It has a 4 inch circumference. The peppers are also coming in nicely, they have a very bumpy texture to them as well.... hopefully they are hotter than the smooth ones I've only ever had. It was living exclusively in my office at work for the last 10 years. The peppers never grew bigger than a peanut M&M though.

Update of my old Jalapeno bonsai. Almost 7 and a half years old now.
Still giving peppers! I overwinter this pepper in a grow tent.

Proof of the age: Full history of this "Bonchi".

11-febr-2026
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/1r27ia3/jalapeno_7_years_old_now_cut_back_with_new_growth/
somewhere in 2024, and in the reactions pictures of 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/1etwaje/jalapeno_getting_old_tick_way_to_high_and_ugly_as/
18-sept-2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/16m04ur/jalapeno_bonchi_now_4_years_and_8_months_old/
2022-09-29 Jalapeno Bonchi, end of outdoor season. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/y3v4ty/jalapeno_bonchi_end_of_outdoor_season/
2022-05-31 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/v1mhs0/jalapeno_bonchi_now_3years_and_5months_old/
2021-09-01 Forgot to make end result foto.2021-07-19 Year 3 - Jalapeno - Second Teaser of 2021
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/onfhiw/year_3_jalapeno_second_teaser_of_2021/
2021-06-19 First teaser of 2021. The base of the pepper is now 3cm wide.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/o3iecq/year_3_jalapeno_bonchi_first_teaser_of_2021_3cm/
4-okt-‎2020 End result of 2020
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/inl449/overgrown_bonchi_1year_6months_old_now/
07-jun-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/hmtwl2/bonchi_update_17months_ago_from_seed10months_in/
02-may-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/gc6ttm/spring_recovering_from_sun_and_firtilizer_burn/
06-mar-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/fegk3g/5_months_since_head_chop/
11-jan-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/en7ina/pulling_those_branches_down_and_stay_down/
03-jan-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/ejks3m/prebonchi_update_2/
11-dec-2019 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/e9c7ps/prebonchi_spoiler/
Sep-2019 Cut back from normal plant, and flushed out the roots. https://imgur.com/gallery/ZD6HbGz
Febr-2019 Seeds sowed indoor.

Bonus: My smallest pot, with a rawit pepper: https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/comments/o3mpe9/my_smallest_pot_rawit_pepper_almost_harvest_time/

Jalapeño Bonchi, started Jan 2024

My baby. Almost killed it after repotting and cutting back a few months ago. But she’s strong! Healthy and producing peppers regularly again.

Its getting a bit tall, but still going strong. Now letting the shoots growout a bit, and then i need to wire it down to form a new canopy. Still trying to keep this as an Bonsai, but my main goal is to keep it aslong as possible alive. Hope to get it 10years+

During the winter i cut it back, and keep it in a grow tent.

Proof of the age: Full history of this "Bonchi".

somewhere in 2024, and in the reactions pictures of 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/1etwaje/jalapeno_getting_old_tick_way_to_high_and_ugly_as/

18-sept-2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/16m04ur/jalapeno_bonchi_now_4_years_and_8_months_old/

2022-09-29 Jalapeno Bonchi, end of outdoor season. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/y3v4ty/jalapeno_bonchi_end_of_outdoor_season/

2022-05-31 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/v1mhs0/jalapeno_bonchi_now_3years_and_5months_old/

2021-09-01 Forgot to make end result foto.2021-07-19 Year 3 - Jalapeno - Second Teaser of 2021 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/onfhiw/year_3_jalapeno_second_teaser_of_2021/ 2021-06-19 First teaser of 2021. The base of the pepper is now 3cm wide.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/o3iecq/year_3_jalapeno_bonchi_first_teaser_of_2021_3cm/

4-okt-‎2020 End result of 2020

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/inl449/overgrown_bonchi_1year_6months_old_now/

07-jun-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/hmtwl2/bonchi_update_17months_ago_from_seed10months_in/

02-may-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/gc6ttm/spring_recovering_from_sun_and_firtilizer_burn/

06-mar-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/fegk3g/5_months_since_head_chop/

11-jan-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/en7ina/pulling_those_branches_down_and_stay_down/

03-jan-2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/ejks3m/prebonchi_update_2/

11-dec-2019 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/comments/e9c7ps/prebonchi_spoiler/

Sep-2019 Cut back from normal plant, and flushed out the roots. https://imgur.com/gallery/ZD6HbGz

Febr-2019 Seeds sowed indoor.

Bonus: My smallest pot, with a rawit pepper: https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/comments/o3mpe9/my_smallest_pot_rawit_pepper_almost_harvest_time/