I received two Piper Nigrum plants from Eldon Tropicals in Ocala, Florida on Saturday, October 31. They were much better than advertised and displayed on the Eldon Tropicals web site.
On Sunday, I put the finishing touches on my hanging planter with "trellis netting" and grow lighting which I made specifically for one of these plants. I transplanted one of the Peppercorn vines into the 12 inch planter pot shown in the picture and put it in the hanging planter. The picture was taken two days after transplanting.
After the picture, the plant was moved inside (the picture is out on my back porch, where there's a less cluttered background) to the kitchen where it will live in a warm environment for the winter. It is several feet from the wood stove which we mostly rely on for heat in the winter months, and I always have at least one pot of water (generally two full pots) on the wood stove so the heat won't be so dry. I'm hoping that the humidity will remain high enough, and we'll be misting the plant regularly as well to give it a more welcoming environment through the winter.
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