Peppers like heat, don't do well until the days are consistently warm.The next four days are going to be cool/chilly and damp/wet at times. After that, 70s, and 50s at night. Do I dare start hardening off the plants then?
I keep flashing back to last year. I had tomato plants in the ground on May 26, and we got a serious frost. I bought some plants to replace the ones that died.
This is my hardening off method.
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The plants sit outside in the garden, covered with a sheet for the sunniest part of the day, while they're still getting used to direct sunlight.
Then they're covered only at night. If we had threat of frost, I could throw another cover over them. Or carry them all back to the green house.
Don't the pepper plants (lower left corner) look puny!! compared to the tomatoes?