Why we like to over winter the super hots

[ScottinAtlanta]

The superhots are slow to produce in year 1, but in years 2 and 3, production increases tenfold.

Here is a Yellow Scorpion, three years old, already producing heavy loads of peppers, while peppers germinated this year are just starting to flower.

I over winter in a cold room - 45-60 degrees all winter, with natural light. I lose about 25% of the peppers, but do almost nothing to keep them alive other than water occasionally. They lose most of their leaves, and look like sticks when I plant out in spring, but they immediately spring back to life. I am very careful of the root balls when I transplant - I wash the roots clean in rain water, dunk in a microbial solution, and then plant.