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Overwintering peppers
Hi,
read in previous threads that peppers (bell and chilli) are perennials which are usually treated an annuals. O.K. - I'm game. How do you over-winter the plants so as to crop them for a second year? Do they stop growing naturally or do you have to put them somewhere dark but frost free? Or do you keep watering them a little indoors like a house plant? TIA Dave R -- |
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Overwintering peppers
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:03:34 +0100, David W.E. Roberts wrote:
Hi, read in previous threads that peppers (bell and chilli) are perennials which are usually treated an annuals. O.K. - I'm game. How do you over-winter the plants so as to crop them for a second year? Do they stop growing naturally or do you have to put them somewhere dark but frost free? Or do you keep watering them a little indoors like a house plant? TIA Dave R I've never tried sweet peppers, but chillis (habanero, jalpeno, cayenne, aji) do overwinter, but not very well. They normally continue growing leaves and often flower and set fruit continuously, but the fruits aren't up to much and nearly always drop. It seems they really don't like the short day length, as I've had better results when I had them under artificial, long-day lights. The plants do tend to get sick easily whetever I do. Don't overwater them, pick off flowers to conserv energy, and basically keep them alive until spring when they'll perk up again. I don#t normally get more than a 60% survival rate though. I keep mine indoors, the warmer the better, out of draughts. Even thought they are perrennials, I find they either die or lose vigour after the third year or so. -- 'Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
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