So i've been growing some chillies indoors over the past 6 years. I've been doing the same process every year/2 years. On odd years i plant seeds, and on the even years i don't. But i overwinter all of them every year, because that's what i saw other growers do to keep their plants alive over the winter and to able to wake them up when the season of growing comes back.
I started with one plant of yellow, orange and red Habaneros and one carolina reaper. i plant one new plant of each of those every 2nd year, overall they are doing well, but the oldest ones are seeing their last season this year. So i will end up with 12 plants total with a life span of 5-7 years.
My average yeald is around 400g per plant so i end up with 4.5-5kg of chillies each year. Me and my family love hot chillies and we end up finishing them all by January/february. And sometimes they get too old, that they lose their crunch/freshness by that time. So i came to wonder, if they under the right conditions (trimming, heat, light, fertilizers...) will keep growing and producing new fruits over the winter, and therefore all year round. So i can keep enjoying my berries, or is the overwintering stage is mandatory to give the plants a break?
When i searched on google "can i skip overwintering" the answers were "here's how to overwinter" so i thought i better ask other humans.
