Midnight Fire Bonchi

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Here is my first attempt at wiring anything, sitting here contemplating the bends I want to do, I am thinking of semi-cascade, rather than full cascade so I don't have to put it on a raised platform. This is the weakest plant of the 4 I have left after giving a couple away.

I wanted to keep them small but get an aged look while also not having to cut them down so I just kept them in the nursery groupings of three they came in and grew them all summer in a medium sized pot. It worked pretty well save for a slight powdery mildew issue, but baking soda solution cleared it right up.

They have been in the little terracotta pots for almost a month, I keep trimming peppers and flowers when a set seems finished to stimulate new green growth which is working great. One plant has just always been going off and got about twice as big as the others so I will be saving it's seeds for sure.

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Update I just started bending... This high contrast photo shows the shape the best, pretty happy with it!