Re: [CH] Winter planting
Doug Goldenberg (dgoldenberg@sprintmail.com)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:38:31 -0700
Had similar experiences - especially for habs and rocotos. Always better
production in second year. One thing though - the large size chiles - e.g.
poblanos or anchos don't overwinter so well. Tend to die, or else just
never quite recover from the winter.
I first started overwintering plants when living at about 4000 feet
elevation in eastern Oregon - we had frost sometimes in early July, and the
growing season was pretty short. Planting them out in the yard was a losing
proposition. Just when the green chiles were almost big enough to eat, we'd
get a frost that melted the plants.
> I've had great success overwintering chile plants inside. That's very
> different from growing them inside. My three year old hab and serannos
> produce much larger yields than one year old plants. I live near Boston,