Best wishes!
I suspect that potting mix is part of the problem, and it might be contributing to a nutritional problem as well.
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Probably. It was a good mix, and I was fertilizing regularly too. Maybe I dropped the ball. Will try and fix it.
I read somewhere pruning can help too.
Sounds like you did everything right!
Nah. I should write a book titled The Accidental Gardener.
I told my mom months ago (when sh was telling me to do things at certain - correct - times) that I think plants adjust to their caregivers the way kids adjust to the parents they have 
There’s been no method to my gardening madness, and yet the plants, they persist. And provide joy and peace. 
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Well @Saregama, that explains why I didn’t see any serranos, despite looking pretty hard. Think I saw one maybe. 
Hahahahahahaha
…Potassium deficie OR overfertilizing.
Current pics of side garden surrounding the deck. The goat is responsible for keeping the weeds down. You’ll see our fig below the roses. As you can tell, no ripe tomatoes, and peppers continue to prove
they don’t like it here. Hops plant thrives, but it’s strictly for looks. We do nothing with the hops.
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LOVE the chart - but it’s so confusing too 
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Are the hops annuals?
I agree. Especially because it could also be caused by a pH problem. In fact, my citrus leaf leaves look like that on a GOOD day, and I’m pretty sure it’s related to pH and iron.
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I was thinking iron too…
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No, actually they’re perennials, which I didn’t know until just now, when I asked H @shrinkrap.
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I was getting pretty worried that my melons weren’t growing, but at least some are!
About four weeks from first to last picture. . I think Tiger Baby. Could be Yellow Baby.
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Just beautiful, please let us know how delicious they are @shrinkrap.
Shrinkrap, Those eggs on stalks look a lot like lacewing eggs, a.k.a. “Aphid Lions”. The larvae eat aphids and other smaller pests. Typically, eggs are on one stalk, but there are many, many species, some quite rare. Google images of the larvae and see it that’s what hatches out. I’m sure they’d feast on mites, mite eggs and thrips, as well as aphids. I’ve never seen multiple stalks on Lacewing eggs, but I’m in VA and the species here are different.
Oh no!! I already got rid of that leaf!
I’ve seen lacewing eggs before, and yet that didn’t occur to me. The ones I’ve seen have been quite pretty.
We are, having some strange-for-us weather event. Lighting, thunder, and a bit of rain …and it’s quite hot, at least for 7 AM.
Lost one of my melons. 
I’m guilty of telling you to cut the leaf off! 
All input is welcomed. 
But I feel bad, just like if I killed Covid antibodies! 
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