yeah, every summer when it heats up
tomatos and peppers start to fail in the 90+ degree heat.
a little afternoon shade and mulch help.
i usually give them a spritz of water, wetting the leaves and mulch layer
daily, or every other day.
i always plant them in raised beds by the way, they seem to really need the drainage
at least in my yard, or they get nematodes.
C Annum seems to be the most sensitive.
C. baccatum has always gotten better results for me.
the plants seem to stand up on thier own better
they also are more cold hardy.
i have a couple of tabasco (C. frutescens )
they are hot, not sweet, but i cant seem to kill them.
they have been frozen, cut to the ground twice, stepped on
and they keep coming back and producing peppers (except for 1 to 2 months in winter)
so i tend to stick with frutescens and baccatum .
i also had a scotch bonnet that lasted 4 years.
C. chinense.
so, basically i grow anything BUT Annum.