Re: [CH] growing outside all the time

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> > the issue is more that the "standard" chillies are annuals
>
>    According to Dave DeWitt and Paul Bosland all chiles
> are perennial.  The Capsicum annuum (standard) chiles
> were misnamed, as were the C. chinense (not really from
> China).  I have seen chiles referred to as tender perennials
> in that they don't do well in areas where the winter is cold.
> They are grown as annuals because it's easier/cheaper.

OK - I agree that they are typically short lived perennials rather than
annuals - but they are best treated as having a two year productive life
span.  By the third year they really don't produce a good crop.  Much better
to rip em out amd plant a new batch.

jr

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