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Post by Txsteader on Oct 12, 2023 12:37:47 GMT
Were y'all familiar with this? I just happened to see it on YT last night, had never heard of it before. Can also be done with eggplants. I didn't grow peppers this year but am sure gonna try it with my eggplants. www.epicgardening.com/overwintering-peppers/ |
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Oct 12, 2023 13:46:23 GMT
Were y'all familiar with this? I just happened to see it on YT last night, had never heard of it before. Can also be done with eggplants. I didn't grow peppers this year but am sure gonna try it with my eggplants. www.epicgardening.com/overwintering-peppers/I wasn’t but someone on another forum mentioned last night that they did this. Might try it. Of course, I’d probably have to find a place for the plants that is higher than 6 feet… |
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Post by Jolly on Oct 12, 2023 14:08:58 GMT
I've got an Ichiban eggplant plant in my wife's flower bed that's at least six feet tall and three feet wide.
Don't think I'm bringing that one inside.😄
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Post by woolybear on Oct 12, 2023 14:18:14 GMT
I did it one year with a ghost pepper plant. It didn't thrive during the winter but it did survive. This year I plan to try it again. I have 6 hot peppers in fabric grow bags that I want to try and bring inside. I'm going to set up the kiddie pools in the basement and set the grow bags in those. I'll have to rig up grow lights for the various plants. I have a gas log set in the fireplace in the living room and it really did a number on the plants last year, thus the reasoning for trying the basement. Some plants will have to spend the winter in the little greenhouse. Ain't no way I can drag that blasted potted fig into the basement lol. DD and SiL set up a hydroponic system in their basement last year and grew some great romaine lettuce all winter long. That is another goal I'm going to try for this year.
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Post by Txsteader on Oct 12, 2023 17:21:31 GMT
Jolly, you're supposed to cut the plant back severely. There are several vids on YT showing how it's done. woolybear, the idea is to keep the plant alive, not to thrive through the winter. I'm about to run out the door for a drs appointment but I'll try to post some vids when I get back.
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Post by Txsteader on Oct 12, 2023 20:26:23 GMT
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Post by FeralFerret on Oct 14, 2023 4:18:40 GMT
If we weren't moving, I would probably try that. Our pepper plants are still doing fairly well despite the shorter days and cooler temperatures.
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Post by Billy G on Oct 14, 2023 11:19:22 GMT
I'm tempted to try it but I don't think they're gonna like six months in the basement. Maybe if I get a spare minute  . |
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Post by laurazone5 on Dec 8, 2023 23:34:46 GMT
I saw this on YouTube this year too!!!!!
I was like WHAAAAAT
So, this year, I will start those stinkers from seed, and come fall, I will dig 'em up and bring them in.
I grow super hots, and they take FOREVER too root down.
By late September I have hundreds of green babies.....but the cold comes before they can fully fruit!
I am looking forward to see if overwintering will help them to set fruit sooner.
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Post by Txsteader on Dec 9, 2023 11:09:30 GMT
I figure they're bound to laurazone5. They'll be already established and can starting putting out blooms right away next year (as soon as the temp is right). |
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Post by woolybear on Dec 9, 2023 15:26:58 GMT
I was watching MIgardener on youtube the other day and he was talking about grow lights. You look for lights that are 15000 lumens and 6500k. He was taking the camera around home depot and showing the different types of lights, the cost and what lights would work well. I have one of those that I bought as a 2 set for the garage. One I put in the basement for lighting, the other I'm going to set up over at my plants. I want to pick up a couple more lights of that type and set up for my seedlings when I get them started. So far my habanero is still setting peppers and the peppers that are there are ripening. So maybe it is possible for the plants to thrive if the lighting is enough.
I dug up and potted a couple of celery plants and those seem to be doing well in the basement also. Celery seems to like cooler weather and doesn't do well when it's really hot. So they should be happy in the basement where its in the 60's.
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Post by laurazone5 on Dec 10, 2023 13:26:17 GMT
I love Luke: MIGardener.
I follow Roots and Refuge, and she went on and on about the Robeson Tomato that he sells the seeds.
So I popped into his seed store.........2.00 for a pack of seeds. A healthy amount of seeds!!!
I may have ordered a gazillion seeds lol.
Epic Gardener, Kevin, is in So.Cal, so not my zone at all, but he too, has great information.
I have learned more on YouTube in the last 2 years than I have in 30 years of trial and error.
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Post by laurazone5 on Dec 11, 2023 20:35:47 GMT
www.seedneeds.com/I just ordered seeds for the first time from this seller; they were 65% off, and giving away seed gifts!
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Post by laurazone5 on Dec 15, 2023 3:52:07 GMT
www.seedneeds.com/I just ordered seeds for the first time from this seller; they were 65% off, and giving away seed gifts!  So the seeds arrived!! Some packs have 1000 seeds!!!! |
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