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in-ground Are in-ground plants more heat tolerant?

Edmick

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Been growing peppers and gardening for about 13 years now and this will be my first year growing on a large scale. On any given year I average anywhere from 15 to 50 pepper plants per season but this year I'll be growing around 100 (plus numerous other vegetable plants and not including the plants I sell for profit). I've always done all my pepper plants in pots but this year I'm tilling up a large area in the back and putting everything in the ground. The area I live in sees temps in excess of 100 degrees in the summer time so I already plan on using shade cloth over the majority of my grow space but my question is, are pepper plants more heat tolerant when planted in the ground? Obviously the root system stays cooler but will the plant be able to tolerate more direct summer sun by being in the ground?
 
The ground is cooler but there's a couple other factors, the container will wick water faster by volume and also when the plant becomes rootbound, the bare roots are pressed against the hot pot, so my GUESS is yes, more tolerant in ground. The pros will chime in lol.
 
The Hot Pepper said:
The ground is cooler but there's a couple other factors, the container will wick water faster by volume and also when the plant becomes rootbound, the bare roots are pressed against the hot pot, so my GUESS is yes, more tolerant in ground. The pros will chime in lol.
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Sounds Pro to me !      :party:
 
The Hot Pepper said:
The ground is cooler but there's a couple other factors, the container will wick water faster by volume and also when the plant becomes rootbound, the bare roots are pressed against the hot pot, so my GUESS is yes, more tolerant in ground. The pros will chime in lol.
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Someone stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night!!  :rofl:
 
Not really sure about "heat tolerant", but they will require less watering. I think you will still need your shade cloth for in ground plants if you need it for your container plants.

I do not get 100 degree heat, but that is my opinion. Hope someone with similar conditions will chime in. If he doesn't see this, I would PM Devv. Great guy, great grower and he deals with hot Texas summers.
 
tctenten said:
I would also use atleast 10 gallon containers to help deal with that heat and watering.
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I plan on not using pots anymore at all for my personal plants. This is kinda a different year for me. Left a career of 12 years to pursue a small scale nursery selling plants at farmers markets and eventually get into online seed sales, so making sure this in-ground grow goes smoothly is pretty important. Not just the peppers but EVERYTHING that i'm growing. I need the seed stock for both seed sales and for next years grow. Was a leap of faith of sorts so I need all the input and knowledge I can get. This will be an interesting roller coaster year for sure. lol. Thanks for the input guys.
 
I am in my fifth season growing in my arid hot corner of the world. We have regular heat waves from Dec to Feb. With temps of 35-45 Celsius.
In the ground peppers have a tough time in the heat , because the surrounding soil is so dry, it just wicks away all moisture from the roots, no matter how you water.

I might have found the best compromise in large buried pots/containers and deep plastic lined raised beds.

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I had better harvests when I put my plants in the ground. Plus you get the added benefit of worms and natural occurring beneficial stuff. Plus less yard to mow. But you lose the ability to move your plants out of storms way.


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so you have to figure out what all goes into heat tolerance.
 
genetics
water
nutrients
soil temp
air temp
rate of temp change
rate of watering
?
 
if you are controlling all the factors there is no reason a potted or in ground plant would do better than the other.
 
It's more of a question of how easy are these things to manage.
 
for example:
karoo's post above about his soil drying quicker.
slabs are small and dry out fast so i have to water them often. To keep heat down i water everyday around peak temps.
op example of keeping soil and air temp down with shade cloth
 
Edmick said:
I plan on not using pots anymore at all for my personal plants. This is kinda a different year for me. Left a career of 12 years to pursue a small scale nursery selling plants at farmers markets and eventually get into online seed sales, so making sure this in-ground grow goes smoothly is pretty important. Not just the peppers but EVERYTHING that i'm growing. I need the seed stock for both seed sales and for next years grow. Was a leap of faith of sorts so I need all the input and knowledge I can get. This will be an interesting roller coaster year for sure. lol. Thanks for the input guys.
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Are you isolating? 
 
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