Re: Ivan ate my chiles (WAS: Re: [CH] "Rogues Gallery?")
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:45:00 -0700
> > when the temperature starts to drop below 65 deg F most nights, and most
> > of the pepper plants go dormant (or, in some cases, simply die).
>
> Statistically, the warmest day of the year in Milwaukee has a high of 82 and a low of 64, so we
> "statically" grow the entire season with lows below 65 deg F.
And in San Jose, California (SF bay area), chiles grow fine all summer/fall
but average nighttime low is definitely below 65 degrees F because at most
there might be two or three nights all year that don't drop below 65,
meaning air temperature, not soil temperature (and personally I'm not sure
in many decades I've ever seen a night actually stay above 62-63 in my part
of San Jose which is a couple of miles from the bay, and any nights that
stay above 60 are rare occurances).
--- Brent