The original Costa Rica Red Habanero I started with became ill from a collapse of the soil in which it was potted. I transplanted it to the front yard (in the ground) with some potting soil, cow manure, and top dressed in some milled egg shells. That was many months ago and as you can see (pictures below); it's looking pretty pathetic. I fed it everything known to be good nutritionally; nothing helped. Finally, I backed off and have ignored it for more than 2 months. Again, nothing. All it's done is stay alive; that in itself is an accomplishment. Four days ago I decided I'd give it one last try to get it back from the brink. Today I acted and here's the process; from the ground to a pot...
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This was done yesterday on the 6th of July; I'll update with photos showing the progress of my oldest plant. It produced 4 beautiful and delicious Habaneros before things went downhill; so it's worth saving if I can.
Saturday July 10th
Update;
This is day 4 after the bare-root transplant. I pruned the plant today to give it a better shape/bushier profile;
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