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"Graham" wrote:

Last year I asked for advice on habanero peppers and they were a great
success, in fact they have survived the winter on my window sill and
are
still producing small pea size peppers. My question is are habanero
peppers
biennial? If I give them a good feed will they produce another crop
this
year? I still have seeds left so intend to plant a new lot, but is it
worth
keeping the 'old' ones?
Graham
In Holland

In tropical regions, habaneros are perennials.
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Thanks, the Netherlands is not exactly tropical, I think I will keep the
best one and plant again from seed 3 new pots.
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Graham, as a general rule, if you can recreate their optimal
environment, certain of the tropical pepper plants will easily
continue to grow year'round. But new seed sometimes gives better
options if you can't capture the right stage growth conditions to
recycle the plant back to a veg growth state.
From your pics you have a good window light setup, do you use
supplemental lighting when you encounter North Sea low light
conditions? also it appears you have good bottom heat( soil)...
keep that to "cosy" for you and the plant should be fine but do just
watch the RH, saucer pans of H2O nearby do well . Capsicum chinense
like a bit more humidity than you would find in a Northern European
winter room and a decent heat to finish in their grand fashion. But a
tea kettle/pot on a radiator can work well and a good bit of long day
lighting. Do look at the Rocoto ( black seed) peppers for your
climate, also there is a Manazano ( a black seed also) developed in
the mountains of NM that may be a good candidate for you to develop to
your environment but there are also many other varietals in the below
links. You do appear to have a good following of Pepper Heads in the
Northland... Interesting, but not so surprising.

Good luck and let us see the final!
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Thanks for all your info, I have a full packet of seeds left from last year,
and about 40 peppers in the deep freeze. So I am going to keep the best one
alive, and grow 3 new pots. One thing I learned from last year, one seed one
pot, last year I started with 2 in a pot and none were in the middle. I
think I am the only person around here growing habaneros and eating them, I
like hot peppers and a guy from Ariona said try habaneros. I received 3
requests about making pepper pastes last year, isn't this a nice group. How
could I not hit the net to find Rocoto ( black seed) peppers? Pictures will
follow.
Graham