Chillies - growing and overwintering 2022

[Mark69]

I have a Bhut Joloka and a Hot chocolate Habenero overwintered. I've not cut these back and both have been fine in my front room. I cut back 3 other plants and they all died on me.

[Ms-T]

Hi ya and welcome . good for getting the Bhut Joloka to over winter ..i can never got mine to grow pass 6"..before it died.

[mothhawk]

I only started growing chillies last year, on the windowsill. I have 2 Razzmatazz, and since they started fruiting in the summer, they haven't stopped. They each still have half a dozen or so red chillies on and more green ones growing. When I take off the ripe ones they put out more flowers.

Is it wrong to let them keep fruiting? Should I have let them rest over winter?

[mothhawk]

This is probably another silly question, but what do you do with so many chillies? I find 2 plants give me plenty, but Ameno is planning 42 plants

[Ms-T]

I make hot sweet chilli sauce with mine , for my friends and my self .

[Ms-T]

I only started growing chillies last year, on the windowsill. I have 2 Razzmatazz, and since they started fruiting in the summer, they haven't stopped. They each still have half a dozen or so red chillies on and more green ones growing. When I take off the ripe ones they put out more flowers.

Is it wrong to let them keep fruiting? Should I have let them rest over winter?

I would just let it carry on ..just give it a good feed..

[ameno]

This is probably another silly question, but what do you do with so many chillies? I find 2 plants give me plenty, but Ameno is planning 42 plants

Mine are mostly not chillies. They are either sweet peppers or large-fruited mild chillies (basically a slightly spicy sweet pepper, and I would use it in the same way as a sweet pepper).
We do quite a lot of meals with sweet peppers in, so they get used up. That said, I do still have quite a lot of packs of cut up sweet pepper in the freezer.

The jalapenos I grew last year were all pickled, and I still have one jar left. I plan to do the same this year with both those and Nigel's Outdoor.

[mothhawk]

I would just let it carry on ..just give it a good feed..

Ah, right, thanks Ms-T. It gets fed along with all the other houseplants once every week or two.

[ameno]

Potted up two more Aci Antep Dolma seeds and three Family seeds, which have sprouted now.
Put a whole load more seeds on damp paper, since some varieties just don't seem to be sprouting and I have plenty of seeds.

[ameno]

Took a peek at the pepper plants I was attempting to overwinter outdoors today. The base of the stems are brown and the bark is peeling off. They're definitely dead.
Oh well, it was only an experiment, anyway, and the plants I am overwintering indoors are mostly fine (one is on its way out, but the rest are fine).

[peanut]

I brought in some Lunch Box Peppers hoping to overwinter them. I gave them a little water a couple of weeks ago but as yet no signs of life. How long do I go on trying to revive them before I accept they're dead?

[Ms-T]

I give up when theres no green on it at all.

[stigs]

This is probably another silly question, but what do you do with so many chillies? I find 2 plants give me plenty, but Ameno is planning 42 plants

I eat them !! and make 2 bottles of chilli sauce to last the year.

[Bren In Pots]

I'm over wintering an Orange hab.

No sign of new growth yet from my Orange hab.

[ameno]

Potted up some more pre-sprouted seeds. Laylak, Mild Jalapeno, Apple Crisp and Beaver Dam.