Down here in South Texas. We don't get severe colds like you do in the North unless it's a very bad cold snap. Or the great winter that happened few years ago. We tend to keep them warm and need to take care of them throughout the winter cuz we do have plants that bear fruit in January and February. 🤠
I went out to dig up a pepper plant a few weeks ago and it had been mowed by a rabbit or woodchuck or deer or.... Peppers are perennial in their native habitat. If you're over wintering a pepper plant, try taking a cutting of a tomato plant. They root easily and you will get a jump on next year.
I'm procrastinating about this for my greenhouse peppers and aubergines. I'm doing some tomatoes and physalis though I swore I wouldn't. It's worked well for me in a past year, but I really don't have anywhere warm enough or with enough light. The only room in my big old house that hits 18C (65F) is the living room (where I also sleep) and I hated the winter with the window blocked and it being an utter pain to shut the curtains. I do have a physalis on the floor and some tomatoes in another room with a grow light I put on in the day, but that only works because they are my own saved seed/clones and proven low temperature survivors! The technique definitely works! No doubt. IF you have somewhere suitable.
My tomatoes are still producing here in Alabama. I only have 4 plants and I have 30+ tomatoes, waiting for them to start the break so I can harvest. Will this method work on determinant as well as indeterminant varieties? For the indeterminant, should I prune way down? My vines are 10-12’ long.
Since determinate plants are programmed to complete their life cycle in one growing season, they may not thrive as well if overwintered. They may regrow but are less likely to produce heavily in the following year compared to starting fresh plants.
I see a lot of videos like this one (which I appreciate), but I seldom see one where the gardener replants the overwintered pepper (or tomato) in spring. Maybe it's just too boring to bother filming? Just curious: how many years will the same plant last, using this technique?
I suspect many years, they are a very durable plant. I usually change plants because I want to experiment with different types so I usually only do them for A couple years but it’s a good question.
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Down here in South Texas. We don't get severe colds like you do in the North unless it's a very bad cold snap. Or the great winter that happened few years ago. We tend to keep them warm and need to take care of them throughout the winter cuz we do have plants that bear fruit in January and February. 🤠
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I went out to dig up a pepper plant a few weeks ago and it had been mowed by a rabbit or woodchuck or deer or....
Peppers are perennial in their native habitat. If you're over wintering a pepper plant, try taking a cutting of a tomato plant. They root easily and you will get a jump on next year.
Good stuff
Thank you for the advice
I'm procrastinating about this for my greenhouse peppers and aubergines. I'm doing some tomatoes and physalis though I swore I wouldn't. It's worked well for me in a past year, but I really don't have anywhere warm enough or with enough light. The only room in my big old house that hits 18C (65F) is the living room (where I also sleep) and I hated the winter with the window blocked and it being an utter pain to shut the curtains. I do have a physalis on the floor and some tomatoes in another room with a grow light I put on in the day, but that only works because they are my own saved seed/clones and proven low temperature survivors!
The technique definitely works! No doubt. IF you have somewhere suitable.
A couple winters ago our dining room with a stick forest full of dormant plants.
I also go dormant over the winter😊
Same
Interesting
I plan on trying it this year. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
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My tomatoes are still producing here in Alabama. I only have 4 plants and I have 30+ tomatoes, waiting for them to start the break so I can harvest. Will this method work on determinant as well as indeterminant varieties? For the indeterminant, should I prune way down? My vines are 10-12’ long.
Since determinate plants are programmed to complete their life cycle in one growing season, they may not thrive as well if overwintered. They may regrow but are less likely to produce heavily in the following year compared to starting fresh plants.
Here in southern NH we've had a very, very dry fall. Y'all getting much rain there?
Nope...very dry here too!
I see a lot of videos like this one (which I appreciate), but I seldom see one where the gardener replants the overwintered pepper (or tomato) in spring. Maybe it's just too boring to bother filming? Just curious: how many years will the same plant last, using this technique?
I suspect many years, they are a very durable plant. I usually change plants because I want to experiment with different types so I usually only do them for A couple years but it’s a good question.