Anyone else in the Midwest still getting peppers and tomatoes?!
All my tomatoes and peppers still seem to be thriving and I am a bit surprised! I'll take it, I love sharing!! Anyone else in Illinois or around that area still getting vegetables?
I even have an eggplant popping up!
by FloofingWithFloofers
10 Comments
gholmom500
Yep. Keep pinching off your flowers and you can often get small tomatoes into November.
Watch the night temperatures. They really want to be above 50 degrees. Once it dips lower, you can start putting blankets over and around the plants.
Porkbossam78
I’m on the east coast so probably not as cold but still getting fruit! Have to pick some eggplants, cucamelons, peppers and tomatoes this morning
bmaanndd
What’s your go to thing to make with the poblanos?
lousuewho2
I’m in Missouri, and this morning I harvested tomatoes and summer squash. It looks like I’ll still be picking tomatoes on Halloween.
Chris66uk
I’m in the UK Midlands and for once think I will manage to get all my outdoor tomatoes ripened on the plants before they get killed off with cold – probably in a couple of weeks time.
MilaMowie
Yes
mostbelovedsun
Still getting mine here in Ohio too! Thought the cold would finish them off weeks ago but theyre hanging in there like champs
Aldiirk
Yeah. Nightshades will flower and fruit right up until the first frost kills the entire plant.
I’m still getting new peppers and tomatoes despite 40 F (3 C) nights.
MilaMowie
Peppers do well as the season comes to a close for me just outside Chicago. This year has been better than average but we had to water almost every day. So much sun this season!
Alone_Ad3341
Im in mid Michigan and I feel so lucky for such a long first year gardening! Every day I’m scared to look at my garden, and she’s surprisingly still kicking too! I have peppers, zucchini, butternut, and tomatoes still. My pole beans were also still producing but I finally took them down the other day to give my peas some breathing room. I was so sad for October to come because I thought that would be the end of my garden but this has actually been one of my most productive months so far!
10 Comments
Yep. Keep pinching off your flowers and you can often get small tomatoes into November.
Watch the night temperatures. They really want to be above 50 degrees. Once it dips lower, you can start putting blankets over and around the plants.
I’m on the east coast so probably not as cold but still getting fruit! Have to pick some eggplants, cucamelons, peppers and tomatoes this morning
What’s your go to thing to make with the poblanos?
I’m in Missouri, and this morning I harvested tomatoes and summer squash. It looks like I’ll still be picking tomatoes on Halloween.
I’m in the UK Midlands and for once think I will manage to get all my outdoor tomatoes ripened on the plants before they get killed off with cold – probably in a couple of weeks time.
Yes
Still getting mine here in Ohio too! Thought the cold would finish them off weeks ago but theyre hanging in there like champs
Yeah. Nightshades will flower and fruit right up until the first frost kills the entire plant.
I’m still getting new peppers and tomatoes despite 40 F (3 C) nights.
Peppers do well as the season comes to a close for me just outside Chicago. This year has been better than average but we had to water almost every day. So much sun this season!
Im in mid Michigan and I feel so lucky for such a long first year gardening! Every day I’m scared to look at my garden, and she’s surprisingly still kicking too! I have peppers, zucchini, butternut, and tomatoes still. My pole beans were also still producing but I finally took them down the other day to give my peas some breathing room. I was so sad for October to come because I thought that would be the end of my garden but this has actually been one of my most productive months so far!
https://preview.redd.it/myq04yz4cwvf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb6a47ba60401c95ce796390073ff7a84cbdb0d