Probably prefer this shorter version more anyway 
I have a couple of Pepper corn trees growing out in the ground. I started with two killed two and have two left I am not sure how that happened
Anyway the two I killed was from moving them around in my growing area early spring a couple of years ago. One was a bloody ripper. I think it was the frost burn after transplanting that gave them a slow death so I was planning on moving this one in late spring last year but did not get around to it so the plan is now late spring this year.
I have had some issues with inverse taper when growing them in the ground. Stripping ALL branches from the lowest section and letting the leader grow strong sounds a little backward but it did improve it last year. I will try sacrifice branches on the base again but it is a time consuming operation keeping the growth at the lowest point and still away from just above where the inverse was a problem.
Anyway here is one of the originals of the two I started with. As stated I plan to move in late spring and then I will decide where to chop the strong leader. I will then have to be right on top of his guy keeping suckers in check so as to combat the inverse taper. That's if it survives the transplant
Anyone else growing these?
Oh my mate Pol grows some of these so I will add any advice that he has. He laughed at me that I killed the other two he thinks they are very hard to kill
. I was surprised to find they took the transplant well at first with the foliage hardly even wilting. Can't remember how long after this days or weeks but when the frost came in it burnt the still healthy leaves. They struggled after this and although I was hoping for them to pull through with some die back they eventually gave up. 
