[samnorfolk]

With the past few days getting colder shall i move my chilli plants indoors

[JayG]

If they still have unripe fruit on and/or you are hoping to overwinter them for next year, I suggest 'yes'.

I only grow cayenne peppers now, and from a Feb sowing they are now on their 2nd flush of fruit, although they've never been kept anywhere other than a south facing window in a spare bedroom (the previous ones did 4 years and fruited all year round, although needless to say they did slow down a bit in winter.)

[mumofstig]

Yes, I dug up, potted and brought in, my sweet peppers and 1 chilli at the weekend.

[Aunt Sally]

I generally bin mine and start fresh next year

[mumofstig]

but they generally give bigger yields, in their 2nd & 3rd years, if you do have space the to keep them alive over winter.

[Aunt Sally]

From 4 chilli plants and 6 sweet pepper plants  have harvested enough to keep me going for about 5 years.  I grow them in the green house.  I probably won't grow them next year.

[Springlands]

Yes, I dug up, potted and brought in, my sweet peppers and 1 chilli at the weekend.

MOS - I have two sweet pepper plants that are still doing well in the greenhouse - is there anything in particular that I can do to help them survive the winter. I have never succeeded in doing so before.

[mumofstig]

Mine don't survive in the greenhouse border, that's why I bring them indoors......I tried under a layer of fleece, and under a layer of polythene, but neither worked

I just dig them up - and pot them in a tomato sized pot. I prune the branches back to just above where they've forked, and leave them in front of the window in the spare bedroom; they get watered just enough to keep them alive, which means when I remember to  .

[Springlands]

Ahhh - the penny has dropped.    I thought you meant inside the greenhouse - will have to think about this one. 

[Asherweef]

Mine don't survive in the greenhouse border, that's why I bring them indoors......I tried under a layer of fleece, and under a layer of polythene, but neither worked

I just dig them up - and pot them in a tomato sized pot. I prune the branches back to just above where they've forked, and leave them in front of the window in the spare bedroom; they get watered just enough to keep them alive, which means when I remember to  .

Is it an unheated GH? I'm looking to get a small parasene heater to keep the frost out...

[SusieB]

Mumofstig - Can you explain the pruning.  Do you mean you chop them right back?

[mumofstig]

To about this size 

[Lardman]

Im a little more brutal than MoS.

[surbie100]

Lordy, if I do that to them they die. 100% success rate at that. I do a bit of trimming but otherwise leave them be.

[mumofstig]

Im a little more brutal than MoS.

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