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AlittleSalt · March 27, 2015

Here it is, the last week of March. The 7-day forecast is for temperatures of 78+F highs and lows in the 50s up to the mid-sixties. In the DFW area, that's normal for the second week of May. I usually don't plant pepper transplants until may, but this year has been so odd.

Today, the average low temp is 50F. The last 4 years have proven this average to be so wrong...Freezing temps many times in April. Again, this year has been so odd.

So, I was thinking of planting some peppers early. Not early by what is recommended - but early according to what the last 4 years of data has proven.

Zone 7 and 8 Texas growers - when are you going to plant out your peppers this year?

March 27, 2015	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	An Odd Year Here it is, the last week of March. The 7-day forecast is for temperatures of 78+F highs and lows in the 50s up to the mid-sixties. In the DFW area, that's normal for the second week of May. I usually don't plant pepper transplants until may, but this year has been so odd. Today, the average low temp is 50F. The last 4 years have proven this average to be so wrong...Freezing temps many times in April. Again, this year has been so odd. So, I was thinking of planting some peppers early. Not early by what is recommended - but early according to what the last 4 years of data has proven. Zone 7 and 8 Texas growers - when are you going to plant out your peppers this year?