hdan's latest activity

Here's my pepper plants that spent this winter inside. I'm very careful with the water, they don't need a lot.

Ok, thanks I will reuse the potting soil. I was thinking the same thing, keeping them at room temp may be the trick. I kept mine in...

Where did they spend the winter? I've overwintered pepper plants the last 2 years, but I didn't really cut them back, I put them under...

I've read you can overwinter peppers, but didn't realize it was that hard to do. Well there must be a minimum low temperture the pepper...

You can reuse the potting soil. It was a good experiment but it is REALLY HARD to overwinter crops that have been "living in the...

That is SO true. I remember starting tomatoes downstairs in my "cave temperature" basement and they grew just fine without a heat mat...

i'm drooling over the fresh peppers... :)

Guess I will have to throw out the potting mix also the pepper plants was in.

They are dry & brittle. Bend test, was a snap into, no green inside. Cut test on another one, dry & brittle inside. No green.

I have watched eNOUGH gardening programs to tell you that the experts do NOT have 100% successes! When somebody tells you to overwinter...

I will go try that now.

They don't look Great, but I would try it anyway. I know that bareroot plants come with the roots looking dead, But there usually is...

Over winter pepper roots.

I have two over winter bell plants, one over winter hot pepper plant. Was getting ready to pot them back up to 5 gallon bucket from 8" X...

your thread and your topic post so yes, it was a response. :)