I had a small week plant that never seemed to grow much and had a week stem so instead of tossing it I decided to put it in a large 10 gallon container that already had a plant in it. I figured the plant had more than enough room and didn't want to waste a dedicated container on a grunt so I dig a small hole and planted it up to its next to ensure it wouldn't fall over and die. Several weeks later the grunt started getting bigger and bigger and started flowering. I never thought anything of it until I came back after being out of town for 5 days and noticed fruit! Unfortunately the 6" plant decides to fruit from the lower part of the stem and not the top so now I have dirt peppers. Is it ok to just let them grow right on the top of the dirt. So far I counted 7 peppers in the dirt and another 2-3 a little higher up. It's pretty weird to see that many peppers at 2-3" each on a tiny 6" plant.
