is there any point of overwintering and how is it done

[vikkib]

Add enough to keep the soil barely moist - enough that the tops dries out between waterings but the compost isn't dust, which to some extent depends on which compost you've used. I give mine the odd cupful when I remember
The plant needs to just be kept alive rather than actively growing .

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Well, despite only having given them a cupful of water since I brought them inside (about 28th October), mine are determinedly sprouting away!

Would it be best to be nipping these little sproutings off or just let them carry on regardless?



Please ignore the state of the window frame and sills - I really will get round to decorating at some point!

[rustylady]

They look fine to me Vikki, I would leave them alone. Just keep an eye open for aphids.

[vikkib]

They look fine to me Vikki, I would leave them alone. Just keep an eye open for aphids.

Lovely! Thanks RL; will keep checking for the little blighters!

[vikkib]

Lovely! Thanks RL; will keep checking for the little blighters!

Whilst diligently checking for aphids today I noticed the Jalapeno has flowers forming!

Very eager!

[chilli_grower]

my overwintered plants are also showing lots of new growth, but no flowers yet.

I will be planting all my habaneros soon....

[vikkib]

Flowers open on the Jalapeno! Buds forming on the Facing Heaven.

Bit of leaf curl on the Jalapeno too but I can't see any aphids.

[chilli_grower]

well my overwintered plants are now looking like brown twigs in soil!!!!

[kathyd]

well my overwintered plants are now looking like brown twigs in soil!!!!

My peppers in the tunnel are exactly the same chilli grower - but at least it gives me a very good excuse (if I needed one!) to plant a whole load of new ones instead this year, and try out some different varieties .

[muddyfeet]

I've been overwintering (two sweet peppers and a cayenne) for the first time this year as it took them so long to get going last summer. After sprouting lots of new leaves, the cayenne has died (might have got too cold on the windowsill), one pepper has leaf curl, the other is fine. The peppers have had flowers on but they have just dropped off.

[darcyvuqua]

1 sweet pepper and 2 chilli plants are looking well enough but 2 sweet pepper plants are on the edge of life and death so I might just compost them I have a load of peppers re-sown so no real loss it was an experiment to see if it could be done might try again for next year

[Chuffedas]

Hi all, just thought i would add my experience to this.
I kept mine in the conservatory, which is only slightly better than a greenhouse.
I let it get very cold in the winter, more of a porch.
I didnt prune or anything and they seem to have just hung on to life, but are not sprouting yet.
It seems that it is right, doesnt it?
It is all about temperature.
Those indoors seem to be sprouting nicely.
If my cons gets too cold they will probably die.

[Thelma Sanders]

My 2 sweet peppers have been dumped outside
I just couldn't cope with the fungus gnats this year - I've never seen anything like it - they were everywhere and when they started landing in my cup of tea, it was the final straw

[Rocketron]

Hi all, just thought i would add my experience to this.
I kept mine in the conservatory, which is only slightly better than a greenhouse.
I let it get very cold in the winter, more of a porch.
I didnt prune or anything and they seem to have just hung on to life, but are not sprouting yet.
It seems that it is right, doesnt it?
It is all about temperature.
Those indoors seem to be sprouting nicely.
If my cons gets too cold they will probably die.

I'm very similar except I did prune. I have 4 cayenne plants and two already have fruit forming.
I do keep the temperature not lower than approx.5 degrees.

[muddyfeet]

I've been overwintering (two sweet peppers and a cayenne) for the first time this year as it took them so long to get going last summer. After sprouting lots of new leaves, the cayenne has died (might have got too cold on the windowsill), one pepper has leaf curl, the other is fine. The peppers have had flowers on but they have just dropped off.

I have a pepper! If it survives it will be at least 3 months earlier than last year's

[out in the cold]

Best chillis we grew were from seeds taken from a mixed bag of chillis from supermarket.

Grew it in my bathroom, which was over common close, so cold in winter, but had good light via a velux window on coombed ceiling facing east. Still produced chillis about 6 years later. (long green ones about length of index finger. Quite hot)

We never pruned it, but did use a brush to pollenate it.