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My biggest (not very) plant has about a dozen pods coming along nicely.  They're turning pale and I'm waiting for them to reach White Whale coloration.

  A few frostbitten leaves is no biggie, but IMO, you really don't want the stems suffering significant damage.  Sure, a healthy root-ball will regrow stems, but that energy would be better spent adding lots of big leaves to the stems already there.

Tucson is also 10a.   The peppers do get a bit stressed during the heart of our fierce  :rolleyes: winter, but they will survive anything down to a light freeze if covered.  Below 30, you'll want to bring them in or add some source of heat beneath the blankets.  (Just a large bucket of water...

Nope. It's all good. I had wished for a trigger to ripen, maybe this is a good sign:   Excellent!   Long range weather forecasting is always sketchy but, FWIW, the next system bringing cold air isn't "due" until the 22nd or so. Tell those damn pods to get with the program!

Any delayed-effect damage?

37 "should" be no trouble.  Even with a touch of extra radiant cooling, the plants "shouldn't" suffer any real damage.   :confused: Riiiight??   :eh:   And now you've got at least another 10~14 days of near-80 bliss...   :dance:

  Apparently all that 'boring' science stuff got shitcanned somewhere along the way....   :confused:   This guy has lots of factiods bouncing around in his head, but near-zero understanding of why and how they interact.  Not understanding even the most basic aspects of the world around you, and...

Been up all night watching Irma tear through the northern Leeward Islands.  Passing over Antigua a few hours ago, the storm sustained 180MPH winds, with gusts over 200 - well into the realm of an EF-5 tornado (the sort that reduces buildings to small chunks of debris.)  It's clobbering Anguilla...

Nothing wrong with Midland.  My Texas geography is just rather limited....  ;)

Yea, you're gonna have to head west to escape the suffocating soup.       Amarillo or El Paso it is!    

Irresistible....  

Well, they are White Lightning Bolts, so they presumably have a ways to go.  That said, I'd feel compelled to try that center pod...   :twisted:

Devv, if you search "pepper nitrogen yield," or similar, you'll find a number of papers, many of which seem to disagree!  The old rule of thumb regarding "Too much N stops fruiting" may be just term of the equation, one subject to being outweighed by other considerations.  It's all something I...

Another anti-frost trick is to place a bucket or three full of water next to the plant, beneath the tarp.   If there's a big supermarket nearby (or floral store) check for discarded ~3 gallon black buckets that the assorted flower and stems come packed with.  I scored about a hundred of them...

Looks like a paper wasp of some sort.  Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_major_major   Munching on a caterpillar?  (Some disguise themselves as bird poop.)   http://butterflies.heuristron.net/butterflies/giantSwallowtail.html

  If there's any way you can make it, do so! The difference between a mere 98% and 100% cannot be overstated!  :)

Eric, you got plans for next year?  ;)

As mentioned ^^^ , mid-day and afternoon shade is essential from late April to July.

Sentry Gun! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SGR-A1