Most of the coworkers I bring in plants for and wanted to overwinter them have found that the big shop lights hung right on top of the plants will keep them going just fine. I'd like to recommend bottom heat to go along with that since many put their plants in the basement where it is much cooler. I do prune back the ones I keep but nothing too severe. I still get pods over the winter in the GH. Woohooman...you are probably right about losing the heat. But that loss of heat does not register with me! Once any of them get up to that level, hell man, it's hot! Peppernovice...no problem there. I'm going to keep that one Reaper in the GH for now since it's too wide to get out the doors without a fight. Once a few rounds of fruiting goes by, I will try and isolate a branch to ensure a pure strain...I'll attempt the same with the Butch. I'm not like some of you clowns that can just start munching on a raw super. You guys are nuts! I do love them in or with different foods in moderation. I have more fun making incredibly hot crap and bringing it into work for the folks who will eat anything that is out there for the taking...along with my regulars. We have one guy in the office that is sort of the goofball of the directorate. Everyone gives him crap and he returns it...lot of fun. His problem? He believes Ketchup is spicy! My anonymous gift to him one Christmas was leaving him a plate of peanut brittle that I made up with fatalii chili powder! The plate was done up in a nice little bow too. Ahhh...office pranks. The good news is that he has made huge strides in handling hotter foods! I recently made up some brats with our sausage maker. I thought it would be great to add in some scorpions when making the links. I was cautious in the amount I added. As I was preparing the second round for the links, I looked down and saw a bunch of chopped scorpions that did not get used when I first mixed it. So I added the rest to this second batch. Damn near killed my buddy and I later that night. The next morning I didn't even get out of our neighborhood going to work when I decided maybe it would be best working from home this day! Very good call.

The reaper has been one tough cookie for me to grow this year. Out of 10 seeds, only half germinated. Four more were lost during the hardening off period. One survived, but most of the buds fell off after flowering. Its got 4 pods on it now and about 24" high. I'm hoping I get some seeds from one of the pods for next season, and pass along any more that mature to a friend that likes to make hot sauce. Hope you the best with your Reapers.

Agree with Dennis. After seeing your pic, I don't see any reason why you won't get at least a few before frost. If you can extend the season, even more than a few. That one doesn't look like it's in a container though. Were you planning the greenhouse for THIS one. If not, then the only thing I can suggest is heavy mulch when it starts to cool. This might keep the soil warm for an extra couple weeks. Kevin This post was edited by woohooman on Sat, Aug 16, 14 at 18:06

three of them made a mess in one room. It was all sticky, and bugy so i washed them in bathroom and took it outside. It was hell to do. They grew along the windows without real support so when i took them down....with all those bugs...hell. Now they are outside on 5th floor. Wasps come by, have some lunch, some lady bugs as well. The nums od aphids is droping, but plants are loosing leaves rapidly. Htere were some cattepilars as well, but i guess that they didn't like neem oil, and me taking them down so there are no caterpillars. It is interesting that lemon chilly pepper doesn't have many of aphids, even when the leaves of infested neighbor habaneros are touching. There is some chemistry that someone should investigate. Three other plants were without aphids until recently, and numbers are growing incredible. I sprayed them on window sills with neem oil stronger than 2%, and i can see effects pretty quick...but i put also more organic dish soap. They are not pretty anymore, loosing leaves, sticky. pods are sticky, some are soft to touch...not the plants "that i used to know ". Talking about bad luck, i have some requests to sell them. By now I had more than 600 pods, approximately one kilo of dried ones. I had some experiment with those few pods that grew mold on stings when drying. I washed them all in diluted peroxide 3%, than in vinegar, water and dried them allover. No mold now, and aflatoxin i guess. I learned that that repeated drying process can give an extra flavour, like Urfa pepper ( Turkish/Syrian stuff )