First time trying to overwinter any kind of plant whatsoever, but I liked the peppers from my Scorpion Trinidad plant so much that I had to at least try, really hopes it survives and I hope I didn't bring in any unwanted visitors. I went with the following method : 1. Clipped the branches 2. Removed from orignal pot outside and tried to get rid of as much dirt as possible 3. Rinsed the roots/plants and cleaned it at least three times with insecticidal soap 4. Put in a brand new container with dirt for inside plants from a freshly sealed bag.
by spicyytao
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Okay okay an Aston Martin – LOTR fan here… good luck overwintering!
Same method I will use for my habanero. Post again in spring and let us know how it goes!
Baby Groot lives!
I’ll be trying the same with two of my scotch bonnets….fingers-crossed
Looks like a great job. For what its worth I’ve found the trick to overwintering to be the moisture level of the soil -the first year I tried it I let them get too wet and lost quite a few, the second year I over compensated and let them stay too dry for too long and lost almost all of them! I think watering once a week until they start to wake up and then more often is what to aim for.
Please explain further the insecticide soap process. Brand/mixture of things/etc. TIA
I just dig them out of the ground, put them in a pot, and set them on the floor next to a south-facing sliding glass door. They make fresh peppers all winter.
The harsh treatment usually gets rid of the bugs, now it’s whether the plant survives it and through the winter.
Not sure what your room there is like but you might want to get them into a cooler/darker spot to really get them to go dormant.
I have a few fataliis and red habs that I have overwintered, one just ending it’s 4th growing season and a few others ending their 2nd/3rd summer. They’re in 5-7 gallon fabric pots.
I cut them just like yours but don’t even really repot or rinse roots or anything like that. I do keep them in my garage as warmer temps and light seem to wake them up. Even then they still try to push leaves near end of January and I have to pinch off for a while to get into March where at least we have some outdoor days. (7a/b, North Atlanta burbs). I water every 2-3 weeks during hibernation.
I would think that would be good…I have a 3 year old Trinidad scorpion I have done this too each winter and never had an issue
Tis but a flesh wound.
Perfect prune. gonna be fine. I overwintered two scorpions last year and they both survived. I placed them near a basement window and gave them a tiny bit of water once in a while. I’m surprised you pulled yours already. My scorpions are still producing. I have a sugar rush peach pepper plant that is 3 years old. Not sure I’ll overwinter again. My new plants seem to produce just as much. At 2 years old, my scorpions are about 4 foot tall bushes.
Not sure where you all are.
In central Jersey and will try to over winter my plant.
Remove all the leaves?
How cold can they handle ?
Where do you live?
I’ve been hearing that Systemic granules work very well at killing any nasty bugs from outside for overwintering plants. I’ve done the same setup as you have, but unfortunately got fungus gnats from potting soil that had been stored outdoors. Thanks, Lowe’s!
I did same procedure last season with several Reapers, and a couple Ghosts, and they all survived. (Until the next year when they caught some sort of fungus after I moved them back outside and I didn’t fungicide aggressively enough – RIP – but the overwintering went just fine!)
Going to try overwintering myself this year. We’re still in growing season in 8b, but I’m racing against shrinking daylight hours and long ripening times for super hot pods for this year. I got cheated a little this grow season because our 90+ days started really early and haven’t let up since Spring. Jalapeños love it, but Reapers not so much.
I just overwintered all my peppers but one. My first time too. Hard to do at first
Update for everyone, it survived the process so far !! 🎉
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