Growing Peppers in Maine: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Maine peppers stall out more often from cold than from heat. With just 3.8 days a year reaching 90 F at the Portland reference station, blossom drop from…
Growing Peppers in New Brunswick: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
New Brunswick almost never gets hot enough to stop pepper fruit set on the heat side.
Growing Peppers in Louisiana: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
South Louisiana pepper growers fight heat, not cold. New Orleans averages 70.7 days a year at or above 90 F, and that heat load is exactly what shuts…
Growing Peppers in Kentucky: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Kentucky pepper plants face two real risks: hot days that abort blossoms and cool nights that do the same thing from the other direction.
Growing Peppers in Wyoming: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Peppers set fruit only inside a narrow window: nights above 55 F, days below 90 F.
Growing Peppers in Massachusetts: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Massachusetts averages 10.2 days a year at or above 90°F, which is mild enough that pepper fruit set rarely fails from heat alone here.
Growing Peppers in South Carolina: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Peppers set fruit in a narrow band: nights need to stay above 55°F and days need to stay below 90°F.
Growing Peppers in Maryland: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Peppers set fruit reliably across most of Maryland, but the state’s summer heat load, an average of 24.6 days a year at or above 90 F, can shut fruit set…
Growing Peppers in Nevada: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Nevada gardeners face a narrow window for peppers, and it isn’t about frost alone.
Growing Peppers in Yukon: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Yukon growers get a rare advantage most of the Lower 48 never sees: this territory averages zero days a year at or above 90 F, so pepper fruit set almost…