0% - 100%, imposable to say.

If you have large plastic garbage bags, put your pepper plants in them and seal tightly. They'll survive a day or two or four wrapped up inside.

FWIW,

Bill

One more thought... you can grow peppers next year. Forget the pepper plants and until the storm passes focus (water supply, food, etc.) on making sure you're around next year to grow more.

Wish i could bring mine inside. But all 118 of em are planted in the ground.

I live in the Hudson Valley of NY and we supposed to get hit with estimated 60mph winds and 6 to 12 inches of rain in the next 24 hours. I did get out there after work today and drive a few more stakes and tie up a few more plants and fruit ladened limbs. Now im gonna just wait it out, and pray, lol.

If my plants were potted, id surely be bringing all 118 of them indoors.

Jim

I live in North east MD so far some wind and lots of rain. I have 2 Thai's and one Bhut Jolokia in the ground hopeing for the best, they are close to the house 3 ft away. My two big Bhuts I brought in they are in pots so at least I know they will be fine. I already removed a spider from one plant and one stink bug on the other, but eh minor bugs I can deal with better than losing all my plants. Hope all is well in SC, NC, VA, and all the rest of the states who have to go through some sort of this hurricane, prayers for all.

putting them in my cellar until tomorrow.

I'm hoping the dank cellar smell doesnt get on them and the fruit.

hope everyone is fairing well with the storm! lots of flooding througout the NE (including my family in upstate NY). crazy how we were expecting big impacts here in FL and then this turn of events. we'll keep well wishes for you all!

I brought my pots into the garage but had 82 tomato plants and 70 pepper plants in the ground as well as squash, cukes and pumpkins.

I dug part-way around the tallest woodiest peppers and also lowered the 12 tomato plants near the house to the ground (the cages were falling over anyway).

Irene is past now though we're still getting some rain, the ground is saturated and squash stems/leaves are broken, they might be goners (probably the pumpkins and the 75 tomato plants by the pond too). Peppers are all lying on the ground, but not broken as far as I can tell, if the ground dries out I will try putting stakes and twine back up and firming soil around the roots. I'll stake up the tomatoes too but unless the sun comes out and dries things out a lot I'm afraid of blight - my heirlooms were already showing some blighted leaves. Even if no blight, worry about rot - and I've got a lot of green tomatoes. I'll pick what I can tomorrow and start canning (at least we still have power - half the state is out).

Hope everyone is doing OK.