My fourth and final harvest

[coprolite]

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Two summers ago I was terribly unhappy with how mild my jalapeños and habaneros were. That winter I brought the plants into the house, cut them back and watered them sparsely throughout the winter.

I was so disappointed that I bought a ghost pepper in the spring. This fall I had a great set of harvests from the jalapeños and habaneros, and they were noticeably hotter. The ghost peppers, their first season have been relatively mild.


They have been rendered into a jam, salsa and cowboy candy this fall. Not to sure what I will do with this final harvest. Maybe dry out for cooking.


All three plants have again been brought indoors for the winter, I am in a F4a frost zone.

[2naSalit]

1. This year...

I tried a couple bell pepper plants down here in SW/SC part of the state. My tomatoes were abundant but most folks around here had scrawny carrots, my peas never took off and all my potted porch plants were stunted from the heat. Some started to grow after early September even though I planted them in May.

[coprolite]

5. All pepper plants are perennials.

So try again. If your climate permits they can be left outdoors or brought indoors if you have the space, to be grown again the following summer.

[Tanuki]

6. Thanks for that info... I always assumed they were annuals!

🌶🫑🌶

[magicarpet]

2. Could you give us the GPS co-ordinates of your garden ?

When you are not looking would you mind if we come by and raid the hot pepper patch ?



Just kidding,... Those glass jars full of hot peppers will come in handy for cold winter weather. Hot Chili and soups,.. yum.

[Wonder Why]

3. You must be from Boston because they're the only ones who have havasts.

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[coprolite]

4. Lol, thanks for catching that. No, NW Montana

[NJCher]

7. I'm impressed with your canning

I also winter over pepper plants, but bell peppers. They are so slow growing in NJ that if you don't, there's no peppers until late July or August.

For those who want to try it: