Obviously, I was wondering about the average minimum fruiting temperature for my plants, if there is such a thing. Plant in focus is Naga Viper if it makes a difference, but any general info would be a help.
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Min Fruiting Temp?
- Thread starter ThatBlondGuy101
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I found this on the Chile pepper Institutes (New Mexico State University) website:
https://cpi.nmsu.edu/growing-chile-the-chile-pepper-institute/growing-tips/
"Flower and fruit development, the key to flower set is nighttime temperature, which ideally should be between 65 and 80 degrees. Fruit set is enhanced by increased sunlight, however fruit will not set when night temperatures are above 86 degrees F. Some varieties will take 130 days or more to complete maturation. New Mexican pods ripening at temperatures between 86 & 95 degrees F have twice as many capsaicinoids as pods ripening between 59 & 72 degrees F."
Convert to C and you should be good to go!
https://cpi.nmsu.edu/growing-chile-the-chile-pepper-institute/growing-tips/
"Flower and fruit development, the key to flower set is nighttime temperature, which ideally should be between 65 and 80 degrees. Fruit set is enhanced by increased sunlight, however fruit will not set when night temperatures are above 86 degrees F. Some varieties will take 130 days or more to complete maturation. New Mexican pods ripening at temperatures between 86 & 95 degrees F have twice as many capsaicinoids as pods ripening between 59 & 72 degrees F."
Convert to C and you should be good to go!
HostileBuddha said:
"Flower and fruit development, the key to flower set is nighttime temperature, which ideally should be between 18 and 27 degrees. Fruit set is enhanced by increased sunlight, however fruit will not set when night temperatures are above 30 degrees C. Some varieties will take 130 days or more to complete maturation. New Mexican pods ripening at temperatures between 30 & 35 degrees C have twice as many capsaicinoids as pods ripening between 15 & 22 degrees C."
FTFY. (rounded to the closest whole numbers)
Thanks for the conversion!b3rnd said:
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