do capsicum survive frost?

[vegie chicken]

got three capsicum plants growing with frost coming up

will they survive or should i pull em out?

 

[lesa]

Why not cover them?

 

[digitS']

Peppers (capsicums) are such heat-loving plants.

I have hung green fruit indoors if there is a blush of color to them, they usually ripen. You need to pay attention to rotting since that is also possible.

Steve

 

[wifezilla]

I bring peppers inside in the winter. They are perennials in their native climate. Years 2 and 3 are supposed to be the most productive. I got a great chiltepin pepper harvest off a 2 year-old plant.

 

[vegie chicken]

i dont think ill bother

easily grown and need the space.


i just needed that cleared up

 

[hoodat]

Probably better off to devote the space to turnips and cole crops like collards and kale right now. Light frost won't bother them. How cold do the Winters get there?

 

[vegie chicken]

hard to see through windows, two jumpers, hard to start everything, wood heaters a must

 

[Ariel301]

No, they probably won't survive a frost without some protection. They are a desert plant really, and they love heat. If you want to keep them alive through a freeze, cover them with some mulch, and then put a sheet of plastic or a blanket over them. You could also put a plastic milk/juice/soda type bottle over them with the bottom cut out, sort of like a mini-greenhouse, and then pile straw or dead leaves over that. But if it snows or freezes really badly, even that might now work.

 

[rebbetzin]

I have a few pepper plants that are 10 years old or more, They are the native types, small bushes about 3 to 4 feet tall, very small red round and tear drop shaped peppers. Pretty hot. My Habeneros usually last 3 years or so.

But, this year it got down to 17 degrees a couple of nights,

Even being covered, they don't look like they are going to come back anytime soon. They may re seed from some dropped fruits. I will just have to wait and see, or buy some new plants.

 

[wifezilla]

rebbetz, those are probably chiltepin pepper plants. That is the plant I bring inside every winter

Spider mites tried to get the poor thing but I hit it with a commercial neem oil solution so I think it will be Ok. I am starting to bring it outside on nice days and new leaves are budding. It is amazing how much heat is in those tiny little peppers!!!