Comments on: Preparing To Over Winter Chillies

By: Overwintering Chillies – Update 1 | The Chilli King

Overwintering Chillies – Update 1 | The Chilli King — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:50:02 +0000

[...] it has been almost a month since i brought my chilli plants inside to overwinter them. As you can see from the photographs below they have burst back into life since i chopped them back [...]

By: Overwintering Chillies – Update 2 | The Chilli King

Overwintering Chillies – Update 2 | The Chilli King — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:40:08 +0000

[...] in mid October I prepared my chilli plants for overwintering. I chose 9 plants in total; 2 varieties of habanero, 1 birds eye, 1 apache, 1 Bulgarian Carrot [...]

By: the king

the king — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:53:12 +0000

funnily enough i am experiencing the same thing.

rather than overwintering my plants in a darkish greenhouse my plants this year are on a sunny warm windowsill in the house. I trimmed them back severely a couple of months ago but they are flowering again! I intend to leave them to their own devices rather than cutting them back again.

i’ll throw up another post in the next day or two with my progress and thoughts….

By: &E

&E — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Hi there. It’s way into December and I’ve got some plants that are still bushy and looking good. I’ve just taken off the fruit in preparation for cutting them back, but they look so healthy that I’m wondering if I need to hack them back at all, or do they need a period of dormancy to be fruitful next season.
Cheers.

By: &E

&E — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:22:55 +0000

hi there – I’ve got an orange habanero on the kitchen windowsill. It’s got loads of tiny fruit and some flowers. It’s about as cold and light free as it’s going to get, but it’s not looking like it’s dying back at all. Is it possible that it will just carry on like that until spring, and then start growing without a dormant period, or does it have to have a period of rest? If so, should I cut it back even if it looks healthy?

By: the king

the king — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +0000

that should do the trick. the key is to keep them safe from the frost which at +5 degrees you should.

my plants are inside and have already burst back into life despite a major cut back. the main reason is i believe is because they are usually about 18 degrees constant temp and on a sunny window sill!

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:28:16 +0000

I’ve started growing Chillies in earnest this year and have succeeded in getting about 5 different varities to really healthy bushes.

I want to overwinter them and have a heated greenhouse designed to keep things at about +5 degrees. Will this be OK for my babies?

By: the king

the king — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:03:02 +0000

good luck! be sure to let us know how you get on!

By: mark

mark — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:46:39 +0000

this will be my first year to keep them, just hope they make it over winter. the leafs are starting to go brown, we get some very cold winters in england, my lemon trees always die

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:10:49 +0000

I shall be doing this tomorrow. My habs have all been tiny too, but so tasty