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brian6464

Caribbean Red

12 years ago

I overwintered this plant last year so it got off to a crazy good start once I was able to get it outside.

I'll bet there are over 100 pods on it right now.

My question is that there is a real disparity in the size of the pods. Many are maturing small and I wonder if that is because the plant has too many pods for the pot size (~3-4 gallon pot)?

First pic shows the entire plant and second pic shows a close up of the size of currently ripening pods next to what I consider normal sized pods.

If I was to selectively prune this back, would the plant focus on putting out bigger pods? Or should I just leave it alone?

Thanks.

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