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  • Who's over wintering their chillies ??

    As above .
    I brought my Wenks yellow, Jalapeneo and Cayenne in the other day gave them a hard prune,with the idea to keep them in the cooler unheated part of the house.

    Just decided to do a little reading up on this, ( you'd think i'd do it before ...naw ) only to discover capsicum annuum varieties are a bit of a blighter to over winter and that the Capsicum pubescens over winter much better.

    Has anyone every managed to over winter their Chilies if so could you share Varieties

  • #2
    Previously I have over wintered Bulgarian Carrot, Filius Blue, Super Chili, Prairie Fire. I cut them back hard and put them on a windowsill. Let them dry out between watering

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    • #3
      Going to try with about 8-10.

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      • #4
        I am going to give it a go with a few too...Think I have a self saved Anaheim, Satan's Kiss and Habanero...Not too fussed if they don't make it......
        I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


        ...utterly nutterly
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        • #5
          I've got 2 Scotch bonnets that have just started their 3rd winter, like others have said I give them a prune then only water if they're dry.
          Location....East Midlands.

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          • #6
            I've got three Cayennes sitting on the kitchen table (no windowsills). Will just have to see what happens.
            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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            • #7
              My first year at over wintering chillis. Got lots of varieties ranging from scotch bonnets to Bhut joloka, chocolate habanero to lemon drop and lots more.

              Got a cold conservatory with little, if any heating. Fingers crossed :-)
              Please visit my facebook page for the garden i look after

              https://www.facebook.com/PrestonRockGarden

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              • #8
                I'm having a go with my Prairie Fires, they're still flowering and sitting pretty on a warm kitchen window sill so here's hoping

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                • #9
                  mine were cut back a few weeks ago, and are now in the hallway:

                  1 x bengal naga
                  2 x paper lantern
                  2 x hab orange
                  2 x red savina

                  and 1 x fairy light which I actually got through last winter.

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                  • #10
                    Mine came in from the GH on Sunday.

                    One's grown this year:
                    1 x Cayenne
                    1 x Gusto Purple
                    1 x Golden cherry
                    1 x Super Chilli
                    1 x Mazzetti (I think!)

                    One's grown last year and overwintered once already:
                    1 x Jalapeno
                    1 x Bishop's Crown
                    1 x Red Cherry
                    1 x Facing Heaven

                    Chopped back (I don't like risking aphids if I leave the leaves on!) and dug up from the GH borders they are now all in the spare bedroom on a table by the window.

                    Finger's crossed again!

                    The twiggy looking things on their way from GH to spare room via kitchen:
                    Attached Files
                    http://vegblogs.co.uk/overthyme/

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                    • #11
                      I've not cut mine back yet there's still a couple of Scotch bonnets I'm hoping are going to ripen.
                      Location....East Midlands.

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                      • #12
                        I did a check a few weeks ago, and every one of my chilli plants is not recommended for over-wintering. I figure that as the pots will lay empty anyway, I might as well give it a go!
                        The Idiot Gardener - Trying to make the Five Acres of Idiocy a fruitful journey!

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                        • #13
                          Whats peoples views on overwintering Cayenne plants? Is it worth the effort as they have a quick growing pace anyway? Or will I get more fruit next summer by overwintering them?

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                          • #14
                            Cobra if your plants are looking healthy and you've a spare window sill to put them on then I'd overwinter them because you've nothing to lose but a bit of time and space.
                            Location....East Midlands.

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                            • #15
                              Ive got 3 sweet peppers, still fruiting, and a Lemn Drop chilli on a table in front of the dining room window. They can stay there as long as they don't get the dreaded fungus gnats, like they did last year

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