[kezlou]

Hi everyone just popping for a bit of advice and guidance.

I went to my local Wilkinsons today and bought 6 sweet peppers plants for 50p in the sale, they look reasonably healthy.
Just wondering if i put them in the green house outside will the peppers produce any fruit this year? If not should i just compost them?

Thanks for looking, have a good night everyone  
Kez

[DD.]

They've got a chance now they've got a good home.

They certainly won't produce any next year!

[gobs]

Should be good for green harvest at least, pot up into rich compost .

[kezlou]

Thanks DD and Gobs i've put them in some B&Q compost (all i had), going to give them a good watering again today. Hopefully it will fruit, sorry for the daft question about fruiting next year never grown grown peppers before :oops:

[SpudtheBinx]

Actualy peppers can last five years or more, you just need to let them hibernate through the winter. Peppers tend to reach thier peak fruiting potential at about 3 years old, it's just they fruit well enough in the first that people don't tend to bother over wintering them. I cut mine right back last year, trimmed the roots back and potted them into a smaller pot. I kept them in my unheated conservatory which is frost free and did not allow them to completely dry out. When spring came I started watering and light feeding and they sprang back into life.

[peapod]

Actualy peppers can last five years or more, you just need to let them hibernate through the winter. Peppers tend to reach thier peak fruiting potential at about 3 years old, it's just they fruit well enough in the first that people don't tend to bother over wintering them. I cut mine right back last year, trimmed the roots back and potted them into a smaller pot. I kept them in my unheated conservatory which is frost free and did not allow them to completely dry out. When spring came I started watering and light feeding and they sprang back into life.

Ive just found out recently you can do the same with chillies too, Im going to overwinter a couple of mine to compare with next years seed sowing

[SpudtheBinx]

Aye, sweet peppers and some chillies are all the same thing, just different hybrids.

[sclarke624]

I kept them in my unheated conservatory which is frost free and did not allow them to completely dry out. When spring came I started watering and light feeding and they sprang back into life.

That is very useful to know thanks Spud, I was wondering wether the sweet peppers come up again.  I will put mine in the wendy house (summerhouse) for the winter.  Started them late, because of the problem of germinateing pepper seeds, which ain't easy and takes longer than on the packet, as discussed by some of us before.

[kezlou]

I cut mine right back last year, trimmed the roots back and potted them into a smaller pot..

Hi Spud how far do you cut the pepper  / chilli plant back?
Sounds a great idea keeping them over winter.

[gobs]

Just to avoid disappointment they are not that easy to overwinter here though.