Overwinter pepper plants

I've tried a few times and failed. Sometimes they made it through the winter looking fine, only to have them die when I brought them back out.

Certainly nothing to lose by trying.
 
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GoodFriendMike said:
I had a bhut jolokia for a few years. They do fine in a greenhouse over winter if you keep the humidity down and the temps up.
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My kid and I were in a store early in spring and we say a Bhut Jolokia and he convinced me to buy it... It's an amazing producer and a beautiful plant. So many nice peppers... we made a pact to try them together a few weeks ago. Something we both regret :cry:  He's 12 and we both like the spice but that pepper is off the hook. I ended up giving the rest to my neighbour who was born in Saint Lucia and told me the scotch bonnets he's been buying are a joke. He said the Bhut Jolokias I have him are perfect..... 

I'm good to maybe 50k SHU. After that I'm not having fun anymore. 

Acrata that I got from Marco is a favourite. Biggest pepper plant I've ever seen.... I need to reach out to Marco... really miss him...
 
I was able to save a hot pepper plant over this last winter and it fruited nicely this year.
I'm hoping to do the same this coming winter and keep it alive as long as I can.
They are the perfect hottness, not too hot, not too not hot. LOL
 
My coworker got some super hots late from the farmers market last year and we made a bunch of hot sauce. We now have a work blender that can only ever be used for spicy things! It's great if you need to clear your sinuses but almost to hot for any normal consumption. I planted a bunch of random seeds and all the peppers just look angry. Hopefully they'll actually finish ripening before frost.

But back to the main topic, i have definitely over wintered a ghost pepper and I'm pretty sure I still have some buried in the deep freeze. They just explode with growth the second year. This year I dug some up and potted them this winter but forgot about them for a couple of weeks and they dried out it and died. Just put them somewhere that you see them every few days so you don't forget about them. Also keep an eye out for aphids and fungus gnats.
 
hambones said:
My coworker got some super hots late from the farmers market last year and we made a bunch of hot sauce.  We now have a work blender that can only ever be used for spicy things!  It's great if you need to clear your sinuses but almost to hot for any normal consumption. I planted a bunch of random seeds and all the peppers just look angry.  Hopefully they'll actually finish ripening before frost.

But back to the main topic, i have definitely over wintered a ghost pepper and I'm pretty sure I still have some buried in the deep freeze.  They just explode with growth the second year.  This year I dug some up and potted them this winter but forgot about them for a couple of weeks and they dried out it and died.  Just put them somewhere that you see them every few days so you don't forget about them.  Also keep an eye out for aphids and fungus gnats.
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Good to see you here hambones, I'm not a hot hot pepper fan.
At some point they get so hot you can't taste other food. lol
But the one that I grow is just about on the border of what I can tolerate.
 
We have overwintered peppers a few times. The first ones were banana peppers and a Carolina Reaper. My father-in-law was growing them in paint buckets. I kept them for two winters until one fall we had an unexpected early frost, and I didn't have time to put them in storage. This past year we overwintered neon eggplant and a variety of bell pepper.

Peppers are grown as "trees" in many tropical countries.
 
Out of curiosity.... Given the right conditions and no disease... does anyone know how long can a pepper plant can live?
 
It's the transition back in the spring where I always lost them. The plant start to go brown and die back. Maybe I'll try again. I have some heirlooms that I really love and would like to get a head start on
 
We have overwintered peppers a few times. The first ones were banana peppers and a Carolina Reaper. My father-in-law was growing them in paint buckets. I kept them for two winters until one fall we had an unexpected early frost, and I didn't have time to put them in storage. This past year we overwintered neon eggplant and a variety of bell pepper.

Peppers are grown as "trees" in many tropical countries.
 
I had about 4 plants survive a mild winter here in phoenix, we had LOTS of rain last winter and it got down to 30 degrees F. I believe. they sprouted small peppers for me intermittently! plants were about 2 years old when the finally died in July. I had given them quite a bit of mulch and put them on the patio under the roof so they still got sun but were mostly out of the rain.

the hot chilli peppers and burrito pepper did best, and the chilli peppers are still living heading into 3rd year, they have the biggest pot, so i may try again next year and be more strategic with the potting.

I had about 4 plants survive a mild winter here in phoenix, we had LOTS of rain last winter and it got down to 30 degrees F. I believe. they sprouted small peppers for me intermittently! plants were about 2 years old when the finally died in July. I had given them quite a bit of mulch and put them on the patio under the roof so they still got sun but were mostly out of the rain.

the hot chilli peppers and burrito pepper did best, and the chilli peppers are still living heading into 3rd year, they have the biggest pot, so i may try again next year and be more strategic with the potting.
 
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