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That is seriously messed up and awesome! How'd you manage to get it to grow sideways and produce roots like that?

They're both 18 cm long and 13 cm wide!

I realised it's been ages since my last update, so here are the two Trinidad Scorpion bonsai plants today – one is even flowering!!   (I do plan to trim the roots of the plant in the green pot back further since it's still a bit lopsided.)     I've even had a go at wiring two branches to make...

I already have some bonsai wire but have no idea what I'd want to accomplish with it lol – the branches are already growing out the way!

They're T5 and I have them maybe 5 inches away from the bonsais, but I'll immediately increase the distance if I notice any of the upper leaves getting burned. I should also point out that I have reflectors attached to both of them, resulting in a 100% increase in the amount of light pointing...

Now that's a tricky one! The set-up is designed for my carnivorous plant collection so there are two fluorescent tubes, 24 inches long and 24W output each, one is I think 7000K and the other is something like 4800K (one focuses on the blue spectrum and the other focuses on the red).

  I did start using fertiliser right away and it seems to be working! (Unless that's what's causing the Chocolate Habanero to die)     There's a bonsai pot seller on Amazon but the seller only seems to stock the two types in the sizes I require!   EDIT: Just checked Amazon and the pots are no...

I woke up this morning to find the Chocolate Habanero in pretty poor condition. Hopefully it's just down to a lack of water (which I've now provided)! In other news, the Trinidad Scorpion continues to look awesome:

I boiled it for ten minutes and I do think I put a bit too much xanthan gum in it, but will the air pockets be a problem?   Also, can I just stir more lemon juice into the bottles to thin the sauce down a bit?

Nah, they're from the Trinidad Scorpions :D

Tasting notes: very light, predominant taste of pineapple, incredible burn. Tolerable heat for me but it brought tears to my mum's eyes. TRIUMPH!

Behold, my first ever sauce! Ingredients: 7 Trinidad Scorpions, 7 Ghost Peppers, 300g pineapple, 1 nectarine, lemon juice, apple juice. I haven't tried it yet since I'm waiting for it to cool, but it looks amazing (he says with a degree of modesty)!

The stems (or should I say trunks?) are roughly 2 cm in diameter!   Update. I've tried to tidy up the roots a bit by removing all the tiny surface roots and leaving just the thick woody ones. Fortunately, the TMS bonchi has survived bonchification and looks to be bushing up nicely! In fact, it...

Hi folks,   Here are two pictures of my recently bonchified Chocolate Habanero. One of my reasons for bonchifying it was that it had an aphid infestation. I've recently noticed black marks on the stem but have no idea what could have caused them. Is it another infestation?  

Welcome from Scotland!