Growing Peppers in Minnesota: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Peppers set fruit in the Twin Cities area only when nights stay above 55 F and days stay below 90 F, a window that Minnesota summers hit but also…
Growing Peppers in Georgia: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Georgia’s pepper problem isn’t really the heat, it’s the two-sided squeeze: plants stall when nights turn cool in spring, then stall again when summer…
Growing Peppers in Alaska: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
In Anchorage, the reference station for this state’s climate data shows essentially zero days a year at or above 90 F, so heat-driven blossom drop isn’t…
Growing Peppers in Alabama: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Pepper fruit set in Alabama runs into trouble at the top end of the thermometer more than most gardeners expect: the reference station near Huntsville…
Growing Peppers in Nebraska: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Nebraska’s summers throw two different problems at pepper plants, and they hit at opposite ends of the thermometer.
Growing Peppers in Wisconsin: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Wisconsin’s climate is on the mild side of pepper country, which is good news for fruit set but bad news for anyone who starts seed too late.
Growing Peppers in Pennsylvania: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Pennsylvania peppers set fruit fine most summers, but the window narrows on both ends of the thermometer.
Growing Peppers in Oregon: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Oregon’s pepper growers face a narrow window: heat strong enough to set fruit but not so strong it stops setting, arriving late enough to dodge frost but…
Growing Peppers in Ontario: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Ontario’s growing season delivers almost no days above 90°F, the heat threshold that shuts down pepper fruit set.
Growing Peppers in Oklahoma: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Oklahoma City averages 70.7 days a year at 90 F or hotter, and that heat load is the single biggest reason pepper flowers drop before they ever become…