Help - Struggling Raised bed - Light Green Basil and Peppers

[fauslyfox110]

The Problem:
We transplanted our basil and pepper seedlings to our raised bed about a month ago, but they have not been thriving. They haven't grown, and the leaves are curling upwards and are a light green. In general, we're noticing a lot of the plants in our raised bed (including tomatoes, cukes, etc.) are light green and struggling, they are essentially stagnant.

Meanwhile we put some of our tomato seedlings in pots and they have done better than the ones in our raised bed, growing in size and being more full green.

Our Raised Bed Environment:
We added compost to the raised bed (Mel's Mix in its second year) before transplanting anything. We've sprayed the plants in the raised bed with neem oil after noticing aphids on the tomatoes. The pH of the top soil is about 6.0, and deeper (6 inches down) it's about 5.7; we suspect this may be slightly more acidic than ideal, but not necessarily a huge red flag. There have been a few heavy rainfalls here in NY over the last few weeks, so the beds were well saturated (perhaps even bordering on overwatered) as well.

Any ideas on what it might be and what we can do to remedy it?

 

[gary350]

The taller raised beds are the dryer the soil is. Potting soil has zero food value for plants. Some bag soil mixes claim to contain plant food but general purpose plant food is not good for all plants and food in bag soil will not last all summer. Over priced plant food in tiny bags will keep your plants of a diet. Beans & peppers need 10-10-10 fertilizer once a week. Basil needs nitrogen once a week.