https://twitter.com/HellerWeather/status/466710114628820992
You might want to think about putting frost cloth over any peppers you have outside especially. It’s not going to freeze, but peppers resent temps below 50ish or so and will sull and delay production if they get too cool as seedlings.
Eggplants and okra too resent anything below 60 but especially below 50.
Just sayin’.
If you have spare, cover your maters too. They will appreciate it. They’re not as sensitive to cold as the peppers though so cover them last IF you have enough for the aforementioned stuff.
and we’re having a Heat Wave here on the Lost Coast of California...
“You might want to think about putting frost cloth over any peppers you have outside especially. It’s not going to freeze, but peppers resent temps below 50ish or so and will sull and delay production if they get too cool as seedlings.”
All peppers are past the seedling stage. It could have gotten into the high 40s last night, don’t know, but I doubt it got that low in the garden due to the high brick walls around the garden. It was sunny yesterday and the brick warms up and puts that warmth into the garden at night. At this time of year here, it’s strange to get lower than the 50s at night and even 50s is not common.