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overwintering Winterizing

Blister said:
You beat me to it! Mint is horrid to get rid of. That shit won't die even if you water it regularly with bleach.
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You guys are killing me..... The old lady was very impressed the first year I planted the mint because it was huge within months and we had enough to make fresh mojitos for years. Now your telling me it wasn't all the time and care that I put into the plant and that I could have just pissed in the pot and end up with the same results???
 
well if fire, bleach, and a patio over it dont kill it...then yes you could have pissed on it and it probably would have thrived no problem but would have given your mojito a horrible taste that Im sure you and especially the old lady wouldnt not be fond of. But hey get a female dog to piss on it, that stuff kills grass like nothin.
 
I'm convinced that should there ever be a nuclear war the only two things left on the face of the earth will be cockroaches and mint plants. Although roses would be on the bubble.

And no, I don't recommend making drinks from plants that you pissed on. To each their own though huh?
 
MrArboc said:
Didn't see this before.

I live north of the arctic circle... We don't measure ice in inches, we use decimeters.
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Lol, yeah that was for SS "deep in the heart of dixie".

Not for you, my meatball munching, massage enthusiast!

....So do you grow indoors year round?
 
You can prune chiles with abandon, they are very hard to kill. First lesson in chile growing is to stop fretting about chile plants, they are extremely hardy.

This is a tepin pruned to the nub in the first pic and a pic of the same plant a few months later with fruit.

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Wow you sure when to town on that tepin willard! After seeing that I don't think I'll worry too much about the one I dug up and repotted a week ago.
 
Willard, did you just prune like that then like throw it in a dresser drawer or something, or did you actually give it light and set it in some soil and all that during the winter? Also do the cut ends of the branches need to be sealed with bees wax or anything or are they fine exposed to the air? When spring does come and you stick it in the dirt do you use any rooting compound at all or just good ol water?
 
I pruned it and returned it to hydro in the greenhouse. I have done this with both waxed ends and unwaxed ends....the waxed end plants recover more quickly.
 
Im sure this may seem like beating a dead horse but once season comes do you then just wipe off as much wax as possible and let the rest go from there? So in my case if I were to do that to my plants, I live in MN in case you didnt know that already, when I am ready I can cut them back after digging them out of the garden stick them into some soil right away and get them under my lights. You cant just cut them like that and leave them out of a pot or anything like how you store seeds. I mean on ocassion these nubs have to be watered correct?
 
crazy8 said:
Im sure this may seem like beating a dead horse but once season comes do you then just wipe off as much wax as possible and let the rest go from there? So in my case if I were to do that to my plants, I live in MN in case you didnt know that already, when I am ready I can cut them back after digging them out of the garden stick them into some soil right away and get them under my lights. You cant just cut them like that and leave them out of a pot or anything like how you store seeds. I mean on ocassion these nubs have to be watered correct?
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The wax is used to seal the cut stem ends and since new growth will come from the sides of these stems, removal of the wax isn't needed or necessary. Yes, you would place the stump in a medium and water very little as needed. If storing for a spring planting just give it low light to slow growth and conserve space and give it your best lighting several weeks prior to your spring plant date.
 
If you cut-back as drastic as Willard then I'd suggest putting the stump directly into a hydroponic setup with constant watering where roots can develop quickly
 
POTAWIE said:
If you cut-back as drastic as Willard then I'd suggest putting the stump directly into a hydroponic setup with constant watering where roots can develop quickly
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Yup, but if planting in a pot I would never remove all of the roots, just enough to balance what was left up top.
 
Even Willard likely doesn't always cut all roots off, but he's proven that it can be done.
Here's how I prep and pot down my plants for overwintering
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I plan to do a few exactly the same way and some like I did last year (no cut back at all) and see which delivers the first ripe pods.
 
Potawie you wont believe this (or maybe you will) I JUST got back from my local Brew n Grow and bought 8 of the exact identical pots you have on the left of that pic. Those are 3gal made out of that flimsy kind of plastic right?

Anyway, I dont have a hydro set up so i will cut back the roots to match the stuff on top and then get them in the pots. Thank you all so much for all of the information. Very informative.
 
Silver_Surfer said:
I plan to do a few exactly the same way and some like I did last year (no cut back at all) and see which delivers the first ripe pods.
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I think you'll almost definitely get your first pods from the one that isn't cutback. I just cut them back just so they take up less space and go semi-dormant. The ones I didn't cutback in the past grow too much leggy growth with just window light so they need to continuously be pruned and sprayed for aphids:( and I'd rather not use many lights over the winter.
Crazy8, ya I think those are 3 gal pots(cheap plastic) They always work great for me
 
Yeah, I knew the answer to the pod race. ;)

I know about the leggy branches, had some 5+ feet running back through window blinds in a southern bay window, but didn't whack em off until spring potting.

Those with the bright southern exposure (1 Hab & 1 Naga) had no bugs, but the Datil in the tub with poor light was ravaged by spider mites.
 
The tepin was just an experiment to see how much a chile could be pruned and still grow.

This is a more typical pruning (pea chile) and there still are roots in the basket. Waxed ends prevent dehydration and pathogen invasion.

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Well other than some soil I think I got all I need. Now i think I will wait until October to cut them back and bring them in but you typically wait until temps get to around 40 degrees and that's when you should start thinking about bringing them in correct? Also if new growth will sprout from the side of the stems you leave on then is it also safe to say that the more woody material you can leave on the more growth you can see come spring?
 
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