Growing Chillis, bell peppers and peppers plants over winter

[briggsy2011]

Hi
I have several plants (bell peppers, peppers, chillis) that i have slowly grown over the last few months in my unheated greenhouse. I have on one plant 3 chillis and thats all. I have a few weeks back repotted them into individual large pots. They are over 10 inches tall now. I have now moved them into my conservatory - which doesnt have heat in either - but is a lot more insulated that the greenhouse. The thing i would like to know is will they still continue to grow and produce peppers etc or is it far to cold and will just stop growing?
thanks guys

[Newton]

I have just brought in my scotch bonnet pplant. It is about 3ft or more and has hundreds of green and tens of bright orange SBs. There are even some flowers.

I planted the seeds indoors on 5 February and was potting on til their final pots in July when they went in my new greenhouse. I am hoping to overwintering and will be pruning as per the distructions in GYO November issue. Still feeding tomorite occasionally and will prune when it is clear I will get no more ripeuns.

I have already dried enough for a jar of flakes/powder.

If you have only been growing for a few months then you could overwintering and hope that they thrive next spring.

But try planting in February in a heated prop if you can to give them an early start.

Good luck whatever you choose. Aren't chillis great?

[Thelma Sanders]

I've just brought in a couple of my sweet pepper plants to try to overwinter.
If they get a bit cold they will drop their leaves and you can then prune them back, water very little, just enough to keep them alive - with luck, they'll start growing again in spring.
If they get too cold, they will of course die
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[briggsy2011]

thanks for that as i am new to this growing (first time allotment this year) i thought the pepper plant were quite delicate for frost and winter.

i will keep them going in the conservatory and see what happens.

[Two_Sheds]

As Thelma says, they will drop all their leaves and look quite sad. Don't be tempted to over-water them, just leave them alone until spring and with luck you'll get some new leaves forming.

Check out the overwintering chillies thread for success stories

[jacob]

I bring a few into the house and treat them a bit like houseplants for the winter.

Last year one of my habs produced some fruit in February (very small, I might add)!

This year I've tried a new trick. I find the hab/Scotch Bonnet types develop too slowly up here to get much over the summer. I don't really want huge pots all over the house (although OH has brought them in anyhow), so I left a few in very small pots over the summer, brought them in early (having potted on into 5 inch pots), with the hope that they'll survive and will flourish in large pot next summer.

We'll see.

[The Large One]

bringing 3 of my big hitter plants in this weekend to see if i can overwinter them
then see what next spring brings, also going to grow the same by seed to see which develops quicker with fruit etc as some train of thought says the early planted seeds will catch up to the overwintered