How to Overwinter Pepper Plants for Huge Pepper Harvests!

This is how I prepare my pepper plants to make it through the winter indoors! I’ve had good success with this method with 9 out of 10 plants I overwintered last year making it through winter! Once they are prepared they can be stored indoors with minimal maintenance. They need cool temperatures, little light, and only occasional watering when completely dry.

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[JackMorrowT]

I did this method at the end of the season last year, and they are coming in so strong already in my grow tent. Thanks for the great video! Only lost one, but 12 made it! Hot sauce this year is going to be amazing.

[cmbooks]

So glad you showed how to prune and put a lot of emphasis on cleaning the root ball. Nothing worse for a gardener than inviting pests into the home. Thank you

[mrscaldwell]

Your video just came in...thank you for your teaching I have some small hot pepper plants this year; will try your technique...God bless!

[davidbennett]

OMG! THANK YOU! I'm a pretty knowledgeable gardener, and I had no idea.

[Omegawerewolfx]

2 inches of sand fixes gnats. They cannot burrow or emerge through the sand. I also use insecticidal soap on my root balls and re-pot soil. Then I hit it with neem oil.
I have a small fan blowing, plus small sticky traps that largely do nothing because there aren't any bugs to catch but they're awesome for snaring gnats or spider mites should they find a way into the house. I bottom water the plants.
I also have a grow tent, so some of the peppers just get trimmed and repotted. That way they're producing almost all year. i try to have jalapeno all year.

[BIGMANHUNTER]

This will be my first year planting peppers, but I made a reminder for autumn to watch this video when the time comes. Thanks lad!

[jSheapullen]

I had a great pepper deason! Gonna transplant 3 or more. Thank you for the easy instructions!

[OSKG]

Great video. This will be my first year over wintering my pepper plants. 👍🏻

[lupitaladechicagovlogs]

Thanks a lot for this video. We'll have to do this in about 2 weeks here in Chicago.

[timothywood]

You have a very nice calm voice..i love your videos.

[godisnotmocked]

Best how to videos I've seen on this. I'll try it next year.

[paropersaud]

Happy Monday thank you for sharing i try this method i have lots of pepper plants in pots live in Canada 🇨🇦 👍🪴

[Mercedes]

This was my first year growing peppers. I planted habanero, poblano, and Aleppo in grow bags-it was a successful season-and I plan on adding a few other varieties next year! I will definitely look into overwintering. Thanks for the video!

[blckgrlctygrdn]

I'm glad I came across your video. I have 6 scotch bonnet/habanero plants that have so many green peppers left on them. I'm in Zone 7B so may have some time yet before our frost, but I'm definitely going to try and overwinter them so they can begin producing earlier summer 2024. Such an informative video. Thanks! Going to check out the rest of your videos now.

[markb]

Zone 7a here/Maryland. We had a 3 gallon pot with three beautiful jalapeño plants growing all Summer long. We picked a ton of peppers . Two weeks ago we brought it into our sunroom/plant room & it’s still growing strong. It’s full of one inch jalapeños & we hope to keep it growing & alive through Winter.

[chri]

Think I will try this this year. Especially my bell and jalapeños.

[mgguygardening]

Great video! I had a horrible infestation of fungus gnats the first year I tried this so after that I started using the same method as you of washing as much dirt as possible out of the roots.

[burdenofproofreading]

This is so helpful. My husband has a beloved hot pepper plant he wants to try to overwinter. We're nearing our first frost (zone 5b), so I'm going to do this today. Thank you. ❤

[adamb]

Gonna try this out this year. I live in a condo so I can only really grow peppers in raised flower boxes out on my little porch, and every time I've tried to bring them indoors over the winter, aphids have just demolished them. And that sticky nasty residue they leave behind, ugh. I was always afraid of killing the plant, but if the bugs kill them anyway and my alternative is to let them die outside and sprout out new seeds indoors in April, I may as well give it a shot.

[garlicbreathandfarts]

Thanks for the advice. You saved me tons of time of research.