I imagine bringing them from the outdoors inside would yield a lot of bugs. I believe pepper geek on youtube does it. I'll check his videos and see if he has advice for 'debugging' the peppers before they come in.
Leeks, broccoli, cabbage, spinach and lettuce. This year I'm trying something new--I selected varieties for shortest days to maturity. Many times my cold season stuff took forever to produce anything. It turns out some of them take as long as 100 days to produce, and that's not counting the germination stage.
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I followed the method of removing all leaves and pruning back until you have two 'Y' shaped branches with nodes coming off the main stem. Then the plants sat dormant in the basement near a window, until I moved them back out in spring. The jalapenos survived but did not fruit any earlier than my new pepper seedlings, so it was a lot of effort with no obvious gain. I should try again though. I had planted them in the hottest part of my garden, and as others have mentioned peppers seem to like to have some relief from the heat during the day.
Hmm, it's not provided on any of my packets. I tried looking up a few variety's on google, but no luck.A better way than days-to-maturity would be some weather measure related to a variety’s maturity. “Heat Units/Growing Degree Days” are measures that meteorology provides. Some seed companies evaluate and provide that information for commercial growers. Your coastal weather tends to be cool and cloudy, AMKuska, as does my Spring weather.
Of course, the plant isn’t a thermometer responding only to warmth. Sunlight is needed for growth. Filtered through clouds or direct, of course, light can be measured but there is all this complexity with life. It could come down to a good guess but I think way to often DTM is just something pulled out of the air
Steve
Hmm. I agree, peppers actually don't like it so hot. My peppers died in the heat dome a couple of years ago. I've had really good luck with pruning pepper plants for bigger growth, but I've never pruned them for overwintering. If there's any hot peppers my husband likes from this test plot, I might try it.
I agree completely. For many plants, heat units (or a lack of them) has a strong influence on the days to maturity. DTM numbers are best used as a ballpark figure, and for comparing one variety to another. So IMO, DTM numbers should be given the same respect as the local weather forecast... keep it in mind, but don't treat it as gospel.A better way than days-to-maturity would be some weather measure related to a variety’s maturity. “Heat Units/Growing Degree Days” are measures that meteorology provides. Some seed companies evaluate and provide that information for commercial growers. Your coastal weather tends to be cool and cloudy, AMKuska, as does my Spring weather.
Of course, the plant isn’t a thermometer responding only to warmth. Sunlight is needed for growth. Filtered through clouds or direct, of course, light can be measured but there is all this complexity with life. It could come down to a good guess but I think way to often DTM is just something pulled out of the air
Steve
