overwintering Wintering???

[Coach]

...well the real test for my plants will be coming soon.
We've completed the bridge project here in south Texas and my next assignment will be up on the Illinois/Missouri state line on a lock and dam project on the Mississippi River... just in time for winter.
I've had most of them for 3 years: 2 wild chili pequins that i've always kept outside even in winter (and survived Hurricane Ike), and my 10 largest jolokias... the other 10 i'm giving away to friends.
I haven't seen the apartment the company is putting us up in yet, so hoping for some good windows... first they have to survive a 1200 mile, 2 day trip in the back of a U-Haul.
Wish me luck, but even if they don't survive i do have 2 baggies of seeds to fall back on.

 

[newhotstuff]

I had several pepper plants that got hit with frost, and all the leaves fell off. I put them near a window and they're almost back to where they where this summer. I would say just put it near a window and prune the wilting leaves off.

 

[willard3]

When you say prune the roots how much are you talking about i thought if you cut the roots on your chilli plant they will die one thing i did do is prune one of my plants right back

You can prune the plant and roots this much which I did as an experiment with a tepin.

Pruned plant:

Same plant later:

 

[crazy8]

I think next season I am going to try that with a few plants just to see how well it works. You know what would be cool is if you could cut them back like that, throw them all in a bag and then leave them untill your ready to plant them the following season. How cool would that be?

 

[POTAWIE]

You can't just throw them in a bag, but you can put them in small pots in a cool place over the winter until you want them to grow