[The Golden Heap]

I have two chilli plants which I moved into a plastic grow house I have as we have been having frosts.  Does any one think I could bring them indoors and they that would continue to firstly continue growing the chillies on the plant, secondly produce any more.?  Many thanks

[fred-quimby]

I grow mine in the conservatory and at this time of year I cut them back to a lower bud.  They will continue giving you fruit all through most of the winter if it is warm enough.

[GrannieAnnie]

I'd just like a few of my 30 chilli and pepper plants to ripen a bit more!!!

[carlrmj]

 I"ve brought all my chilli plants into the front bedroom,by the window.

  They are still producing,and hopefully will for some time.

  When they have finished ,I will cut off the foliage and leave about 8 inches of stem.

 They will stay inside over winter and should produce stronger ,bigger plants next year,giving

 them a head start and a longer growing season ,so hopefully more chillis next year.

 Thats the plan anyway,so fingers crossed.

 Cheers Carl

[mumofstig]

I've brought in a chilli plant and 2 sweet peppers and treat them as above 

[shokkyy]

All my Superchilli plants have already ripened most of their fruit. There's just a few green ones left and when the plants start to die back I'll just pick any green fruit left and put them on the windowsill, and they'll turn red and dry out naturally. I no longer try to keep these alive through winter because they grow on so fast I can start new seed each year, always get a big crop and never have trouble ripening them, not even in a bad summer.

The habanero plants are another story There's nothing ripe on them at all and most of the fruit is still very small. Those I've brought into the house and put in a spare bedroom. I'm going to let them keep on growing through the winter because they obviously need a much longer growing season than the Superchillis do. I don't like to repot them right now because I don't want to risk damaging the fruit, but I'll give them a bit of feed to keep them growing.

As an experiment this year, I'm going to leave one chilli, one sweet pepper and one aubergine plant in my tunnel beds, covered with fleece and maybe some bubblewrap. I'm just curious to see whether it's possible to keep them alive through winter in the tunnel.