Yes,
I overwintered three plants. Two Hot Hungarian Wax and a Bhut Jolokia. One of the Hot Hung Wax plants curently has a couple pods on it. One is clearly evident but it has another smaller one as well as more blooms coming. The other Hot Hung Wax is getting ready to put out some blooms too. The Bhut hasn't tried to bloom for quite a while. But I have trimmed all three a couple times since potting them up for the winter. I will probably not trim them any more this winter.

Bruce

Yup, last year's bhut has overwintered wonderfully, no issues at all. Well, almost had one small issue with mold growing in the cut section, but a quick spritz with H2O2 solved that right away.

That killed my bonsai pepper because I didn't know to watch for it until it was too late, so I watched the bhut much more closely after that.

I love the skewers in your pots!!!

That's about how mine look...except I used the (approx) 1 gal pots and only filled them about 1/2 way or so. I do have more growth (new stems/leaves) but, no fruit. I have had a couple flushes of blooms, but, they all drop (which is fine).

I also use skewers to see if the potting mix is dry near the bottom.

Yep, that is what the bamboo skewers are for. To test the moisture in the bottom of the pots. Those containers are probably 2 gal except for the light colored one which is probably closer to 1 gal. I have kept them trimmed so that they dont get too unwieldy while indoors but I think I will be letting them go for the remainder of the winter.
Bruce

are those the permanent homes/pots for the plants, or do you move them to larger pots when they go outside?

I will be putting them either in the ground or more probably into 7 gallon pots when they are ready to go back outside. The bhut was almost 4 ft tall and 4 ft wide last year in my above ground garden. I am hoping it spreads it's wings again this year.
Bruce

EDYMNION - I killed my bonsai pepper plant too :(

Thanks, I didn't think they could grow to full potential in a 2 gal. container. I guess you prune the roots and foliage when overwintering...

I'm planning on putting a few of the bhuts you sent me in the ground and a few in pots. Now I have an idea of what size planter to buy.

If you are going with a planter, get at least 5 gallon. 7 is better but not necessary.

Yes, I pruned the foliage and roots way back before potting up for the winter.
Here are the Bhuts before repotting for winter:

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Here they are after trimming them back and before repotting:

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Bruce

Nice looking plants esox07.

Your overwinters didn't have problems with any pests; i.e. aphids, mites etc?

Best of luck with year #2.

Rick

rdback:
Yes, I had pests. Three weeks after trimming them up and bringing them in, I found Aphids. But I got rid of them with Ortho brand insecticidal soap. If you want to check out my entire season grow blog, click the link below. It chronicles my overwinter plants starting on October 13th.
Bruce

Here is a link that might be useful: Bruce's 2012 grow blog

Great job, guys.
My Hungarian is plugging along. Prolific flowers, with about five peppers that set....
although I've fastidiously plucked all flowers and pods. Dealt with aphids initially,
now I'm controlling spider mites. Total pain in the ass.

Behlgarden, I would not recommend compost teas, since they've been proven not to work.
Also, I would never use a fertilizer in a 4-6-6 formulation. No plant uses nutrients
in that ratio. Plants use 6 times more nitrogen than phosphorous, and that much phosphorous
may very well lead to other nutrient uptake problems. Fair warning.

Josh

OK Folks, here are my overwintered Peppers! Heavenly! Awesome! I got 7 plants that I let them overwinter in the planter and survive the cold. I pruned them to healthy branches and it started to show sings of life slowly in Feb. Then I fertilized it with tomatotone and look what they are now. very healthy and fruiting monsters. Pepper production and quality is much superior this year than last! I am so glad that I overwintered as my seeds are still 6" seedlings!

Wow, nice pepper plants and peppers. My three overwintered plants are just sitting there doing nothing. The dog has gotten ahold of each of them at least two or three times since last fall. That is probably the biggest problem. Then I am not in zone 9 so my growing season has just started. One of my Hungarians has buds and even a pepper but the other is pretty bare and the Naga looks pretty bad. But it looks like it just started throwing out new leaves so maybe it is ready to take off.

My overwintered clone is now more then a foot long, growing sideways like a branch but loaded with peppers almost an inch long. I started feeding it in March. It is interesting how it is acting like a side branch it was rather then becoming a leader. I may have to start training it up as it wants to flow over the container.

Bruce, surprised you are that far behind. My zone is only one half zone warmer then yours. All my peppers are flowering now, and on hungarian and bananas, I have 5-6 inch yellow fruit that can be picked anytime, and 3 inch jalapenos. Mind you, we had a warm spring and I got the plants out in the greenhouse early.

I also overwintered two bellpeppers that are going gang busters right now. Next season I will overwinter eggplants too.

Weather has been weird this spring. We are looking at highs barely hitting 60 right now. 90 just last weekend. Plants are confused. I think the problem with my overwinters is the dog. He basically trashed each of them 2-3 times since last fall. Twice completely uprooting them. My seed grown plants are doing good considering my early setback back in February. I just snipped buds from virtually every plant and most had pods already...but too small yet.

Bruce

I tried overwintering last winter also. I had 16 in my garage under lights in 5 gal. buckets. Nothing special for soil just the dirt I dug them up with. They are going bonkers outside now. I'm still not sure if I want to put them back in the ground or not. The buckets dry out in a day or so so I don't want them to suffer from the heat when it gets real hot. I can't tend them daily so the 'ol lady keeps them watered but I hear about it. I might branch my garden irrigation off to them to put them on "autopilot" like my garden is on. Also I'm going to repot one to see if some potting soil makes them better or worse. I've been picking for a few weeks now. Sport peppers, black japs, mini bells, Di toros. My Anaheims are close and I even have a couple of peppers on my bhuts which never produced last year due to frost coming too soon. I read about 7 gal pots. Are these actual pots or are they buckets? 'El cheapo here.