How long did this take you? And what nutes are you using? With my hydro peppers I generally go with GH nutes and dilute the strength 3:1 recommended. I can get dwarfs from a pepper plant in the same season as I've harvested normal sized fruit. It's all about the growing conditions. They can be naturally dwarfed in my experience simply by stressing them very hard and getting them accustomed to the condistions. As well as taking some tips from the art of bonsai. Its the same principle and it works on just about all types of plants. I'll take some pics today and post. Nice root system BTW on that plant!

I started cloning the plant 2 years ago and I feed it just what I do other chiles. I use GH nutes.

Dwarfing is the result of cloning as the plant is in a climate controlled greenhouse. The plant has never been stressed.

Dwarfing doesnt NECESSARILY have ANYTHING to do with controlled environments in greenhouses or man at all for that matter. Dwarfing can and DOES occur naturally in all types of conditions...that being in nature. You can clone to obtain dwarfs or you can simply change the genetics/traits of the plant by making it "choose" to do so. Im sure this sounds far fetched for someone that has done things a certain way in faith for so long due lack of experimentation, but I assure you its true none the less. I have evidence through many of my plants, pods, and seeds being byproducts of this very technique. Like I mentioned before, Ill post pics for ya to see. Im not shooting any methods down here willard, just trying to spread my own limited knowlede around in hopes of sparking new ideas and results for all pepper enthusiasts. =)

Acttually,once the pepper flowers the flowers become the "sink"(repoductive phase) and the plant wants to make seeds instead of leaves stems. This is why the plants are dwarfed.

Thats a great explaination. 90% of the time the pods almost always dwarf as well as the plant

oburn said;
"Acttually,once the pepper flowers the flowers become the "sink"(repoductive phase) and the plant wants to make seeds instead of leaves stems. This is why the plants are dwarfed."

i used clones this year and by plucking the blooms i got the plant to be pretty large. not at tall as last years plant but bushier and higher yeilding... which the pepper maggots seemed to be happy with.

imo it seems to be alot environment, unless dwarving is different than bonsia. by leaf/branch/root pruning and small pot you can get most plants to be grown small from seed. i have yet to see dwarving from cuttings but i have a 3rd gen cutting going now and i think i have time to cut from it and then again from that so with luck i can put one outside next year that is a 5th gen cutting. not that i will but i might.

Michael

I like your style Mike