Well, I think it is solved. Saw some nice pepper seedlings at the nursery that looked a whole lot better than mine after 3 weeks so decided to just pull them out. Sure enough, they came out easily and the peat pot had only a couple thin roots that made it out, everything else was balled up inside. So replaced them with new peppers, but decided to try and see if I could save these as well. Peeled off the peat pot from each- was surprisingly not that interwoven with roots- and replanted. Probably a lot for some pretty sick peppers to endure but will see what happens. Thanks for the suggestions!

I live in Texas

These Socrates cucumber plants are about 8 feet tall, and have been fruiting and growing well. In the past few days, I noticed that the new leaves are curling under. Some nearby plants seem not to be affected. At least not yet. Anyone know what might be the cause?? Thanks so much. Peggy in Taos New Mexico.

Please google "cucumber leaf disease pictures" and look for a match. Unfortunately, there are so many... :( From my experience, once a disease starts showing, there's little chance of saving the whole plant because the spores are everywhere (and then they overwinter in the soil.) I used to grow heirloom cucumbers on the humid East Coast and always had issues with diseased leaves. I switched to resistant hybrid varieties and that fixed the problem.