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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

This seems to be a hardy perennial question. Do you and Rusty share
my experience that you get a bigger yield by growing chillies as
annuals?

Yes - that is y experience, and from seed this year the chillies
appeared earlier, though strangely, they are ripening sooner on the old
plant even though the new ones are under glass.

Or is it simply a matter of feeding them up properly after
the first year?

Both have been fed properly. The new ones are three feet high, and last
year's model was trimmed to a few inches after the winter, and has only
grown a few more, but bushed-out nicely.

I shall continue overwintering them, pruning where necessary or on a whim.

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