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Post by daylilydude on Mar 20, 2011 10:08:05 GMT -5
My pepper plants are getting too big for the pots, and was wondering what is the lowest temp they can stand and still survive? Our 10 day forecast says the lowest temp would be around 40F, will they survive that if I planted them in the garden?
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Post by stratcat on Mar 20, 2011 11:20:16 GMT -5
Organic Gardening magazine back in the mid-90's wrote that if our pepper starts got exposed to cold temps like 40F, that production would suffer. I keep a close watch on the weather before I set mine out.
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Post by sorellina on Mar 20, 2011 12:01:30 GMT -5
Better to let them stay rootbound a bit longer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 19:14:12 GMT -5
i got peppers the size of a straight pin. If my grow light can just keep them alive through APRIL then I can put them outside .
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 21, 2011 21:48:46 GMT -5
I have seen various temperatures suggested, but 40º is WAY too low for peppers. It is best to wait until it will get to 55-60 for LOW temp, before transplanting them. This is why it is best to plant peppers late, rather than early, as sometimes it stays cold longer, and you don't want very rootbound peppers. I always have a few early ones I plant in larger pots (only limited room under lights for larger pots), so I can get early peppers, rather than try to beat the temps.
Even low soil temps can stunt peppers. I know this because one year a friend and I were planting peppers, and using mostly our hands to scoop up the fluffed up soil, and after every 4 or 5 peppers we would have to stop for a break, as our hands were getting frostbite! LOL Weird thing was, the air temp was over 80 at the time, and that May had been very warm, but the winter was a killer! I also found out that using wall-o-waters doesn't really do much for peppers, like it does for tomatoes, due to the very cold soil when they are put out.
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