Self-Watering Planter Update

It's been almost a month and a half since I planted my peppers in their SWP's, and thought it time for an update. Here's the crew, plus one more not shown...

The "not shown" is a Thai Hot pepper plant that I picked up today (along with Italian Basil). I needed more compost to add to my raised bed for the acorn squash going in soon, and after reading an article in the latest issue of Organic Gardening about hot peppers, I decided to bring another plant home with me. I'm having buyers remorse now, of course. One, I'm not supposed to be making unplanned purchases (oh, this has gone so well. NOT! My seed-buying self control sucks!), and two, I've already complained about two White Habanero plants being one too many. LOL. But hey, at least the Thai Hot has half the heat of the habanero...

Anywho... Here are close-ups of the first round of peppers. From left to right: White Hab.; Baby Belle; Baby Belle; White Hab. On each container I wrote which two received 1/2 cup each of d. lime and CRF (left two), and which two received 1/4 cup (right two), but the sharpie faded really quick. I wrote it down in my journal before the sharpie completely faded, but looking at the picture below, I'm not sure if I copied correctly. Doesn't it seem like the two that received larger doses would be larger? Grr! Lesson learned: better notes next time girl.

This is my new Baby Belle, planted on 5/3. If the weather will just cooperate and warm up already, this cutie shouldn't take long to catch up to the others.

Here are a few close-ups of the pepper plants. They have all been filling in, are growing wonderfully, and beginning to flower, but they are also beginning to show signs of something wrong.  Anyone know what's going on? Too much moisture? Not warm enough? It has been unusually rainy and cool for this time of year (ugh).

Bush Slicer Cucumbers... I started several in newspaper pots but waited too long to get them planted, and since I had a head start anyway, I decided to plant new plants to give them the healthiest chance possible...

Here's a close-up of the melons and petunias, and the Tumbling Tom cherry tomato I planted today (between the petunias). I probably packed a little too many in the container, so I guess we'll see how they do...

Sometime soon, I'll add a trellis for the melons and cucumbers. Dowels and the square tomato cage-wire stuff (blanking on what it's called) for the melons, and dowels and twine for the cucumbers since they're a bush variety--more for support than climbing.

There are only a few weeks left before Boy Wonder starts summer vacation (Momma screams "Noooo!"), so I'm taking some time to do things I won't be able to do for three months like veg and relax during the day. There is still gardening going on here and there, but my blogging may become less frequent. G'night.