I grow the SAME pepper plants for 5+ years…

[BeardMan]

A friend of mine has an 11-12year old cayenne pepper plant. It now produces GIANT mega spicy peppers, and the trunk of it is almost 2" in diameter. He calls it a pepper tree now, and he has it growing on what he calls Pepper Hill. It was a large mound of topsoil left after redoing his garden. He covered it with hay after planting hot peppers on it. He randomly collects every mushroom he can find in the yard and puts them in a 5 gallon bucket, and then fills it with water. He then pours the spore/mushroom water on Pepper Hill. The mycelium growth in that hill is absolutely insane. Now, anything that he plants on Pepper Hill grows like he's giving it steroids. Also, his property is pretty close to Ed Currie's property.

[jnuxctr]

I have a potted Serrano pepper bush that is fruiting right now. She’s about 5 or 6 years old. She’s a hardy lil thing. I love her and am working on growing her next generation from seed. Can’t wait to see them mature.

[gabbygill]

Omg!! Yes!! Do this! My husband freaked out once because I cut our rose bushes down to nubs like that and like 3 weeks later our rose bushes were HUGE! the branches were dense, and the blooms were outstanding! That was our best year for our roses! Pruning is so important!!

[chewiebacka]

Took me a second to catch the "feet for free" line. Hilarious.

[Dbee]

Roughly related: I got seed from a lady in a pepper fb group. I planted in one of those starter kits with the little pods.... fungus grew and killed all but one of the seedlings. It was hanging on but not looking too good. I treated it with peroxide and it lived but didn't do much that year. When fall came it hadn't and certainly wasn't going to produce any fruit.
I brought it in for the winter and babied it with peroxide until the following Mother's Day. I took it outside and repotted it in a 5-gal bucket (with cheap fish bodies 😅)... That thing took off and produced like crazy.

[farmergirlofchickens]

When I bring mine inside they continue to bloom. Since there are no pollinators indoors I take a small art brush and touch every bloom and it continues to make peppers.

[joserubio]

My wife told my this too but I thought she was lying. But it’s true and I asked how did she knew. Turns out she follows epic gardening too 😂.

[nellysanchez]

Advantages of living in a tropical zones:
Never have to worry about frost.
Basically, all year is good to plant most crops.

[jenndowell]

First step is to move to a warmer climate

Edit: it's so refreshing to see the number of people in these replys who understand sarcasm. Actually move? No, don't be ridiculous 🙄

[gregholl]

I had a friend who did this with cherry tomato plants in west central MN!
Brought in the house for winter.
Had tomatoes all winter long.

[lemonyskunkketts]

Works for sweet peppers as well in case anyone is wondering.

[Unsensitive]

I did that with a poblano last year. Left in my garage with windows..

It went dormant, just branches, nonkeaves. I figured it was dead.

I planted it outside in spring and it didnt seem to do much, but a month later then started putting out leaves and flowers like crazy.

Right now it has 15 big peppers on it.

[VashtiWood]

My "grandmother" chilli plant is more than a decade old!

I'm glad this is catching on!

[nikinnorway]

My pepper plant lasted 8 years, just treating it like a regular houseplant. Including 4 years above the arctic circle.

[farfromirrational]

That's awesome. A couple of years ago q friend was digging out his garden bed and said he didn't want the small rainbow peppers that weren't growing much for him. I repotted them and set them on my porch, they loved it. I ended up giving them as gifts to others in the area who still eat them.

[meganingold]

Seeing you workin in your garden, and walking in the soil barefoot, truly makes me smile and makes my soul happy!!! ✌🏽💚

[Uncooked-]

Whats also a bonus with this method is that peppers produce more and more as they age, or at least more on the 2nd and 3rd year, idk about after that but still a good way to get a better harvest from your plant

[jodycooper]

I've never successfully overwintered summer veggies, even here in coastal VA (zone 8a). Gonna try again with a potted red bell. Wish me luck! (I've succeeded with basil, btw)

[glenswebber]

I have several chilli plants that are years and years old; and they do fine with little effort. It's not too cold. Occasional frost, doesn't seam to worry 'em.

[QCreyton]

You can do something similar with tomatoes. Take some cuttings, root them in water, once you have good roots on them pot them up and keep them on the windowsill until it's time to plant them back outside.