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Tomato fertiliser works well for chillies.
Yes indeed, it does 🙂
This was the last big harvest
..looking very nice!
I shall try to overwinter the plant (apparently prune to ~20cm of stem, then v scant watering)
Yea that's a rule of thumb, yet I have had very mixed results - in my experience it depends a lot on how hardy the variety in general-, and how hardy the individual plant is.
You can put it somewhere cold-ish (above 10°C though to be safe) but bright - like directly at a window in a stairway.
I had also some success with keeping plants in a room that was a bit warmer (about 15°C) - but short periods of sun during the winter months meant they did shoot, actively searching for more light, which will leave you with a somewhat awkward looking plant, but it's more of a safe bet in regard to the plant not dying of cold or because you forget to give it a sip of water in the stairway.Good luck!
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Tomato fertiliser works well for chillies. This was the last big harvest, don’t know all the varieties but they were mostly a bit underwhelming. The split yellow fellows at the bottom were excellent, I shall try to overwinter the plant (apparently prune to ~20cm of stem, then v scant watering) and save some seeds. Paper Lanterns were good also & I’ll do the same; smallish plant too which is convenient.