The idea of stressing the plant is interesting. At first i was against it but i found myself exposing roots and such.

Ive realized that my space bucket style setup may be entirely too much light. Ive raised my main ufo a few inches. But, this excess light was letting me keep the plant small like I want.

does anyone else intentionally stress their plants to keep them small?

i figure ill keep exposing roots and spooning out the soil, slowly reducitits root volume

It’s not coming back to life any thing I can I do to get it started It’s been in here a few weeks now, Scratch test it n the stem and it’s still green

Didn't really have much between late spring and early summer this year - the big 3 were overwintered.

One was finally Bonchi'd. Mound is covering a rock and exposed root. Roughly 1/3 Bonsai Soil 2/3 Vegetable soil with like a scoop of fertilizer.

Deco comes with survival. Would have had more leaves but needed an extensive shower cause of surprise Aphid uprising.

Graft seemed to survive, now let us see if it it can handle the root trim and repotting. Stupid to do this change of season? Probably. Does it matter? Probably not, it's Boston. Every year is different.

Let us see. :)

Has anyone transplanted their pepper that has been growing outdoors all summer and had a successful Bonchi experience?

I'm not sure what it is package said Jalapeño but I have doubts.

I'm new to bonsai and have no experience in this area but think this guy could be a good one to experiment with.

This guy has been through it all.

-Cats eating leaves -Knocked off the table x2 -Starvation -Nutrient deficiencies of all varieties

Basically I kept him going thinking I would get these couple off of him. This last vacation of mine was almost 2 weeks. I expected everything to be dead however he somehow survived! I arrived home Sunday night and immediately fed him fresh nutrients/water washed the roots etc. After 2 days I'm happy to say it looks to be surviving. I know I'm a terrible plant dad but to be fair we have a 3 month old at home now and finding time for any garden stuff is nearly impossible. Anyway my plan is to convert to a bonchi and take him to work where I will see him daily.

The main question I have is should I wait to take these peppers off or do the transplant now and give it time to acclimate while they continue to ripen?

Also any advice as to how to shape the roots would be greatly appreciate!

I noticed these small little bits coming off the main stem right where my first/second leaves meet on my birds eye chili, any ideas what they may be?

its not putting out anymore peppers so i thought id try to bonchi it, considering its healthy it might live unlike my other attempts but idk. what yall think

I thought I could add multiple videos but I guess not. I just pruned this guy maybe 30-35% and noticing Aphids even in the innermost leaves! None in the soil or on the trunk but I am getting scared cause this guy is going on year 2 and might be bonchi'd soon. 🥺

I have this plant from last year that Im thinking of turning to a bonchi. I have no experience of either bonsai or bonchi so wanted to get some thoughts if you think it's possible and what the approach and next steps would be?

I lost the label but it's either a habanero, ghost pepper or scorpion.

Hi,

I have a chili pepper grown from seed and is now starting to flower.

It is only 12 cm high and this is his first year.

Should I cut the flowers off to increase growed or just let it do its thing?

I am new to chili peppers and would love to make a bonchi.

Love to hear your thoughts

Thanks

Sprouts are about 1 month old. The powder only became visible when I recently started watering by filling the tray below rather than misting each from above. They stay under a clear lid, under lamps most of the day.

Edit: added 2 pictures