By the way, these peppers are hotter than hell!

Well I kept my Jalabanero F1 plant inside for it's first winter, when it went outside it produced foliage but no peppers. It finally produced some peppers at the very end of the year.

I didn't trim it down as much the second winter, it is now doing awesome and I have already picked 70 ripe peppers off of it!

Maybe your Savina will do the same if you take it inside and bring out a third year...

Chiles are perennial and will produce fruit for years.

Hi Mike,

Yep, as Willard says, peppers are perennials, given the right environment. Lots of folks overwinter their plants, some just a few, others a greenhouse full. A quick search of the forum (link below) produces a whole bucket full of threads to read on the subject.

Good Luck and Happy Growing.

Here is a link that might be useful: Search for Overwintering Plants

Yep, some folks even grow them as bonsai.

I've heard of 8 - 12 year old pepper plants.

I'm going to over-winter one of mine this year.

Josh

Cool! I am absolutely going to start doing this from now on!

Thanks!

Yeah, it sounds as if entered into a phase of vegetative growth--the plant stays alive and produces more foliage as compared to blossoms and fruit--it doesn't get the right amount of light or full light spectrum it would get from natural sunlight. But hey, if you can keep it alive until you can set it out when the weather is warmer, you're a big step up on the time spent trying to grow them from seed year after year, so overwintering is a good idea. I'm going to try it this year, also.