--=======1D203272======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6BF543E2; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It does help peppers, too. When I have overwintered pepper plants they lose foliage anyway when they have a major change. Just good gardening to whack them good so they can put their energy into new growth. Peppers are like all the other plants, be brutal, they love it. At 01:11 PM 1/6/2003 -0600, you wrote: >I'm overwintering a dozen plants this year. Five are my beloved Rocotos. > >Question: How do you prune your 2nd year plants before setting them out >in the Spring? > >Pruning my fruit trees has always helped grow larger fruit and I think >that it would help peppers. Maybe not. > >JohnT --=======1D203272======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6BF543E2 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/2002 --=======1D203272=======--