Originally Posted by No Name

So I've just taken a look in the greenhouse, and I'm wondering what I can
get through to survive until next year. My current thoughts for things that
could be brought into the house:
* aubergine plants - one is about 3' tall and has 3 fruit on it, I have
others that are less than a foot tall - would any of them survive and
stand a chance of producing next year if I brought them in before frost?
* melons - I have 1 watermelon and 2 melons that started badly and are just
really getting going now, with long strands and flowers, but not much
chance of getting to fruit ... would they stand a chance of pausing over
winter and coming back?
* one pepper plant, with 1 pepper on it (almost at full size)

I've never been good at overwintering. My mandeville has survived well, but
that's pretty much the only successful brought-in-put-back-out that has made
it. Not even my fuschias have survived, except the chequerboard, which I
don't think I even brought in, so it must be a surprise hardy.

What's the general routine - bring in, stop watering except for a drip every
now and then to keep them alive? Will there be enough light in a south
facing window (on the cold side of the curtains in the living room, most
likely, so cool but hopefully not freezing!)? I could put them in the spare
room (also south facing) if they needed more warmth, but presumably I'd have
to turn off the radiator which is directly below the window.

Or am I just destined to fail, and better off starting again in Feb?

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