Overwintering peppers in water

[ScottinAtlanta]

Folks, I could not plow under 50 pepper plants last week, many still flowering and full of vigor here in Atlanta. I pulled them out, and washed their roots, and put them in pails of water. Can I keep them in water until end February (about 11 more weeks), perhaps by adding fish emulsion or other delicacies? It would be a lot of work and space to replant them in soil.