Tricks to grow Bell Peppers in Summer in Zone 8 and higher

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If you live in Zone 8, 9 or 10, you know that it is very difficult to grow sweet and Bell Peppers in the middle of the summer with temperatures around 100 + degrees every day. During the nights, the temperature gets to a low of 87 degrees. In these conditions flower buds drop off the plant, leaves wilt and fruit will certainly not set if temperatures do not get below 75 degree at night. I have found a way to grow Bell peppers in these conditions all summer long in these hot, hot conditions and also get tons of peppers to set. In this video I will show you how! An Executive Gardener quick tip to produce tons of sweet peppers in zone 8 or higher during the summer!

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In North Central Georgia, the highs in July and August reach from about 84-95 with lows in the 70's and 60's. Glad it doesn't get that hot here. Only during 2012 did it reach past 100.

Holy Cow! Genius! Iced Water. People always make things harder than they need to be, don't we? The best things are always simpler. Thanks Jeff!

oh gosh, will have to try this tomorrow, we live in N.Las Vegas, NV..... thank you for sharing this hack to grow bell peppers!

Awesome idea will start freezing water right away to put in! It will be a "Natural Drip System" , for free!

Can I just water nightly with ice water without the elaborate set up of soaking the roots with residual ice water.. I'm new to growing pepper plants. Right now they are so n regular plastic pots..

Very good idea!!

Lows in the upper 80s! Nasty. I actually read that if nighttime temps didn't get below 70 or so, the fruits of pepper and tomato plants wouldn't develop properly. Just dropping into the 90 range has to really wreak havoc.

Sweet banana pepper had several small tiny peppers fall off or was bitten off

Jeff, what a truly helpful video. I live in Richmond, TX (Lakes of Bella Terra) and now, I know how to have bell peppers all year. I've only been subscribed to your channel for several weeks, and not only are they really informative and helpful, you have also reinvigorated my passion for fruit and vegetable gardening. ...and b/c of you, I'm inspired to make my own composted organic soil.

PS - Sorry this is off topic, but have you tried growing moringa, avocado, or guava plants yet? I was wondering on your success rate on growing tropical plants and vegetables.

I'm in Frisco Texas. I planted Bell Peppers last year. They grew fine, but at the end of the year- they took off! I had so many growing it was unreal! We did not have a typical Texas frost. So my Bell peppers are still alive. Do you think they will begin again when it gets hot? If we don't have a freeze???

I think your microphone was melting.

My left ear hurts! And I think I'm deaf in my right ear, can't hear anything.

thanks for the information. I'm in south florida (zone 10) and i have 5 orange peppers that are a nice size but stopped growing when the heat picked up drastically recently. I have another pepper plant thats budding and blooming like CRAZY but every one of them fall off. I have been leaving them under the shade but i will try this ice bucket trick at night. The only thing is that my cherry tomatoes share the same soil bed as my peppers. I wonder if this would affect my tomatoes because i am having great luck with them. thanks for sharing

I live in south Florida mines growing like crazy

If I live in California what zone am I?

We live in zone 9, and sure appreciate this information :-) Also, thanks for showing how to prune the pepper plants!

Hi Jeff. Thanks for the tip. Have you tried this method with any of your soil-grown plants? Or with any other plants that don't tend to grow in extreme heat?

Tips and tricks to growing peppers in Zone 8, 9 or 10 in the hot, hot summer. Bell Peppers can grow in intense summer heat and produce tons of fruit. Watch to see how we do this in Houston, Texas.

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