Meconella asked: > Assuming we arent talking about an unusual variety >with hard-to-obtain seeds, > what is the benefit of overwintering plants, if any? Well, we can't overwinter 'em outdoors here, and, true, my windowsill plant of _siling labuyo_ is woody at not quite 4 years old. My windowsill Super Chile got stunted and unproductive after a couple of years, so I ditched it. But the _siling labuyo_ is not undersized or unproductive at all; far from it. And because it's woody, it's frankly harder for my chilehead cat to damage seriously when he takes a notion to nibble. So I suppose the answer would be: there's no advantage overwintering them if they don't flourish, but if they do, it makes sense to let 'em keep doin' their thing. In my experience, though, the wild or at least nonhybrid chiles overwinter better than some of the hybrids, especially the F1s. African devil and _siling labuyo_ in particular are _very_ tough and tenacious, and also reseed themselves vigorously; they're essentially just real useful weeds, and, like weeds, they have a hell of a will to survive and propagate. Keep on rockin', and grow wild-assed chiles :) Rain @@@@ \\\\\\ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.