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Baz[_3_] · 20-09-2011, 08:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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One thing I an sure about is that aubergine and peppers are anuals.
You can't overwinter them. Sure you can keep them longer if you look
after them, but they need sowing/planting every year. Don't think that
you can keep them, they will die. It is natural for them to die and
when the fruits of the year have ripened, they drop seeds to grow next
time the climate and conditions are right.

It's not what we don't know that causes the trouble; it's what we
know for sure that ain't so!

Peppers are perennials, grown as annuals in the UK. They will
sometimes overwinter if you have the right variety and handle
them right. There are a lot of short-lived tropical perennials
that are almost always grown as annuals in the UK.

I doubt that any of those are worth trying to overwinter, including
the ones I have omitted any references to.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Pardon ME.
Baz