I felt like sharing this because I love seeing plants keep calm and keep planting on.
This is my habanero. I started it in hydroponics this January. It grew rapidly in the vivosun t gal bucket. After a while, while it's red chili brothers next to it grew fruit that ripened. While this vibrant habanero couldn't start one single pepper.
It's been six months now. And still, no habaneros. So. In a last ditch effort before i decide to chop up the plant for compost, i have transplanted a very mature bush from hydroponics, to soil.
This process involved a root trim which probably wasnt necessary, but the pot it was going into is a 4 gal, so we cut about 40% off. After an intensive root/soil mixing bath, it seems to hold its own weight.
Two days after transplanting, the expected occurred and every last leaf drooped and started falling off. Ive tried to keep it off the soil to prevent mold, but dang its sad to see the leaves like that after beeing so happy for so long.
And today, one week after the transplant, there are new leaves starting to appear. I think a couple may be older from their size, but their colors make me think their still young.
I know this wasn't the right way to handle it, but i wanted the bucket to grow another veriety that may fruit. So for now, i will wait for this guy to recover and maybe move him into direct light soon.
TLDR: my hydroponics habanero couldn't fruit, so I'm moving out outside and although it lost leaves, it's growing new ones and recovering.
by Kwulf1113
4 Comments
You even have some buds starting to pop now!
Actually, its leaves just weren’t ready for the sun. A sun shade like for cabbages could have helped bridge that gap. I only read the tldr.
Sounds like you didn’t spend any time hardening the plant before putting it outside. I’d be willing to bet that if you took the appropriate time to get it used to being outside, it’d be happy outside.
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