[greeneyes]

I hope you get the rain you need. Those peppers that have been going strong for 5 years? Do you mean the same peppers have been growing that long, or do you mean that you have successfully grown pepper plants from seed the last 5 years(new plants each year?)?

[Sarajevo]

Do you mean the same peppers have been growing that long, or do you mean that you have successfully grown pepper plants from seed the last 5 years(new plants each year?)?

It's the same tabasco plant. It's now 5ft tall, and new leaves and shoots are sprouting.
Thai and habenero peppers are doing the same. The smaller, more tender branches die back in the chill of winter, and new foliage sprouts off of the older woody stems.