So this is my first year growing any kind of peppers. Back in January I started a bunch of seeds indoors and put them under grow lights. Many of them popped but then stunted as seedlings. I bought a mini greenhouse for my yard that I've kept them in since mid April. They still have not grown much at all, none of them have more than 2 sets of leaves still. Worried that they wouldn't mature fast enough, I ordered a dozen plants that were much further along from chileplants.com, 3 scotch bonnets, 2 reapers, 4 bhut jolokia, 1 7pot, 1 trinidad scorpion and 1 fatalii, They are still in the small pots they arrived in in the mail. My plan is to put them in a raised garden bed, but I have been unable to do so because the temperatures haven't been steadily warm enough yet.
I'm in New Jersey and so far this season has been off to a ridiculously slow start. Up until today I've had the plants I ordered online outside during the day and Id bring them in at night. I watered them outside about an hour before sunset because the soil was pretty dry, but then I forgot to bring them inside and overnight the temperature dipped down to 44 degrees (WTF!!!).
Before today they were looking very healthy and bushy and standing up on their own. When I came out today, they looked like they do in the photos.Â
Is one night of 44 degree weather enough to kill super hot plants?? Do you think I may have just overwatered them? I'm really hoping they bounce back. I'm incredibly frustrated with how much time and effort I've put into gardening this season and the results I've had so far. May 16th and the 10 day forecast barely breaks 70 during the day at all and the overnight lows are still in the 40's and lower 50's the whole time.
Photos here:
http://imgur.com/a/0RbBp
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I'm in New Jersey and so far this season has been off to a ridiculously slow start. Up until today I've had the plants I ordered online outside during the day and Id bring them in at night. I watered them outside about an hour before sunset because the soil was pretty dry, but then I forgot to bring them inside and overnight the temperature dipped down to 44 degrees (WTF!!!).
Before today they were looking very healthy and bushy and standing up on their own. When I came out today, they looked like they do in the photos.Â
Is one night of 44 degree weather enough to kill super hot plants?? Do you think I may have just overwatered them? I'm really hoping they bounce back. I'm incredibly frustrated with how much time and effort I've put into gardening this season and the results I've had so far. May 16th and the 10 day forecast barely breaks 70 during the day at all and the overnight lows are still in the 40's and lower 50's the whole time.
Photos here:
http://imgur.com/a/0RbBp
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