My bonchi project

t0mato · Sep 20, 2014

I started growing this explosive ember about four years ago as a birthday present for my mom. This plant has had it's fair share of up's and down's. The plant itself has pretty much been resurrected from death five times now and my mom is no longer interested in keeping it, so she gave it back to me to take care of. Recently I pruned it way back and pruned the roots as well. I'm going to attempt to turn it into a nice little bonchi, and I thought that I would chronicle my project from start to finish. Feel free to tell me what you all think. Input from others would be awesome.

Thanks
I cant figure out how to post pictures. This is embarrassing, but hopefully someone can help me. : )

LordHill · Sep 20, 2014

Posting directly to the forum doesnt work for me either. I use a 3rd part image hosting site and post the link

I have been using this one, but there are many options
http://postimage.org/

look forward to following your project. Intend to bonchi my hab for the winter very soon myself

t0mato · Sep 20, 2014

Here's a good picture. I think I figured it out finally.

rory · Sep 20, 2014

Hey, I encountered the same problems initially, unfortunately you havd to use a photo sharing site such as photobucket and from there copy and paste the URL s.

Best of luck with your project

t0mato · Sep 26, 2014

It's been about a week since I pruned this poor thing back, but she's a trooper. What a comeback she's made!! I'm pretty surprised at just how much growth has been put on since then. I'm probably going to try and bend the branches with some wire now to start getting the shape and silhouette that I want.

If there is a moderator reading this would you please move this topic to the blog section. I would greatly appreciate it.

rory · Sep 26, 2014

Hey it looks healthy at least!! What soil mix did you use?

John1234 · Sep 26, 2014

Looks like a beauty!

~~What kind of soil/nutrients, etc?~~

Already asked! I'll wait for the answer

t0mato · Sep 27, 2014

rory said:
Hey it looks healthy at least!! What soil mix did you use?

My soil mix is a blend of some sandy loam, organic garden soil, and peat moss. I would say that it is blended about 40% garden soil, 30% sandy loam, and 30% peat moss. I also added some perlite to keep the soil nice and fluffy. I'm not sure what the formulation is specifically because I just scooped the soil in the pot out of my raised bed that is in my backyard.

The soil seems to work pretty well. I have a bhut jolokia and a carolina reaper growing in the same stuff. Both of the chiles are huge and bushy; they are maybe about 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide. I pruned them recently too along with this pepper here. Now they are both growing even bushier and the pods are starting to go through their color change from green to orange. I can't wait until all the pods are an angry red color.

peterjack · Oct 1, 2014

i just want to share mine.. a habanero from last year..

t0mato said:
It's been about a week since I pruned this poor thing back, but she's a trooper. What a comeback she's made!! I'm pretty surprised at just how much growth has been put on since then. I'm probably going to try and bend the branches with some wire now to start getting the shape and silhouette that I want.

If there is a moderator reading this would you please move this topic to the blog section. I would greatly appreciate it.

Very Nice what kind of pepper?

t0mato · Oct 4, 2014

peterjack said:
i just want to share mine.. a habanero from last year..

It's an explosive ember