I have been told by a chile grower here in KC that you need to remove the pods within 2 weeks or it will rob the plant of nutrients. He also waters sparingly, and includes molasses 1 oz. in 1 gallon of water. The molasses he claims not only helps keep the microherd alive in his containers, but is rapidly absorbed and utilized by the plant. He also uses Alaska fish ferts, 1/8 teaspoon every other month, mostly to keep his microherd alive. His plants were producing by May 5th this year, mostly Scotch Bonnets and Savinas, but also a couple other types. This will be my first year trying to overwinter, and the main problem I will have is container size. Both of the plants I want to bring in are in 12 gallon containers, but produced over 600 peppers of outstanding quality. One of them is a hybrid of Red Savina, Scotch Bonnet. I plan on crossing this to A Bhut J. this next year and growing out the new hybrids until next fall.
