> >I often find that overwintered (prized) plants > >produce much heavier yields the second year, and produce earlier. > > Ed, how many seasons have you kept your plants alive? More than two > growing seasons? This is my third year for one hab--the first one I grew, and this season was not as prolific as the second. A friend of mine has kept them going much longer, but they're mostly house plants--he prunes them back and makes them look like large bonsais. Calls them his pepper trees. Really very cool looking, esp. with little orange lanterns hanging from it. ed