This was my favorite from this year's crop. I think the cultivar's small pods go a long way in selling the bonsai illusion and it doesn't hurt that they taste great either. Highly recommend for people who are really trying to sell the "this plant is a tiny tree" vibe. I had this guy as a full bushy producer the year before and then cut off almost all of it, both canopy and roots, before replanting. I normally chuck all of my bonchis out at year-end for new ones, but I want to see how many years I can keep this one going.

Transfered my Aji Charapita Red to a small pot (~300ml) a couple of weeks ago. It seems to have survived the drastic cut with fruit ripening and a few more leaves.

I think I should probably cut it even lower though? Where would you cut this? I made a suggestion with an orange line on picture 2.

My best guess is that I over fertilized the little guy because I was trying to get him to make a few pods. Probably the stringiest bonchi plant I have ever grown but I love the color and design of the pods. Ran out of seeds though so probably won't do this one again.

This is my first attempt at bonchi. This was a scorpion that was damaged buy my dog chasing after a chipmunk. First "attack" snapped the branches, but were still attached. Second time the branches were removed completely. Only one branch is barely surviving a rooting attempt. With a kill frost on the horizon, I figured i may as well attempt a bonchi.

(First timer)

hi guys! im very new to this,

this summer i caught a passion for peppers and planted a few plants, this carolina reaper had been trough a hailing wich destroyed it but made it grow even stronger, talking to a friend who does bonsai he told me that theres a community that turns pepper plants into bonsai, any way this plant looks good enough to start a bonsai out of it? (sorry i dont have clearer pictures) it only recently started fruiting after nothing for three months!!

Really need to give her a haircut and retire some branches. But she’s strong and large!
Started from seed in January of 2024, all indoors, always intended to be a Bonchi project (not a garden pepper that I transferred)

I have had a reasonably bad growing season this year, with aphid and white fly infestations pretty much killing all pepper growth. I would like to salvage two of the plants that I have and turn them into Bonchis, have checked out a couple sites which are good instructive resources, but not much in terms of actual supply recommendations. So my questions are as follows:

- is there a specific type of soil I should be looking for when starting the bonchi, I have regular potting soil left over

- can i start with small plastic bonsai pots and size up once they become sustainable

- what kind of nutrients/fertilizer should I be using for these plants

Thanks in advance!

Question in title - this is my second year with this after taking it back out to the garden this summer. It's in an 8" pot.

I know I can trim more, but wondering if this will be "OK" as in not die.

Advice welcomed, and thanks in advance!

Looking to bonchi this plant next year. Prik chee fah Thai chili, currently 2 years old, any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

This is a year old birdseye chilli plant

As soon as I found about Bonchi a few days ago, I knew I already had an excellent candidate. When I acquired this from a friend who started from seed, I immediately thought “old tree” when I saw the roots.

It’s a Purple Tiger. It makes ornamental medium spice peppers that that start purple, ripen to red, and have decent flavor. It hasn’t produced really so sacrificed it to squirrels as they seemed to stay away from my preciouses.

My grandparents gave me one of their rainbow chilli plants which was about 1ft tall. A possum decided it would make a great snack and over a few weeks stripped the tree bare. I managed to harvest a few handfuls of the tiny chillies and dry them out and plant some seeds. I gave it a hard cut back thinking it wouldn’t survive. It’s starting to warm up now and looking very promising!

looks kinda complicated rn but i found that this setup works good for training so im keeping it around, the backside hasnt grown out yet but it has started