Nice plant from what I can see, ozzy. Are you giving it supplemental light? Most people severely prune, buds and all, when they overwinter. Seems like a long time(at least another 3 months) to leave buds on a plant. I'm sure more experienced overwinterers will chime in.

Kevin

Yes I have some some t12 6500k on it. Those are all new buds lol. It only had about 10-12 leaves on it after I pruned it back. It's filled out quite nicely. So far the flowers are just falling off. I think it's a bit too cold in our basement to fertilize.
I'm just excited to see what this plant is gonna do this season when I pot it up to a 7 gal pot.

I whacked mine down to just a smidge of green....but now she's budded out again. I'll snip the buds once they're a little bigger.

Josh

I should probably snip the buds as well but I want to see if any of them will turn into peppers.

It takes a lot of vitality from the plant to develop those pods, and the pods aren't very good....I call them winterpods, and they tend to be smaller, smoother, less piquant, and less sweet. Really a lose-lose situation.

Josh

Although winter pods sound better than no pods.

You might rethink that once you taste them....

Josh

Winter pods are awesome if you give them enough light. And today with so many pot growers, some awesome light setups exist that produce pods as good as any summer pods.

Naw, they're not as good as any Summer pod, and that's for sure. Even with those awesome light set-ups. One of my buddies grew peppers hydroponically under top of the line lights. There's just no substitute for Mother Nature.

Josh

Josh I agree the ones grown inside are not as good as the ones grown outside. Though the ones that do grow inside during the winter still taste better than anything I have gotten off of the dead dried up sticks that are left after the frost kicks in.

The pic was taken 10 minutes ago they are inside of my closet at this time seeing as it is 34 degrees outside now, and not expected to see a high above 50 for another week or so. I get nice fresh pods that are still tasty, and real hot to heat up a cold day.

Winter Ghost Peppers. They are almost ripe now. I may use one to make some salsa to go with dinner toning.