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greenhouse placing some peppers in greenhouse

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To make more space for my tomatoes indoors, I'm going to place several peppers in the greenhouse.
Which peppers are the most resistant against cold night temperatures? It's between 3 and 8 °C at night in the coming weeks. Am I right to think paprika (big sweet) are the hardiest?
And can it help to give extra kelp or extra potash (patentkali)?
 
id say at 8c with a greenhouse you should be ok thats around 45f but in a greenhouse it should be little warmer maybe 50.. but i wouldnt start to harden off and stick outside if its below 8c you might kill them.
 
oink, even in summer night tempperature can drop bellow 8°C.
I don't harden my peppers before they go to the greenhouse.
 
you dont? they dont get damaged or anything?
40+ once the plant is big enough at night are fine temps but below that for more than a few days can kill them.. 3c is kind of low
 
I'm close to you in the UK, I think we have similar climate :)
 
I've been putting my peppers out in the greenhouse in the day but bringing them back in at night, but I am testing leaving one or two in there overnight and so far they seem OK. Temps have gone down to about 3C here last week but normally more like 6-7C by now. 
 
Maybe next week I will leave them all inside, let me know how it works for you and it will help me decide ;)
 
I'm not sure which are most hardy but my gut feeling is anuum is more hardy than chinense - maybe someone with experience can tell us, this is my first year with a greenhouse! :)
 
I've put some pepino's in the greenhouse(2 weeks ago) and they are doing well so I have good hope for my peppers:)
Paprika are strong growers, that's why I think/hope they will be able to handle cold nights.
 
We've had an extremely warm winter in Belgium, only a couple nights of 0°C, but no real frost..
 
 
you dont? they dont get damaged or anything?
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No, if it doesn't freeze, they survive nicely, as long as they don't get to much water.
 
Honestly I would wait till the end of the month.
The lowest we had here in the last 4 months were around 3-4 and most of peppers left outside died.
 
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Not to mention, exactly one year ago it snowed here and it went to close to 0 degrees...hopefully not the case this year :pray:
 
I'd be careful putting peppers outside this early, just make sure to check the weather forecast the coming weeks. If you're looking for plants that can take a little more cold (and grow during them) try looking into rocoto/manzano peppers.
 
I've put all my overwinters out in the last few days. They don't look too happy with the high winds I'm getting, but I think they will make it. They are getting pruned by the high winds as I type...leaves turning to green mush and branches getting cut clean off :(
 
Didn't get my younglings out (what I planted this year), but am just contemplating putting the pubescens out. These are supposed to live in colder climates, right?
 
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