So passes Hector and Achilles
Well, we gave it the ol’ college try…but our pepper plants-turned-mythic-heroes just didn’t make it through the winter. We were hoping that we would be able to get them to survive inside through the cold stretch ahead, but the sunniest spot we could find for them that was immune from kids & puppies just wasn’t sunny enough. They produced a few more peppers…but finally gave up the ghost last week.
In memoriam:
Achilles (habanero) March 2006-December 2006
Hector (poblano) March 2006-December 2006
We will certainly get some more plants for next year. Too much fun was had in the growing of the peppers, but even more enjoyment came from the hot sauce making with them when ripe.
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Commented at December 6, 2006- 11:50 am
: takes off his hat :
“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, dead bodies go to the kitchen, so on and so fourth…”
Will you be growing again next year? I have some seeds I could send you.
Commented at December 6, 2006- 3:21 pm
Linda!
When I hibernate (?) chileplants I cut them down and put them in a room with low temperature. Not very much water and come springtime, all leaves start growing aagain. I’ve found that the fruits are normaly larger the second year than the first year. Had some really nice habaneros this year! If I leave the plants in room temp they tend to die if I don’t cut them down after harvesting the last fruits. Also be aware of diffrent kinds of mold to the stem if you keep them in roomtemp.
As for the look of your 2 friends – I wouldn’t give it too much hope but try cutting them down real hard and put them in a cool place.
Good Luck!
Ewa
Commented at December 6, 2006- 11:49 pm
I feel your pain, and I am truly sorry for your loss. I just lost two habs and two jalapeños to a freeze that got here before I got home from work.
I’m nursing my serrano back to health, but it’s a slow go…
Commented at December 7, 2006- 9:57 am
Thanks for the advice, Ewa. I was about to put those seemingly dead plants in the trash, but now I may wait and see what happens. The problem is that anyplace we have to put those which is cool enough and out of the way of things has little to no sunlight, and somehow it’s hard to imagine them surviving the winter in the abscence of sunlight.
Commented at December 7, 2006- 6:04 pm
I think the left hand one (in the pic) definetly will survive. Don’t worrie too much about the light and if you do, give him a flourescent light about 50 cm above the plant and if you want to make sure the light focus on the plant you can make a cheap “lampshade” out of tinfoil.
Remember Joe – I live in Sweden and I tell you – sunlight is hard to find theese days!
Commented at December 8, 2006- 7:55 pm
And ofcourse I mean the right hand one, if you look at the pic on the screen
Hubby hates me giving driving instructions 
Commented at December 9, 2006- 8:37 am
Both these plants have seen a couple of nights of hard freezes, so I think they’ve gone to meet their maker. We’ll likely just grow some new peppers next year, and maybe with these lessons learned we’ll be able to winterize those plants a little better.
And to answer Passow’s question…we haven’t grown our peppers from seed. We have gotten young plants and grown those. Germinating pepper plant seeds is a little to painstaking of a process for us to do, so we just get ‘em after they’re a little older.