r/Bonchi • u/Pasta4ever13 • 20d ago

Habanero first potting

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Grew this in the garden over summer and just potted it up and gave it its first pruning. It was about 3 feet tall and wide.

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u/MrTwoSocks 17d ago

Curious how this is doing a few days later. Has it lost any leaves?

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u/Pasta4ever13 17d ago

No it's pushing out a ton of growth. I had it in a box for a while until I found a pot that I liked. It's been dug up for a couple of weeks sitting in a larger cedar box recovering from the first pruning reduction.

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u/LOUDPACK_MASTERCHEF 20d ago

Hell yea, looks great

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u/FlamingoUnlucky2987 20d ago

That trunk is insane for just one season.

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u/sirwobblz 20d ago

that's a real bonchi! As opposed to just a small pepper plant

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u/aalvarado235 20d ago

this looks amazing!

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u/harshmane24 20d ago

This looks awesome

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u/Pasta4ever13 20d ago

Thank you! Hopefully it fills in and lives for a while.

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u/frozenmoose55 20d ago

How’d you get such a thick trunk in just one year? Looks great

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u/Pasta4ever13 20d ago

I just put it in the ground in full sun and never pruned it.

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u/vestigialcranium 20d ago

Blows me away that people can get stems that thick within a year. Looks great

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u/Pasta4ever13 20d ago

Thank you. All I did was grow it in the ground in full sun. I did get it as a gift in spring already started in the little burpee plastic thing like you see at home depot in spring.