[CH] "wintering over" habaneros
Jenée A. Jordan (penpapercofe@earthlink.net)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:17:20 -0400
Brent wrote:
<<'tepin' is a general term covering a lot of selections, hence considerable
variation is possible, and anyway all chile plants vary in size depending
on cultural conditions... But, anyway, tepins are sort of a mid-sized
plant typically 3-4 feet tall -- i.e., typically a foot or two taller than
most C. chinense varieties, and a foot or two shorter than most C. baccatum
varieties. But being more cold-hardy than most chiles, they tend to live
several years, growing larger each year.
Like all chiles, you can grow them indoors if pot is big enough and they
get enough light. A 5-gal. pot will be ok for a year or two. But a bigger
pot affords conditions more amenable to larger harvests (e.g., a 7- or
10-gal. pot is great).>>
okay, okay since you brought it up......
I'm growing habs in a big plastic pot (not sure of size, you could fit a
small tree in it though)
Can I winter these? (ie, can I bring the pot inside and just keep watering
it until next spring?)
Last year I kept the pot outdoors too long, and all the plants died.
I've got about 4 plants in the pot now, and its grown to 3-4 feet in height.
Would LOVE to start from plants next year rather than seeds ! ;D
What sort of light would I need?
thanks guys,
Jenee
(who's got a severe case of hunan hand because she was too lazy to go back
to her car for the gloves she "borrowed" from work last night ;)
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