them turn to this. The bigger peppers aren’t that bad I guess but the smaller ones I’m worried about, any suggestions or tips on what I should do? (Btw I got the grow light after I came back up and does anyone care to tell me what’s wrong with the Thai chilis soil?) also sorry for the poor quality it’s from a video and I’m not home rn 🙁
by jazz-man02
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Mixing some perlite into your soil will help it out a lot. I like to make my soil from perlite, a bit of sand, screened compost or soil from my yard and some peat moss or coco coir. A quick repotting with an adjusted mix will probably help.
The end result is much fluffier soil that is more resistant to being compacted through repeated waterings. When that happens it can become difficult for the pepper plants to grow the roots and spread out.
Another thing, almost every pot i’ve seen can benefit from drilling extra drainage holes in the bottom. The more the better, especially during winter months when you don’t want the plants having “wet feet”
In the spring i would put those plants into bigger pots if the root mass can use the extra space. Its hard to tell without actually seeing the roots, plant size alone isn’t a good way to determine that in all cases.
Gotta treat them like your children. I am always. Nervous leaving my garden for more than a day especially if I have to ask my wife to water for me.
Im gonna be honest here, without pictures from before its hard to assess what really changed and if they are being brought in because of weather, that can also shock plants a bit and make them go dormant/drop leaves etc.
How long have they been growing and how big is the container? If these had a whole season, I am not too sure how healthy they were in the first place but i mostly need to know how big that container is to better understand where the plant should be.
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