BonChi metusalems?

[Baccata]

hei!

har inte börjad att odla bonchis
(relativ nybörjare med chili-odlande överhuvudtaget)
och ville fråga:

how old can a BonChi get to be? in relation to non-bonsai chili plants?

how old is the oldest bonchi around?
eller
what age was the oldest bonchi zou ever succeeded with?

do they tend to become older than non-bonsais?

that kind of question ...

bin gespannt auf Eure Antworten!

so long,
Baccata

p.s.:
good to be here

[Baccata]

p.p.s.:
"zou": of course I meant to write "you"
but, as I recently had switched to the
schwedische Tastatur,
my "y"s and "z"s were mixed up -
as mixed-up as my SprachZentrum! 

[Edymnion]

Longest I've heard of a pepper plant living was about 7-10 years, depending on the type (as in annuum vs. chinense vs. etc).  I would expect a bonchi to reach that same general lifespan as well, as long as its properly cared for that whole time of course.

[Baccata]

thanx, Ed, for answering!

so you believe BonChis to reach the same average age as "NormChis"?
no more, no less?   maybe so...

look what I found here (just 1h ago) in Fatalii's Growing guide, "what are chilies?":

"I personally know people who have chili plants that are nearly 40 years old!" -

this should be interesting to learn more about...
although, on the other hand, chilies are said to bear less&less fruit as years go by..
(not sure a ChiliMetusalem without fruit is any fun)

but, back to my original question:
can anyone - perhaps Mr.BonChi himself - tell me/us about
an effect that bonching might have on a chili's life span?
those BonChis look awfully, awsomely healthy...

by the way,
I started my first BonChi experiment yesterday!
it's a Siberian House Pepper (? Sibirische Hauspaprika)
I wasn't going to keep... medium hot but not much taste.
healthy compact plant, ideal, I guess..

well, good night to you,
hope to read more soon!
B