Beginner Gardening: BELLS AND EGGPLANT QUESTIONS 101, 1 by locakelly

locakelly wrote:
lisa - exactly right. They will sit and sulk if it is too cool. Better off leaving them inside - lol. We get the best production in the fall here in the desert. They limp through the summer (even under the shade cloth) and give some good fruits, but really explode in the fall. I think it was Christmas time when I pulled my plants from last year. Had they been impressive varieties I would have kept them through the winter as peppers are perennial here, but wanted to make way for some new varieties.

We use a 40% Aluminet shade cloth. Here's a couple of pics when we first put the cloth up last year...