RE: [CH] second year plant care
Pam Rudd (pamrudd@mindspring.com)
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:28:11 -0400
>> it's nearly the end of winter here in sydney.
>> should i prune back last years plants and if so how much?
>> some of the old leaves are dropping and there are signs of new leaf
>growth.
>> There's a lot of 'dead' stem material where last seasons pods were.
Cut them back when you take them outside.
This is the first year I won't have a pepper to overwinter.
I had to move rather suddenly in late spring/early summer
and gave most of my peppers away. However, I used to put
a couple of pepper plants in the unused bedroom of my
old house. It was very cool and dark. The plants went almost
dormant. In spring I would put them out under a heavily shaded
tree and cut them back, then work them back into as much sun
as you could get in that yard, about 4 1/2 hours of full sun a day.
Our winters are very short, the plants only had to be inside from
about mid to late November to early March.
Pam
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