Part 3 (report of how it came out) is here.
When last I posted, I was all excited about trying to bonsai some sweet pepper plants, to turn them into mini pepper-trees by restricting their roots and growing them under lights. Yesterday, I turned one out of its pot to see that the roots, previously so lovely and white were turning brown and drowned-looking. So, today, the peppers are in bigger pots, terra cotta pots, this time, which I'm hoping will let their roots dry out between waterings, to return the roots to health. The trouble is, in these bigger pots, they are unlikely to remain "bonsai'ed," that is: they're going to get big. So, now, it seems I am overwintering peppers in the house at a size maybe a quarter or a third the size of an outdoor plant, but not a real miniature. So bye-bye bonSPi, and hello overwintered peppers in pots. Here's a photo of their recent progress.
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| More leaves than last time, ay? |
The plants actually have tiny flower buds on board. The buds might fall off and break my heart, but no sign of their doing so yet.
--TK
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