If I want to reconstitute some (in, say, tequila or bourbon ), then they're still whole for that purpose.
Definitely do a search on this site for my Douglah bourbon chews - a perfect mix of heat and sweet that uses douglah rehydrated in bourbon.
Will do! Thanks!
Do you feed them much or just add dirt and let them go? I ask because they look very green/lush.
Glad it is still going. The one fatalii I had that a cat destroyed had 1 side branch survive and I tied it to a stake. It has since gone crazy. You figure what is left is being fed by the root ball that fed the whole thing before the loss. Yours is probably doing the same.
I had a mate that used to do that, he said he did it so more light could penetrate into the middle of the plant where sunshine (read hps light) wouldn't normally get. Looked like he was twisting, bending and crushing the branches all in one motion.A technique that I have seen employed (albeit in a different type of crop from chilli's) to try to increase vigour in the plants is a deliberate stressing of the main stem by bending it over without snapping the stem but almost crushing it thereby the theory is this is forcing the plant to increase the thickness and vigour of the main stem to compensate for this damage and allow more nutrients to be up taken by the plant canopy increasing the ability of the plant to grow quicker and stronger.
I have only seen very few examples of this and have no personal experience with how it may work. But the gardeners I have seen use it swear by it, seems too risky to me personally.
Maybe this is a similar effect you are seeing??
Abstract
Mechanically-induced stress (MIS) occurs naturally in plants as the aerial parts are moved, usually by wind, but also by such agents as rain and animals. It can be induced indoors by various actions such as rubbing or bending the stem or shaking or brushing the entire shoot. The most noticeable effect of MIS is a reduction in stem, leaf or petiole length invariably resulting in plants which are smaller and more compact than unstressed controls. However, the response of other variables can often differ between species and there may be either increases or decreases in stem or petiole diameter, root: shoot weight ratio, chlorophyll content or drought resistance. Why species should differ in this way, and what is the endogenous control mechanism for MIS responses, are inanswered questions. Ethylene, which increases as a result of MIS in several species may cause some MIS responses such as increased stem diameter, epinasty or a change in sex expression. However, evidence suggests that MIS retardation of extension growth may equally be due to lower or supraoptimal auxin levels or lower gibberellin levels.
The uses in the field of the growth promoter gibberellin or the growth retardant chlormequat chloride (CCC) appear to be examples of respectively reversing or stimulating MIS growth response. MIS may be applied indoors if short compact plants are needed, either for aesthetic purposes as with floral crops, or if hardier and more manageable plants are needed, such as seedlings for transplanting in the field. Much more research is needed to estimate the importance of MIS in the field and to assess how such knowledge may be used to improve crop yield.
THAT should NOT be read when one only has 4 hours of sleep!
Yeah I see the point. Do you have link to that article Trippa???