last peppers harvested and plants "winterized".

[Chasdev]

I decided to go ahead and winterize my pepper garden.
Made up a greenhouse on my screen porch and have an oil filled radiator on standby for when it gets cold.
I hated to do it but the fruits had sort of stalled and the leaves were starting to wilt.
Lots of mini bite size peppers, and yes those yellow ones are HOT!

 

[DRKsmoking]

Good idea , and love the little peppers

David

 

[radioguy]

How old are your pepper plants? I live too far north and just start new every spring. Where do you live? Always wanted green house .

RG

 

[Chasdev]

I'm in zone 8, so it won't get really cold until Jan/Feb..Austin Tx.
I'm a big fan of plastic sheet "vis-queen" type construction.
Use strips of cardboard box and a staple gun with 7/16 staples.
The plants were started from seed last Feb, so not quite a year old.
Theres tons of YouTube videos on "overwintering" pepper plants.
Most of them are in northern areas where it gets cold for real so the practitioners move the plants to a basement or garage.
As long as the ambient temps stay above the upper 30's they will do fine.
The plants need around 400/500 lumens so cheap Chinese led grow lights work fine and provide some heat too.
If you use real grow lights the plants will try to wake up and produce fruit.
Also don't water more than a little every two weeks to help retard activity.
In their native environment they live 5/10 years with no human intervention.