I OW'ed my plants, but it never froze one here. Winter is officially over for me as there are no more forecasted lows under 40F. Moved my plants away from the wall (were always outside) and into the sun. Shouldn't have OWed in the first place.
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overwintering and my winter is over :) ... actually never mf'ing began
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You hold on to this for the summer months:Hophead said:Must be nice its still cold and snowy here.
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..............\.............\...lol i never dug mine up.. they are still producing pods.. I needed to give em a little bit of nutrients to get them to start flowering again.. I should have a lot more pods in late march.. I love living in Phoenix....
We could still get a freeze, although each week spent under this Death Ridge that passes reduces those chances. AFAIK, it's way too late to rescue any sort of wildflower bloom, but more rain would be really good for the mountain ecosystems, and even the cactus and rattlesnakes need some water...
I grew up and spent about the first 30 years of my life in Houston. It periodically gets down to 20F for a few days - "periodically" meaning every couple years or so - and it only got down to 4F once while I lived there. I now live in Ohio, where there's no question that it's going to get cold enough to kill the chile plants - I OW every year now. The real question you have to ask yourself as fall approaches is what's going to happen if the coming winter does bring a freeze - are you willing to risk it? Annuums are fairly fast producers, and you have a long growing season, so it's easy to be complacent about them - just start new plants if a hard freeze hits. But other varieties that take longer to produce, you might be a tad unhappy if a random cold front manages to push its way into your territory. So yes, maybe be more selective in future years, but you will probably want to OW some just to be sure.