Had to pick between my tomatoes or my peppers after a surprise frost warning

Last night I got that frost alert at 11 PM and had to make a snap call. My cherry tomatoes were finally turning red after 7 weeks, but my jalapenos were still green and almost full size. I chose to cover the tomatoes with an old bedsheet and just let the peppers ride it out. Woke up this morning and the tomato plants look okay but three pepper leaves are totally wilted and sad. The jalapenos themselves seem fine though, weirdly. Has anyone else had to pick one crop over another in a pinch like that?

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aaron_flores842d ago

Bet on those jalapenos surviving the wilt since peppers bounce back way tougher than tomatoes once they pass that first shock.

blakem822d ago

Yeah, "bounce back way tougher" is dead accurate. My buddy in Austin had a whole row of jalapenos get hit by a freak hail storm - stems snapped, leaves shredded. He almost pulled them. A month later they were covered in new growth and put out more pods than before. Tomatoes would've just died on the spot.