Overwintering

[Veggiefirsttimer]

I'm new to veg growing, I've just been reading on a post about over winter chilli plants, what other plants can I overwinter or start growing indoors in winter?

[rustylady]

Hello Veggiefirsttimer. Welcome to the Vine. Whereabouts are you, and what facilities do you have for growing? Garden, pots, allotment, greenhouse, or what?

And most importantly what veg do you like to eat?

[Veggiefirsttimer]

Hi, we have grown our own tomatoes for a few years but this year have put in a few raised beds! The kids got carried away planting seeds so everything is kind of an experiment with no experience! We love in devon so have avoided the snow and its quite warm at the moment. We eat all vegetables, any help/advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you

[rustylady]

We love in devon

Love that I was born and grew up in Devon, near Plymouth.

Could you add your location to your profile please, then it will show on your posts.

Not much actually grows in winter, but you can sow and plant stuff now to harvest in winter. I'm thinking leeks, kale, parsnips, etc.

[Veggiefirsttimer]

Thank you, we are on the north coast, it is a beautiful place to live :-) I will add location!

Parsnips sound yummy :-)

[Two_Sheds]

what other plants can I ... start growing indoors in winter?

Nothing much. Being winter, it's too cold & dark for anything much. The things we overwinter aren't 'growing' at all, they're just surviving until the spring comes.

[Veggiefirsttimer]

Would you say they produce a crop earlier?

[Two_Sheds]

Does what produce a crop earlier?

[Veggiefirsttimer]

Sorry I'm new to growing, I was reading about a lady 'overwintering' her chilli plants, I thought they were only good for one year? Obviously my garden centre ones have chillies on already. Could you do this at home?

[rustylady]

Previous thread on overwintering chillies here http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ies_63415.html

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, the garden centres spend a lot of money on heating & lighting ~ it's not really economical to do that at home. Better to grow your plants in their correct season, rather than struggle to produce out-of-season crops.

Overwintering is keeping a plant alive during its winter dormancy (rather than letting it die). It may produce an earlier crop, it may not.



http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ies_63415.html

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ter_23443.html

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...one_67644.html

[PMW]

With regards to chillies, just to confuse matters, I would say there's overwintering & overwintering. I have one chilli plant brought inside in December, overwintered, and now has loads of flowers and quite a few chillies. I also left another plant in the blow away all winter that has only just started showing any sign of life with small leaves starting to grow again. The cayenne chillies sown in Feb are developing nicely and are somewhere between the two.

[Veggiefirsttimer]

Thank you, I was planning on bringing them inside, I have just purchased a purple princess chilli plant that I am hoping to nurture for years after seeing them at south Devon chilli farm, these are indoor plants though! I also have some seeds to sow a replacement in case all goes wrong! :-)

[hearts151]

I'm interested in this as well. Firsttimer was asking if anything else can be overwintered like chillies. For example can you cut back a tomatoe plant and take it inside to survive winter??

[rustylady]

I'm interested in this as well. Firsttimer was asking if anything else can be overwintered like chillies. For example can you cut back a tomatoe plant and take it inside to survive winter??

You could try, but as has been said before the expenditure on heat and lighting hardly makes it worthwhile.