My leaves look weird after two nights of 30-32 degree weather.
Should I harvest?
These are Tabasco and Anaheim I think.
Any ideas on what to do?
by Brrito
Peppers
My leaves look weird after two nights of 30-32 degree weather.
Should I harvest?
These are Tabasco and Anaheim I think.
Any ideas on what to do?
by Brrito
11 Comments
Not necessarily. Is it supposed to freeze again anytime soon?
I’d tarp them if it’s gonna get cold again. They can handle a few hours of frost unprotected but 3 in a row is really pushing it.
I live in MN and went thru this recently. They look fine to me, but like mentioned before I would put a tarp over them over night next time it gets cold. You can also insulate them a little with a moving blanket if you have one. The plant still looks fine to me though.
Not yet. You should see mine. The leaves are trashed but the peppers are ok. Thousands of peppers to pick and luckily the peppers were spared from 3 nights in the upper 20’s. I covered a few priority plants. I have a week until the next freeze.
I’d remove the red ones so the rest of the plant can take a breather
I would harvest and make southern pepper sauce. I grew up on that.
Mine in MA we’re still 90% green and we had first frost, had to harvest as many as I could. Anyone know if greens are still good? Gotta make sauce within a day or two
WhT kind of pepper dis that?
You do know that peppers are a perennial…. not a annual?
Cover with plastic rapping to protect from winter colds and winds. The tree will go to sleep. Pick the fruit when red. Add some vitamins to help it. Make sure the ground is not frozen. It will grow healthy in the spring but weak, grow others from the seeds.
side note[duplicating others]: The PLANTS will die over the Winter, but you can pot them and bring them inside for a head start on next year. They won’t produce much inside but will be large already next Spring .