Most gardeners grow peppers as annuals, but they’re perennials! Learn pepper pruning strategies for overwintering pepper plants, plus a few other tips and tricks to keep your peppers safe over the cold winter days and nights.
IN THIS VIDEO
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Other links may be affiliate links in which we receive a commission.
→ Felco F-2 Pruners: https://amzn.to/2Ol0BwG
SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING
→ Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com
→ Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books
→ Support Directly: https://www.patreon.com/epicgardening
LEARN MORE
Epic Gardening is much more than a YouTube channel:
→ 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/epicurbanhomestead
→ In-Depth Articles: http://www.epicgardening.com/blog
→ Daily Podcast: https://apple.co/2nkftuk
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/
→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicgardening
→ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicgardening
→ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN
→ FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/epicgardening/
→ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/epicgardening
→ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/epicgardening
DISCLAIMER
Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/
deadly, i live in canada, zone 3/3b. it gets to -40f here. Going to try to overwinter my peppers ive started growing this year.
Has there been an update on this yet?
Can I trim the roots to get them in a smaller pot?
Can I use 1 gallon pots to overwinter them? Or do they need more room?
Any updates?
"" a winter killing frost"" ahh yes I too experience frost that kills winte.
How much time will you actually save when you overwinter pepper plants?
I love using reptisoil and likewise products for plants. Would it hold enough nutrients to grow with? I have a poblano pepper and a jalapeño pepper. Pablo is in nature’s miracle soil and is quite small (Walmart bought and smaller pot) and the jalapeño was grown in a larger pot outside at a nursery (doing very well) but what’s the best soil for peppers?! I got what I thought was best and even used pepper fertilizer but it isn’t growing nearly as well (I know I need a bigger pot to start with)
Where is the follow up video??
So I have seen a few "over winter,peppers" vids so I will try it.
Don't tell your viewers to subscribe in order to see future updates, And then not update. You literally haven't done a single update on this plant since this video; and I've noticed that on multiple videos your subscribers ask for updates and you never respond or update. Pretty shady.
Where is the follow up video?!
Updates?
Do you continue to water it throughout the winter??
Thanks for this, I have a hybrid hot / banana pepper plant that is amazing on pizza. I am going to do some cuttings and dig it up / transplant before its frosting (Oct 3). Here's hoping!
People who say it’s hard to overwinter superhot chillies haven’t tried (not that I tried very hard but), I just overwintered a Carolina reaper, gave it a trim, almost forgot about it, when I remembered I gave it some fertiliser, gave it some water when I remembered, and apart from that left it alone, now it’s growing real nice, it got to -3 c some days -1 for like 3 or more days straight and its perfectly fine, am from Aus so hence why its only just starting to get growth, oh and it was Outside the entire time
I like to prune my peppers, too, not quite as hard as you did, as I'm not trying to overwinter mine yet. Waiting to see if they set fruit.
Can you do this with tomatoes?
good video
Living in Orlando, I dont really have this issue… My tend to produce year round. with the exception for a month or so
Have you every tried to over winter a tomate plant like how you did with this pepper?
I had some great tasting, very productive poblanos this year, I’ll give this a shot, nothing to lose. I also kept seed for next spring, may try both.
Do you have to water it? If so, how often?
I am in Canada winter is extremely cold but same time don’t have space inside house for plants after pruning please let me know what I should do to save my paper plants during winter
Did we get a follow up to this? I can't find it but damn do i need this!
What if you are keeping your plants inside? Can you only top with potting mix or do I have t re
pot it in potting mix?
You made this sooo easy. Thank u
This is my first year overwintering some of my best pepper plants, and I'm really anxious to see how well they do next spring. I hate how my tomatoes are all ready so much sooner than the peppers, and every year I find myself buying peppers to can my salsas and sauces, and then having peppers later when the tomatoes are slowing down, so I'm hopeful to not have to buy peppers next summer. The one good thing I did this year was freeze tomatoes to can later in the season so I have peppers from my garden to use with some of the tomatoes I froze. Every season I work on several new things to produce more of our own food, so this should be one of our game changers for spring and summer 2022!