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Does anyone over-winter their peppers? (lemmy.world)
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Zone 7a, Kentucky USA. I read about over-wintering peppers and tried it out last year, but sadly none of them survived. I pruned them appropriately, and kept them in my garage with infrequent watering once temperatures started getting into the 40s at night. We had wild temperature fluctuations (high 60s F during the day and low 30s F at night) and I’m not sure if that hindered the process.

I would love to try again this year, but I’m wondering what others’ experiences are.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I overwintered some peppers once by just bringing the plant inside and throwing it under a grow light. So not really doing the "prune and make it go dormant" approach that seems popular.

I did accidentally do that once when a frost killed all my leaves/soft stems, and I just put the pot into my basement expecting to plant something else the next spring. When I put it outside the next spring, new growth came off the dead-looking woody sticks.