Stilly, I've used row cover pretty much for the same purposes as maeve, and second all of her remarks.

I'm not a big consumer of peppers and have not tried to grow many varieties, but have also not had real good success growing either them or eggplant. Seems they are not very tolerant of moderate neglect, and since I don't have a big demand for them, I tended to give them short shift when prioritizing what got my limited time and attention in the veggie garden.

Hi mouldy, and welcome!