Hi Dave,

Last year I started my peppers late and due to the cool and cloudy weather,
we didn't get much harvest. However, as we had running out of bed space and
big pots, I left two chilli pepper, Bolivian rainbow in 2 4" pots. I
brought them indoor in November. We took down all outdoor peppers after
they had been damaged by frost. Those inside greenhouse wilted naturally.

I let the potted peppers on the windowsill in an unheated room. I think the
lowest temperature may be 10C. They grew really slowly and all flowers just
dropped till the first fruit set in mid February. During the time, I had
changed them into 5" pots. Due to limitation of space, I only repotted them
again into 6" pots in early March. Now I have a number of tiny chilli
peppers. It is so amazing to have yellow, orange, red, purple fruits within
a plant. The only problem is am not sure when I can collect seeds as the
yellowish green one can turn into different colour.

So I think if you overwinter those peppers which can perform well in pots,
it is still nice to have them overwinter indoor. For your peppers, you can
check the root system when repotting them. If the roots are still firm and
have new growth, then pruned the branches back to healthy growth, keep the
soil moist but not waterlogged and see whether they will come back or not.

In addition to pepper, I got two busy tomatoes, Garden pearl and Gartenperle
sharing a window box. I got the first harvest in last early summer. I
pruned them hardly as they wilted badly when we came back from a 3 weeks
holiday (the dripping system couldn't provide enough water for them). I got
a second decent harvest in October. I pruned them again afterwards and then
gave it an inch fresh multi-compost in early spring. I got 4 bright red
cherry tomatoes in mid-March and there are at least 30 green tomatoes
growing. Nice to have some early fruits. I will try to see how long they
can still remain productive.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth