Peppers

[tamrock]

The day before our first forecasted snow and temps to go well below freezing I decided to dig up a bell pepper and jalapeño pepper plant, pot them and put them in a sunny window indoors. Both are doing great. I made tacos last night and spiced them with a fresh picked jalapeño. Little blossoms are starting, so who knows I may be getting a fresh peppers all winter.

 

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[Jeff H]

Good for Tamrock! I harvested all my remaining peppers the first week November. Global warming is extending my pepper season. I don't get full sun in my garden so the peppers are slow to grow. They seem to kick it into high gear in September. I hope your window garden keeps producing for you!

 

[robertk]

That's awesome!

If the window light isn't enough (or the days aren't long enough), you can hang an LED plant light over them. With enough light, they should keep making peppers for a long time. You can hand pollinate them with a paint brush. I don't know if they need to be pollinated to produce a pepper, but ia soft paint brush works great for the task and it only takes a minute. The blooms only open for a day or two, so you have to keep an eye on them.

 

[tamrock]

Good for Tamrock! I harvested all my remaining peppers the first week November. Global warming is extending my pepper season. I don't get full sun in my garden so the peppers are slow to grow. They seem to kick it into high gear in September. I hope your window garden keeps producing for you!

They do loose a bit of heat from the the summer months outside. I wonder if that might have to do with the hours of sunlight they get ?. They don't get near the hours of sunlight in this window.

 

[tamrock]

That's awesome!

If the window light isn't enough (or the days aren't long enough), you can hang an LED plant light over them. With enough light, they should keep making peppers for a long time. You can hand pollinate them with a paint brush. I don't know if they need to be pollinated to produce a pepper, but ia soft paint brush works great for the task and it only takes a minute. The blooms only open for a day or two, so you have to keep an eye on them.

I've been looking at those bar type led grow lights for these and other plants.

 

[pepperj]

Nice move with the pepper plants.
I dug up one of the basil plants and moved it in doors.
Still producing great and the cats leave it alone.