Re: [CH] Winter planting

Doug Goldenberg (dgoldenberg@sprintmail.com)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:38:31 -0700

Had similar experiences - especially for habs and rocotos.  Always better
production in second year.  One thing though - the large size chiles - e.g.
poblanos or anchos don't overwinter so well.  Tend to die, or else just
never quite recover from the winter.

I first started overwintering plants when living at about 4000 feet
elevation in eastern Oregon - we had frost sometimes in early July, and the
growing season was pretty short.  Planting them out in the yard was a losing
proposition.  Just when the green chiles were almost big enough to eat, we'd
get a frost that melted the plants.



> I've had great success overwintering chile plants inside.  That's very
> different from growing them inside.  My three year old hab and serannos
> produce much larger yields than one year old plants.  I live near Boston,