Yes, give them a couple of days. It may not even be transplant shock but just a matter of them growing root first, soon to be followed by top growth. It took me a week to get all mine potted up, and the ones I did first are almost an inch bigger than the ones I finished up yeaterday. A pretty substantial difference, considering they are still forming their second set of leaves. Oh, and also I have noticed that the ones in bigger pots look small for a while because the pot dwarfs them, just a trick of the eye. Don't water them unless they are almost dry, which you test by picking up the pots to see how heavy they are. Overwatering causes many problems including slow growth. Cheers!

I would like to know this as well. My peppers also stopped growing and some of them have lost their blooms. This is my first year of gardening also and I didnt have things set up before it got real hot. Will the Tomatoes and Peppers winter over and start blossoming again next spring? I converted the west porch into a garden area. I have the sides screened off and the top of the porch has 1x4's spaced every four inches and the entire roof has 1/2" hardware fabric to keep the birds out. The garden area gets sun starting at about 10:00am and gets sun or partial sun until sunset. Seems to work pretty well but because I started too late next spring will be a better judge. This site is wonderful. Thanks for everyones help. For soil misture in the containers I use the soil under the Blue Ice Arizona Cypress tree. Quail live in them and rabits visit everyday. I use the dirt in that area and mix it with the tree sheddings and dont bother taking out the seed balls that fall. Then I put steer manure and organic compose on top of that and mix it about 2 to 4 inches down depending on the size of the pot. I am learing not to water too much ! The east end of the porch that is connected to the house has a 1x15 (or so) strip of dirt that I have green onions growing in and strawberries and now some radishes are coming up too. But again I am starting late on things too. I am growing Amaranth and Quinoa in tires out in the direct sun and cover the top of the dirt with hay. They are loving life. No shade at all. I made cages around them to keep the grasshoppers on them and whatever is laying those green worms but did it a bit to late. The worms about devowered the grain but they are recovering. I highly recommend growing these two grains here in Arizona. They really do well. They seem to like fine sandy soil with little compose. And I water them every 3 days. The sand keeps the moisture in well so I dont water too much at one time. Maybe a quart or two per plant including the corn that is going nicely too. But back to the main question. Will my Tomatoes and Peppers winter over for next spring. Some of my Peppers havent even blossomed yet. The Chocholate Bell Pepper and the Sandia. What sould I do with them?

I tried the topsy turvy growing for my son last year. I killed 2 tomato plants. Never could figure out what I was doing wrong. That thing is out in the garage right now :) With 9 flowers; you have gotten further than I did! The sweet 100's I planted in the ground did extremely well last season. They grew 7-8 feet. I'm growing them again this year. I hope it works out for you. Charles

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I think you might be right and not fertilizing could be the problem. Next time, I'll do an experiment as Ignatz suggested: one half with no added food, the other half fed. I'll also use a plain seed starting medium. As for why it's 75 degrees, I am growing inside my house (bathroom to be exact) for lack of anywhere better. Our house has poor insulation so the heat runs nonstop in the winter, causing the temp to get kind of high at times. The bathroom is also probably quite humid given people using the shower several times a day, bumping the temp up further. I'm amazed you all think overwatering was the issue. I know how easy it is to do that, and was really stingy with water. Yes, my pots did have drainage holes. They were plastic nursery pots, not peat. Would you say that watering once a week is too much between 1-2 months old? Also: Do you think my city water might be affecting the plants badly? One source said it was high in chlorine, which seems real bad for young plants but perhaps I'm mistaken. I'll try changing up my starting pots, too. Cells to 3.5 inch pots makes sense. Thanks again everyone.