Here’s How to REGROW the Same Pepper Plant Every Year! (How to Overwinter Your Peppers)

today me and tuck are going to show you  how to easily overwinter Peppers plant   them once and harvest year  after year after year let's go most people think peppers are annuals meaning  you plant them from seed they grow you get a   harvest from them you save the seed then the plant  dies and you do that whole procedure the next year   but peppers are actually perennials meaning  they'll produce year after year the problem   around here where I live is that the cold weather  will them but we can prevent this today I'm going   to show you how to do that the first thing we  want to do is Select plants that produced well   that are healthy and have little to no disease or  pest issues look at these plants right here look   how well this one did and how well it's producing  this one over here these are the ones we're going   to over winter this adjari looking really nice and  then check out this hot paper lantern pepper over   here so we're going to select these plants to over  winter because they look fantastic and they're the   ideal candidates I did the same process last  year of overwintering peppers and it worked   out really well ideally you want to do this with  peppers planted in containers but I'll show you   how to do with peppers planted in the ground  as well the best time to start overwintering   your peppers is a few weeks before the first  expected Frost what we want to do is we want   to make sure we're starting to overwinter them  before any of the cold weather starts to damage   the plants but we also want to make sure we're  getting the most out of the year and allow the   most peppers on the plants to finish once the  temperatures start getting into the mid-40s at   night that's a good time to start preparing your  peppers for overwintering if you have a greenhouse   like I do and you're growing your peppers and  pots what you can do is when the night start   to get cold you could bring your potted plants  into the greenhouse and then take those back out   during the day when it gets nicer out this will  allow you to extend your season more and wait a   little later to start overwintering your peppers  now that we've chosen our healthiest plants let's   start harvesting all these Peppers before we start  cutting the plant back because we're going to be   pruning it back a lot let's cut all these Peppers  off Harvest all these ones this is the aari pepper   I really like this variety and I want to save  this plant plant look how beautiful the peppers are it was a good producer really healthy plant  and Tuck even likes these ones so it's always a   good sign right boy we'll let him snack  on that I'll cut the rest of the plant back so just a few more green peppers on here  if I wasn't showing you how to do this I could   have let this pepper plant go a little longer by  putting it in the greenhouse and allow some more   of these to finish but I just want to show you  the exact process now let's get to the extreme   part if you're a new Gardener this is going to be  hard to see but it's also going to be hard to do   not that it's going to be difficult but it's going  to be hard to watch because we're going to have to   prune this plant back a lot you'll see before I  start the pruning though to avoid any potential   for getting any disease issues I'm just going to  use some isopropyl alcohol and dip my pruners into there just like this now now we're going to  be pruning this pepper back a lot we're going   to be removing all the leaves as well we're doing  this for a couple reasons first of all is we don't   want any pests hiding underneath these leaves  anywhere and then bringing those pests inside   and then as this plant over Winters the pests are  just feeding on the plant we don't want that at   all another thing is we want this plant to go into  dormy we're not looking to produce Peppers inside   we just want the plant to kind of just wait and  hang around till the spring comes and then when   spring comes we'll bring it back outside and it  will just explode into growth let's get to the   pruning what we want to do is prune right above  a node so a node is where the leaves the buds and   everything emerges from all the growth we want to  make sure we're leaving a few nodes so in Spring   the plant can grow back from these nodes we're  going to cut the plant back a lot though right   here we've got a node you see leaves are growing  out of it we're going to prune it back right above   it you can see right here just like this not too  close to the node that it causes any damage but   this is where next year the plant will grow back  from over here you notice that the plant grows up   and it kind of wies from here we want to keep  this node right here this is where the plant's   going to grow back from in the spring so we're  going to cut right above it just like that we   want to cut a lot of this plant back next we have  a node here and we have a node down here we could   cut either one back I'm going to cut this one  back up here and you notice again the node is   where all the leaves are growing from and that's  where the regrowth will happen in the spring so   let's cut it right there so we've got the plant  down a lot I'm gonna I have another node right   here I'm going to cut right above it and then  I'm going to remove all these leaves because   we are essentially again forcing this plant  into dormy we don't want it to grow over the winter some people will cut it back all the  way down to some of the Lo nodes down here   but I like keeping this shape a little bit so  when it regrows it has a decent shape already   to it here it is this is what the plant looks  like when it's finished being pruned it may   not look like much but it's going to be nice  starting in spring from a plant like this to   regrow as opposed to starting a whole new plant  from seed if you want you could take this pot   and bring it inside now but we're not going to  do that what we're going to do is take it easy   boy this guy's always looking for some fresh  Peppers what we're going to do is we're going   to repot this and we're going to do that for  a few different reasons first off there could   be pest lurking in the soil we don't want to  bring those into the house then they come out   and just like attack the pepper plant and cause  unated stress another thing is if we don't have   a lot of space inside we're going to be able to  transplant this plant into a smaller pot and I'll   show you how we're going to do that right now  so let's get this detached this is just what I   was using for staking cuz this pepper plant got  heavy I use these uh plastic clips for tomatoes   peppers all different plants it works they work so  fantastic so let's do this take this out now what   we're going to do is is we're going to take this  plant out we're going to shake all the soil off   we're going to wash the roots off to make sure we  get rid of any kind of pests that might be hidden   in our soil and then we're going to start with  fresh soil so let's just get this plant out I   don't want to cause too much stress to it so it's  going to be gentle I don't want to just Yank It Out woo a lot ofce roots in  there so first I'm just going to shake as gently as I can we don't want to  lose the roots we just want to lose the dirt be really gentle with this process cuz it's  super stressful for the plant got some dirt on   tuck this guy's staying a little too close he  loves it though okay and now I'm going to use some water and you might be thinking this  going to be really stressful for the   plant but it's okay because we cut so  much back at the top of the plant so   there's not as much plant that the roots  need to support we're still going to have   a nice balance between the top growth  and root ratio got this filled up with   water now I'm just going to dip the roots  in a little bit to loosen up some of the soil we're going to dunk these roots one more time  but before I do that I don't need all these   roots especially this long since I don't  have much top growth and we're trying to   put this into dorcy we're going to take  some of these roots back a little bit so   we'll just take some Roots about equal  length here just like this give them a   bit of a haircut this will help me clean out  all the dirt from it better and then it also   help with the repotting we don't want  any Roots twisting and getting tangled   that looks good just like that now we'll dip  it back in here to get the rest of the Dirt Off The Roots look nice we almost got all the  dirt off we pruned them back a little bit now   before we pot this we're going to do take  one more precautionary step we're going to   dip this in a solution to make sure any of  the soft bodied insects or anything that's   left in there get killed off we're going to be  using all organic stuff what we're going to do   is use this 5 gallon bucket and I've got two  gallons of water in I'm going to add one more   gallon so we're going to do three gallons and I'm  going to add in here a tablespoon of this insect   killing soap this safer soap it works really  good I use this even for like my aphids and   a lot of the soft bodied insects this stuff's  really nice I'm also going to use a tablespoon   of NE oil so this has the aidaa in it which is  really good stuff too so this is the cold press   NE moil so we're going to add a tablespoon  of of each I don't have a tablespoon so I'm   just going to add three teaspoons because uh  three teaspoons is equal to 1 tablespoon one   2 three tablespoons of that and the safer  soap will help mix NE oil in one 2 3 then   I'm just going to add my next gallon of water  this is always how I measure my gallons I just   get an old gallon jug and then fill it up a  few different times so I'm going to mix this   I'm going to pour this in it help mix things  up a little bit and I'll even use my hand a bit looks good like that now I'm going to take  my roots my plant I meant with the cleaned roots   and we're going to dip this into our bucket and  let it sit there just for a couple minutes just   to let everything get killed off it's okay if  the stamina everything goes in there too it's   actually not a bad thing because we even do this  let's let that sit just there for a minute or two   while we're doing that we're going to prepare our  next pot since we prune back a lot of those roots   we're we're going to be able to put in just  a gallon pot this is one that I just recycled   but what we want to make sure we're doing is  using good quality potty mix that's clean the   last thing we want is potty mix that has bugs  and stuff in it because we just spent all the   time making sure we don't have any fungus snats  or anything so we're going to take some of our   potting mix I'm using the Happy Frog and this is  good clean stuff so I'm going to put you some at   the bottom get it all prepped we allow them  to soak for a minute look nice and a little   bit soapy there which is okay now we're going  to take this and Transplant into its new home   we don't it's not going to be growing a lot  in here it's going to just be kind of sitting   dormant so just going to do just like that we  got some soil at the bottom Let The Roots kind of spread we don't want them getting tangled then   I'm just going to take some soil  and just fill it around just like this just like that push it down just a little bit looks good but in the spring for this we're  going to be repotting it again into a bigger pot   this is just to help us save space and to make  sure that we're not bringing in fungus KN Nats   into the into the house or actually with in the  garage where we're going to store it that looks   nice I'm going to gently just water it in just  so the roots can kind of get set in place we   don't want to over water this we don't want  it to be uh like soaking wet we just want it   to be damp so let's just water that in a little  bit this process that I just showed you I did it   with potted plants but it's essentially the same  for inground plants just make sure when you're   digging out those inground plants you kind of  go as deep as you can and you want to lift out   the whole plan instead of just yanking it up from  the stem but just be gentle with it and it should   be okay because you're going to be pruning back  a lot of the top like we did here and you're also   going to be printing back some of the roots so you  should be safe then just pot it and same process   most of our work is finished there's just a few  things I want to mention one of them is to check   out the merch down at jameson.com our new merch  the S with the flow merch we're really happy with   the way it came out so what we're going to do  now is take this plant and bring it inside side   ideally we wanted to bring it to a place that gets  a little bit of light but not a lot of light again   we don't want this to grow we just want it to sit  dormant also when it comes to the temperatures we   want to bring it into an area like a garage we  want the temperatures to be about in the mid-50s   to the mid-60s we don't want it to get much warmer  than that or the plants are going to start to grow   a lot which is what we don't want and we don't  want it to be like in the 40s or that could cause   too much stress to the young plants so get a spot  where it could hang out in like the mid-50s to the   60s that that's the most ideal a few weeks after  you bring your plants inside you might notice that   there's some foliage growth some leaves are  growing on it what I suggest you do is just   pull those leaves off because we don't want the  plant growing a lot that's just going to be a spot   for pest to kind of get harbored we could just  remove that foliage that's why the temperatures   are important though if you keep your plant in a  spot that's in like the mid-50s you're not going   to have much growth and it's also not going to  stress the plant out too much when it's in dormy   it's not going to need much water either so what I  like to do is just come by and check the soil the   top few inches if it's relatively damp then that's  okay but we don't want to be overwatering this and   make the soil super soggy or that's just going to  be a breeding ground for insects so and disease   so we definitely don't want that another thing  I want to mention is when it comes to storing it   it's essentially just again going to be end dormy  so we don't need to add any fertilizer this plant   isn't going to need any fertilizer because we  don't want it to grow there's a little bit of   fertilizer that's in the Happy Frog soil but  we're not looking for growth that'll happen   in the spring when spring comes and you want to  bring this plant back outside you really need to   make sure that you harden this plant off you don't  want to get OV excited and bring the plant right   outside and then it has a little bit of leaf  growth and it gets cold outside and kind of   dies back so Harden your plant off when you bring  it out in the spring let it get slowly acclimated   to those outside temperatures and then once the  temperatures are heating up a bunch and the plant   is used to them then you can leave it outside but  you really want to bring up back outside slowly   these are summer plants and they're heat loving  plants so we don't want to just rush them outside   and have them end up dying with all the work we  put into them through the winter you want to go   to your plants and make sure you're checking  on them removing those leaves will help avoid   pest issues but if you do see some pests I just  suggest you hit them with the safer soap this   will work good to remove a lot of the pests but  the most ideal thing is that the pests don't come   so that's kind of what we want to do is and what  we've done this whole thing is to prevent a lot of   pest issues that's today's video grow thanks for  watching we hope you enjoyed it we hope you got   something out of it me and Tuck had a lot of fun  in this video we hope you got value out of it and   we hope you guys actually try overwintering your  peppers I suggest doing it this way even though   it's a little more work because you can again use  smaller pots take up less space and you have less   chance of pest issues but I have overwintered  peppers in the past where I just cut the peppers   back and then take the whole pot inside but  then I did have some problems with like apids   and stuff so what I'm trying to do this year is  just prevent a lot of that from happening uh me Tu   wanted to mention a huge thank you to one of our  new channel members Shan Johnson thanks for being   a part of Team grow thanks for having your hand  and everything we're doing out here The Season's   starting to wind down but we're always thinking  about the future and we're thinking about how we   can set ourselves up for next spring and we think  overwintering Peppers is a great way to do that so   you don't have to start your seeds all over again  this guy is always hanging out he's uh looking out   for us he had some peppers earlier when we were  working on him but now he's just kind of relaxing   and just Garden the garden because he is the  guardian of the garden so spam some hearts down   low if you love seeing tuck in the videos tuck and  James will be back to you again real soon we out

Channel: The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni

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Published: Sat Oct 28 2023