Root bound, overwatering, or you aren't GRADUALLY hardening off. If they're root bound, it could be a case of UNDERwatering since there's very little room for the soil to hold onto water.

If they're NOT root bound, how often have you been watering?

Kevin

My peppers only wilted like that from being thirsty. Towards the end of hardening they dried out a lot faster. Being outdoors makes the soil in the pot dry out faster than if they were kept inside.

I thing those plants are too big for those solo cups and have become root bound. Therefore, cannot hold enough water for long enough time an wilt because of it.

So I potted them up and they were not root bound but they also don't seem to be sucking up much water....I wasn't exactly watering them on a schedule. I check them everyday and if the soil was dry about an inch down or the pot was super light I would water. I want to say I usually end up watering every 3-4 days. They are outside full time now since I potted them up and I did move them to a different location where it's not quite as sunny. Some of the leaves that were already damaged have turned brown and fallen off but some of the leaves seem ok. Overall besides some bad spots, the plant doesn't look like it's dying so I'm not sure what to do. I will post updated pictures tonight.

This post was edited by therealdiehl91 on Fri, May 30, 14 at 9:34