Chilli pepper · Bao'an, Guangdong, China
When to plant chilli peppers in Bao'an
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Bao'an, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Bao'an
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Chilli peppers through the year
Against the frost risk in Bao'an
Why these dates
Hotter species such as habanero need 10 to 12 weeks indoors, not nine. If your frost-free season is under 120 days, treat a chilli as a container plant you can move.
Identical frost sensitivity to sweet peppers. Because the fruit ripens late, the first autumn frost usually decides your final yield more than the last spring one does.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Chilli peppers are timed from 9 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Bao'an.
Also in Bao'an
Other vegetables to time
Growing chilli peppers in Bao'an
How much frost will chilli peppers tolerate?
Identical frost sensitivity to sweet peppers. Because the fruit ripens late, the first autumn frost usually decides your final yield more than the last spring one does.