overwintering Overwintering Question

[dragon49]

I have a Bode Amarela plant that took 100+ days from when it is put into the ground to set fruit. If I overwinter it and put the roots back in the ground in late May, will it again take 100+ days for ripe pods to appear, or will they appear much sooner?

 

[Balac]

From what I understand they will fruit in about 60 days depending on the type of peppers---I just put my pepper inside this year after cutting them back. They all are doing well except for my purple serranos who are not setting an leaves yet.

Good luck

 

[fishing4fun2]

2yr old plants seem to take just as long to set and produce fruit in my experience

 

[Jeff H]

Are you cutting it back to a stump or are you just bringing the plant indoors for the winter?

I brought a couple of jalapenos inside last year and just set them near a dimly lit window. They survived all winter although they didn't really grow all winter, they were ready to set flowers soon after I put them outside in the spring.

If it is cut back to a stump, you have quite a bit to grow back before it can produce fruit.

This year, I have a grow light so the plants I brought in can keep on making fruit all winter.

 

[geeme]

Though I didn't cut my douglahs back to just a stump last year, I still did a significant pruning before bringing them indoors. They did start flowering and producing pods earlier in the season than the new douglah I added to the batch this year - likely because they didn't first have to complete the job of growing up. That said, my rocotos...... ah, the rocotos. I think they do prefer cooler weather, because although the overwintered ones started blooming madly in the spring, not a single pod stuck until the fall, just like their first year, and just like the new one I got this year. So variety may impact your experience.

 

[dragon49]

I haven't figured it out yet. I'd like to dig up all the roots and overwinter the entire plant. I don't know If I want to deal with that size of a bucket. The Bode produces delicious medium hot pods, but is tall and ugly.