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livinonfaith · January 12, 2013

I would be more concerned about the peppers than anything else. They really hate the cold and can't take more than the slightest frost without dying.

If I have a pepper plant left at the end of the season that still looks healthy, I stick it in the greenhouse to overwinter. There is a small heater that turns on if it gets into the forties. Those peppers keep slowly putting out fruit all Winter.

They do well in containers, too, and if you only face a few cool nights where you live, you could treat it like the tomato, bringing it in when necessary. If you want to keep it in the ground, you might invest in some kind of cold frame or cloche that will really heat up during the day and hold heat through the night.

January 12, 2013	#5
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	I would be more concerned about the peppers than anything else. They really hate the cold and can't take more than the slightest frost without dying. If I have a pepper plant left at the end of the season that still looks healthy, I stick it in the greenhouse to overwinter. There is a small heater that turns on if it gets into the forties. Those peppers keep slowly putting out fruit all Winter. They do well in containers, too, and if you only face a few cool nights where you live, you could treat it like the tomato, bringing it in when necessary. If you want to keep it in the ground, you might invest in some kind of cold frame or cloche that will really heat up during the day and hold heat through the night.