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Originally Posted by b54red

I have had far more problems with sun scald on bell peppers than on tomatoes. I tried shading my tomatoes one year and found that I got spindlier plants with less fruit. Our sun is pretty intense here but we only get above 100 now and then but we hover just under 100 for months some summers. But what makes it bearable is the near 100% humidity that goes with it.

Bill

Ironically that statement is true. Peppers can take the sun better as long as the humidity is high. But bell peppers will still scald here in OK too. I grow sunflowers here and there to help.