The Xi'an Green is growing great, definitely larger leaves than in the past, the first fruit is starting to form, I think the very generative nature of this variety and the extra vigor from the rootstock will be a great combination. You can see the grafting place just under the fruit in the picture, the torvum stem lignifies much slower so that part is still green.
One thing I don't like about torvum is the way the roots grow, straight down to the depths, which I think will is a bad thing for containers, there's literally no roots if you dig in the potting mix, they are at the bottom. But maybe a good thing in the field, to get better moisture.
The Aji Criollo is a completely different plant grafted, the leaves are no longer that tragic pale green, but look proper and much bigger. And I've grown that plant from ground to containers and I've even seen pictures of it on another forum.
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