I posted this beauty last year because of its gnarly stem. It’s sturdy, woody, and grows at an angle but it’s plenty strong and healthy. It did make odd some shaped peppers but I don’t think this strain is very stable as I got a fasciated chili off its sister plant.
It’s finally growing leaves on the lower stem. It didn’t make any down there last year. We’ll see if it makes branches.
My over wintering consisted of ripping them out of the ground, rinsing the roots and planting them in 4” pots to fit in my seed starting tray/tent. I live in zone 6 with lake effect snow so I’m actually thrilled with the way it turned out. They weren’t happy but 12/15 of my plants made it. I’m going to build a much better set up for this winter as I’ll probably have so many more plants that I want to save.
by missladyface
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Just looked through your previous posts and wow, what a beast haha! And well done on overwintering it, I have about a 10% success rate with that lol. I hope it brings you lots of weird and gnarly pods this year!
That is the Pepper Plant gardener’s version of finding a stick shaped like a sword. It’s just so beautiful. That beast has so much potential to be shaped into a massive short and wide monster.
Look at those new branches… so low… so sturdy. Thank you for sharing.
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Congrats! And thank you for sharing how you overwintered them. Hoping to keep the majority of my babies alive for next season.