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Post by daylilydude on Apr 6, 2019 15:30:06 GMT -5
What do you think is the lowest temp for peppers to make it outside and not die?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 6, 2019 17:34:41 GMT -5
I used to hear that peppers should not be put out until the lows will be 60°, but I usually go for 55°. Usually, by 5-15, which is when my peppers are ready to go out, it is warm enough here, but sometimes I have to wait a little longer.
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Post by paulf on Apr 6, 2019 19:46:17 GMT -5
I also consider soil temperature and I like 70- 75 degrees F.
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Post by september on Apr 6, 2019 20:36:09 GMT -5
Mine go out right after I plant the tomatoes the last week of June. I don't pay much attention to night temps as long as it stays above freezing, because even our June nights can be in the 40's. As long as the day's are in the 70's, they do fine, though I'm sure they don't grow as fast.
***Correcting goof! Oh for heaven's sake, I meant to say the FIRST week of June, not the LAST week, that would be really pathetic! I try for last week of May if it's a good 10 day forecast, but it often bleeds into the first week of June.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 7, 2019 11:34:57 GMT -5
Pretty much what september said - right after the tomatoes, even if there are some nights in the 40s. As long as the daytime temperatures warm up into the 70s and the soil is warm, they are fine. They do pick up the growth rate considerably when the days consistently reach 80 and the nights are 55+, though. Since I grow so many pepper plants, I just don't have space indoors to keep large pepper seedlings inside - so they get put outside as soon as they can handle the temperatures. However, I pretty much exclusively grow C. annuum varieties with the occasional Tabasco pepper ( C. frutescens). The few times I have grown C. chinense varieties (seasoning peppers and heatless habaneros), I found them to be a lot more unhappy in cool temperatures. They really languished - turned pale and didn't grow at all - until nights were consistently 55-60+ and days were 80+. If I grow C. chinense peppers again, I will probably start them later so I can keep them inside until early/mid April. So based on my limited experience, I think the answer to the question of the lowest temperatures peppers can tolerate is dependent on the type of peppers you grow.
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Post by spacecase0 on Apr 7, 2019 21:15:34 GMT -5
I have had them grow down to light frost, but they sure don't seem happy when it is in the 30s
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