On 1/14/2013 9:20 PM, gregz wrote:
Stevie wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have read various articles on how to over winter your chilli plant but
to be honest my Habanero are still healthy and producing fruit.

The fruit is ripening when they are tiny though and some are not much
bigger than a pea but the plant it producing flowers and tiny fruits
quite happily.

Question is, should I still prune it right back or should I just allow
it to keep doing it's thing in the hope that it will grow bigger and
juicier fruits once the longer, warmer days arrive in spring?

Thanks,

Stevie

The one time I brought my plants in, the bugs took over. No luck here.

Greg


That's what happened to me when I brought in a couple of sweet peppers a
couple of years ago. I have a similar problem with gardenias which
develop spider mites in the winter. Plants not subjected to rains which
tend to wash off bugs get more invested, I guess.