This is The Most Cold Hardy Warm Weather Crop

[markmayes]

I got so cold there it frosted your hair... 😂

[simpleman]

I've been manipulating a line of beefsteak tomatoes for the past 5yrs where they can handle down to 27 °F. They can also get up to 4lbs

[points]

Most of mine are still in the ground. I pulled the ones that didn't have any more peppers on them, the rest still have 1 or 2 peppers, ive covered them when we've had any night under 50°, which have been most nights. This weekend we are getting down to 32-33°... and then into the 20s next week with highs in the 40s.... So they have just a few days left 😢 I've got lots of seeds saved for next year.

[ninjalemurdude]

I've had pequin peppers survive hard freezes, but I've come to the conclusion that peppers are best off in containers and moved inside when it is cold. I don't usually use containers, but peppers and small fruit trees are the exceptions for me.

[moosa]

Here in South Africa, ive kept some of my chilli pepper plants for the last 5 years, just cut back the dead twigs. I know a lady who has 10 year old plants and still getting good harvests make sure they heirloom varieties.

[adamgilmor]

yeah, I'm in NE OH & depending on how much moisture there is, they'll be fine on the plant well into December. there's not any growth happening & small peppers tolerate it better than say Bell peppers, but there's sure no rush with them. & if left over winter you'll have volunteers to transplant in the spring.

[BrightestBlessings]

It was -6C before I had to yoink out my pepper plants. That was 3 weeks ago. They looked good right up until the end.

[chrisgoldbach]

Are zinnia one of the few cold hardy pollen producers? I got some seeds from one in silver beach and took them home last year. They're rocking still after a frost but wondered if theres anything else to plant for bees next year to hold them off. My sunflower always die before the fall.

[joshuahoyer]

I heavily pruned back a few bell pepper plants that were planted near our young citrus trees, and now have a pvc hoophouse thrown over top of it all, with a few strings of christmas lights to add some heat. We have seen some hard freezes already, down to 25° for a few nights, and for the most part everything in the hoophouse is still green and lively, since it only got down to 32° in there, and the frost stopped at the plastic. Fingers crossed for the rest of the winter! (PNW zone 8b)

[chinfuzzchet]

My carmen peppers held up and produced through the mid 30s earlier this year. The frosts we got last. Week at 34 degrees were a little much though. 😊RIP peppers!

[Daughter_of_the_MostHigh]

Who pulls pepper plants? 😮😱 if I live somewhere cold I would be digging that baby up and bringing it inside for the winter, praise God I live in a climate that my papers live outside year round for years

[matejmcnally]

I believe there is one frost hardy capsicum species. Not commonly cultivated but ive seen it around

[Dianatorres]

Never mind the peppers, I love the hair!👍👋

[theukyankee]

This is brilliant - living in London means it rarely gets below 35 and we don't get much frost (especially a hard frost). I'm going to cover them with some plastic to see if they keep moving and grooving.

[johnshopkins]

I just saw the trench composting and luke threw in the mildewed squash plants but what about tomato plants esp if they got hit with disease?

[Heidi.lin...]

I brought them in and put them in the bog in the goldfish room they are growing better than they did outside. hydroponics

[philipvaughan]

I did this last year and they seemed to be stunted and didn't really do much this summer

[ecocentrichomestead]

I found there's a few tomato plants that will survive a light frost.

[foxnoxness]

I let them get a frost before I pull them up and crop them down for vinter storage.

[StevenStGelais]

It's worth noting that sometimes overwintered plants just won't do as well the next season. Sometimes a new plant is more vigorous than a second year pepper