I’m not much of a gardener, but decided this year to try growing bell peppers in containers. Started them from seed. They were slow to take off, but now have good foliage and are loaded with little tiny “pepper embryos”.
Thing is, although we haven’t yet had a freeze in OK, the overnight lows are cold enough to nip the leaves fairly badly. I took the containers into the house yesterday, and have them sitting in front of the east window (it has wonderful light for the first half of the day).
Guess my question is, are the plants likely to survive? Sure would hate to lose all those tiny little peppers. They’re the multi-colored kind. Anything special I need to do aside from watering them and keeping them out from under the heater vent?
We’ve had our best peppers in a container, although it was a BIG one. They like a lot of water.
If the temps are 50 or above outside, move them out during the day, and in at night. You might be able to keep them going, depending upon how soon it gets too cold by you.
Also - keep an eye out for aphids, which LOVE to snack on pepper plants that are stressed - and they will be a little stressed moving them around. They will be little while ‘dots’ on the underside of the leaves. Soapy water spray will get rid of them.
Could you leave them outside in a sunny spot but be sure to cover them every night and then uncover them in the morning?
Also, check your seed packet and if they take a very long time (like 90+ days) to mature, you may want to scrap the idea altogether for this year and get things started earlier next year.
Good luck!
I have grown pepper plants indoors that I dug up from the garden and put in pots for the winter. I have a southwestern patio door that I used. When the sun goes down early, I gave them an additional 3 hrs. under the grow lights. They did fine indoors.