Hey /r/hotpeppers,

So I was noticing a severe lack of peppers, and I'm thinking the plants are dropping the flowers from the heat. It was between 110-116 for a week last week and we will spend the next couple months no lower than 105 during the day. The pepper plants are all under a shade cloth as the direct sun all day is just way too intense here. Our nighttime temps are around 80ish degrees most nights.

They grow peppers in the desert right? Isn't this where most of our peppers come from; how do those huge pepper farms in Arizona manage this? My plants are all healthy with green foliage, I supplement feeding with a high phosphorus nutrient line and their soil is full of organic sources of phosphorus like seabird guano and bone meal.

Is it normal to not be getting peppers when it is this hot or am I maybe missing something?