I put so much effort into growing all these tomato, peppers, eggplants. I got good production from many. We have had such warm weather here in Seattle. My last post to gardenweb was for help identifying what i nw know are the tropical stinkbugs infesting my veggie garden.

Anyway, it got me thinking about keeping the plants alive through winter. My thinking was-- just get em to survive and next May they'll go crazy from the large root base they built iver this year's growing season.

I've looked around online and from what i can tell it sounds like peppers might behave that way but tomatoes might never get strong after a rough winter.

A friend suggested i bury the tomatoes so tat the will form new roots from the lower stem. I've akso been thinking about rooting some tomato clones and maybe potting smaller peppers, creating an indoor basement area with lights, possibly by te south window down there.

Some of the outdoor plants are within half disassembled cold frames waiting to be rebuilt; others i had cloches around last spring. Over the summer i made what i call 'worm bins in the field'-- post holesand trenches that i filled with coffee grounds, orher food waste as well as worms and compost from my worm bin. I think icoukd keep these fueled to help keep soil temps up.

Anyway, as i'm writing i'm feeling more confident in my existing plan :-)

My main area of ignorance/insecurity is about the possibility of stunting via cold weather, or if the plants just need to survive the winter. To what extent light and temperature will factor in. These plants are tropical, no real winter. So i am a bit confused by them, being a life time northerner :-)