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needrain said:@ketsui73
Here I have enough bright sun and warm temps off and on throughout the winter months that if I had the time and ability to move them in and out, most of them would grow even with the shorter days. Since that's not going to happen, I try to severely limit the supplemental water to prevent as much active growth as I can. That kind of growth is not good when the plants go back out when it warms up.

Most of my plants continue to grow over the winter; some of them much prefer the cooler fall/winter conditions on my windowsill over the summer heat and actually grow the most right now. The trick is simply keeping them only as active as conditions would allow; if they are too active they etiolate. I think the cold night temps on my windowsill help with that, since none have stretched yet. And I haven't had any issue with winter growth being oversensitive/damage-prone when they go outside in spring, as long as I take the time to acclimate them gradually.