Our plants are dying at night. Soil should be well-draining and rich in organic matter.

Made a little farm base with lights but I think they are dying over night due to cold. The simplest way to do this is to cover them You’ll want to fertilize your plants with a 10-10-10 or 2-2-2 mix of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium every two weeks to a month.

There is about four months where I can grow a few greens at least, if I protect them at night. If you’re going to use spun-polyester row covers, such as Reemay, or sheer curtains to keep them warm, make sure to rig up supports so the covers don’t sit directly on the plants.

Keep the light fixture roughly 2 inches above the top of the pepper plants. A soil consistency somewhere between sandy and loamy will ensure that the soil drains well and warms quickly. Though pepper plants will not likely survive if the temperature drops too low, they might still be salvageable. Whether transplanting pepper plants or growing from seeds, use a rich soil-based compost in your container.

One way to do this is to fashion flexible plastic rods into half-hoops, with both ends stuck into the ground. Bring your pepper plants back outside when temperatures are once again in the 60s in the evening. As an added benefit, it will provide support for the plant as … Heavily water the soil around your plants prior to a very cold night or freeze. So, topping your garden beds with fresh compost before the cold weather hits will help to keep your plants, especially the critical roots, warm.

Set out plants a week or two after your last frost, when the weather is settled and warm. Make sure that you add a good layer, two to three inches thick, as the bacteria like a Frost Protection Cloth. The soil will trap the heat better wet than when it is dry, and evaporate slowly which warms the air around the plants. To help maintain warm soil, place black plastic on the ground and cut slits for the plants. Peppers will not set on maturing plants if nighttime air temperatures drop below 50 F or daytime temperatures rise above 90 F. Photograph by India Hobson via The Garden Edit. Keep the lights on for 16 hours a day. In this case, use row covers to keep your plants warm. Keep the lights on for 16 hours a day. If your peppers are in the garden, vs in containers, you will have to dig them up, plant them in a container and bring them Polytunnel . Either way, if the water is constantly touching the plants, then no ice is able to form.

Not living in a snow area either. This can be accomplished by a sprinkler system or a soaker hose system.

Don't do this if you expect a hard freeze though, since it could backfire, but to protect against a little frost, a generous watering can help to retain some of the day's heat into the night.

Try some of these techniques for keeping very tender plants like peppers warm when the mercury dips below 50 degrees. Pepper plants require full sun to produce the largest and healthiest fruit, so pick a site that won’t get shaded out by trees or other garden plants.


As far as I can tell ceiling lights give a 2% bonus to temp but I haven’t found any thing Once you have enough of these rods along the row, put a length of garden fabric over the hoops.

A mix that contains vermiculite or perlite for drainage is also a good idea. You can also use a tomato cage to hold up a row cover over a pepper plant to keep it warm. Lowest Temperature for Sowing Outdoors Sow pepper seeds outdoors in full sun and out of the wind when the soil has warmed to 75 F. Sow the seeds 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep, cover with soil and water thoroughly. Cover seedlings with a glass jar pressed firmly into the soil. With a little pepper winter care indoors, you can keep your pepper plants alive through the winter frost. Hurst relies on hoop houses to keep plants warm in winter weather. I live at an altitude where the daytime temperatures are warm but it will often freeze at night. While cool weather reigns, keep seedlings indoors at night, and move them to a protected sunny spot outdoors during the day.