i have a pepper plant that i potted over a year ago, in the spring of 2022.
it’s in a small pot, but has grown enough to produce about a dozen very spicy peppers in the last year.
it was one of the only plants i harvest from that survived this past winter.
it does this thing every time it produces a lot of peppers (and over the colder months) where it sheds almost all of its leaves. the stems start to lose color and i feel confident it’s dying. i keep it in the sun and water it as usual and every time, right when i start to question if it’s going to make it, so many new leaves start sprouting and new stems begin to grow. and just as quickly, it starts to flower - which is a sign that more peppers are sure to come.
feels like i’m sprouting new leaves right now.
