Yvonne B wrote: This is my lowly, humble first attempt at trying to grow peppers. I have four plants, two jalapenos, one Capistrano, and one Jupiter. The third plant is the Capistrano-- I hadn't heard of these, and have no idea what color it's supposed to be. Please be gentle with me! HA HA :-D Yvonne, Everybody here would be gentle with you, and all we can do is offer suggestions & other comments. :-) If that photo, pepper4.jpg is suppose to be the Capistrano - they are suppose to be a bell type pepper. So I'd imagine that you could use them green, but would turn red if left on there longer. I don't like green Jalapeno's, but if you let them ripen they will turn red too. Then they have a better taste and are a little hotter. :-) Hope this was gentle enough? ;-) Sorry I couldn't really help with your other photos, but it looks like a lot of common problems: bugs, insects, and water. -- Have A Good One Styx >:o)>