WWYD? Me, being that I live in Texas, I would let them grow until they quit producing, and then start seeds indoors January 1. However, I know that isn't what you were asking.
I am interested in how to overwinter peppers in colder climates. I agree with greenthumbomaha that slow and steady is much better for the plants. I have read that many people overwinter super-hot pepper plants here in Texas. Some in zones 9 and 10 can do it in-ground.
I have one pepper plant still growing and producing little tiny ornamental peppers, and I wish I could experiment with overwintering it - but I know it is infected with RKN. It makes tiny peppers that are green, yellow, white, orange, purple, and red, and in the past two weeks, it has set countless new peppers. The new ones are around the size of a BB. I don't know if the size of the peppers are due to the RKN infection or what?
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