Re: [CH] Are chiles an annual plant?

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Hi Dale!

My horticulturalist fgriends classes chiles as "tender perrenials".  I 
have successfully wintered over plants in pots by bringing them into a 
sheltered area (this year it was a back bedroom) where they will not 
freeze and giving them some extra light with a flourescent fixture.  
Under these conditions the serranos actually continued to bear lightly 
all winter.

Peace, love and peppers

Lorraine 

On Fri, 20 Mar 1998 Dale.Freeman@dofa.gov.au wrote:

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> Hi all
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> I noted that several of you have referred to taking your chilies in for
> winter and them growing on the next spring.
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> I thought that chilies were annual plants requiring new plantings of seeds
> each year.
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> If they are in effect perennial, is there any secret to keeping them going
> over winter, other than to keep them a little warmer and giving them some
> light.
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> The area I'm growing chiles in drops to average winter daytime temps of
> around 10-12 celsius and 3-4 overnight.  Daylight hours drop to 6-8 hrs.
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