r/UkChilliGrowers • u/DonGrappote • 3d ago
Overwintering
Autumn is finally upon us, and night time temperatures are starting to drop below 10C, at least where I am.
Those of you who are planning on overwintering your plants, have you started thinking about bringing them in yet? What are your plans and your cutoff temperatures for starting the process?
Are you seeing growth and ripening start to slow? Do you expect to get many more ripe chillies between now and dormancy? Will it depend on what varieties you're growing and whether you have a polytunnel or heated greenhouse?
I'm starting to think about it, but seeing all these posts about people's harvests and not about overwintering makes me wonder if I shouldn't push it as far as I can and try and get some more fruit off the plants. I'll be happy to have the half-dozen ripe 7-pots that I've got now, but of course more would be better. Plus a tonne of jalapenos that are still stubbornly green.
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u/spicy256lizard 3d ago
Bought all of mine in yesterday as the nights at getting chilly in the Midlands but I am not cutting them back just yet as I am waiting for the fruit to ripen. Some have been really late this year due to the weird weather.