I decided to share full project file
I will happy to get feedback and changes from anyone!
you are the only feedback i have this days so please do it :-).

There are some fixes and updates i made since this version but i will happy to hear and see how you “would do it”
http://www.sidefx.co.il/2011/04/30/parametric-peppers/ [sidefx.co.il]

two major questions for now.
1.What is convenient way to control the render passes and manage the materials.

2.How to have better control on the leaves\peppers, i did bad job with the alignment .


J.

It's really cool! I thought the growth was a bit choppy and the shaders for the peppers and leaves could benefit from translucency or SSS, but otherwise it's really cool