I started my plants indoors a couple of months ago. Some of them started flowering about a month ago. I pinched off the buds on most of the plants, to encourage more vegetative growth, but I let a couple flower to see what would happen.
Three of them successfully pollinated, and now have peppers growing (a purple jalapeno, a sugar rush peach, and a vezena piperka).
Last frost here is in mid-to-late April, so I was going to start hardening them off next month. There's no way that the existing peppers will be ripe by the time I planned on taking them outside.
Is there any harm in transitioning them outside while they're actively fruiting, or should I leave them inside under the grow lights (and in a temperature controlled climate) until the first batch of peppers is ready to be harvested?
Three of them successfully pollinated, and now have peppers growing (a purple jalapeno, a sugar rush peach, and a vezena piperka).
Last frost here is in mid-to-late April, so I was going to start hardening them off next month. There's no way that the existing peppers will be ripe by the time I planned on taking them outside.
Is there any harm in transitioning them outside while they're actively fruiting, or should I leave them inside under the grow lights (and in a temperature controlled climate) until the first batch of peppers is ready to be harvested?