Portulacaria afra progression

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 19th, 2013, 1:08 am

I have been working on this mini jade for approx four years.
Dug it up as a mature shrub urban yamadori style. hacked it back to find the makings of a nice tree.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 19th, 2013, 1:10 am

Images

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 19th, 2013, 1:12 am

Current day.needs a haircut will post some images after

lackhand · Post by **lackhand** » November 19th, 2013, 3:07 am

This is awesome. I just got one of these, but it will be a long time before it looks this nice, and it will probably never be that big! Very nicely done.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 19th, 2013, 8:27 am

Portulacaria afra have to be one of the easiest plants to bonsai.
I have found once you establish them in a pot treat them as a tropical lots of water heavy feed and put them in a humid place greenhouse if you have one.
I think most people treat them as a Cactus/succulent which they don't mind and survive that treatment but will never flourish and put on good growth.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 21st, 2013, 4:59 pm

After a hair cut.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » November 21st, 2013, 5:03 pm

Current back (better light in this shot.)

mugen · Post by **mugen** » January 21st, 2014, 7:42 pm

Update in need of a haircut again. Looking for a new pot for this one anyone got any ideas? Was thinking of an oval blue glazed pot.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » February 2nd, 2014, 5:46 pm

Here is a new one I picked up recently looks kinda like squid like creature out of aliens that sucks on people's faces.
Lots of work to do but should be interesting

Post by **kcpoole** » February 2nd, 2014, 6:43 pm

Going to be good to see this develop.. they are really nice trees.

Did you get a new pot for the original one?

Ken

mugen · Post by **mugen** » February 2nd, 2014, 9:30 pm

Thanks ken.
I have yet to find a pot for the upright tree. Thinking of joining a pottery class and try to create some thing close to what I envisage.

Jac.

lackhand · Post by **lackhand** » February 3rd, 2014, 1:26 am

Great movement, that should make for a very nice tree in short order. Please keep us updated as you work with it.

mugen · Post by **mugen** » February 4th, 2014, 8:01 pm

Thanks lackhand

I'm going to pop it into a green house to accelerate its growth in the humid conditions. Hopefully will be able to show some progression by the end of summer

Jac.

JRC · Post by **JRC** » June 2nd, 2014, 5:33 pm

Can I defoliate a mini jade to force smaller leaf growth?

GavinG · Post by **GavinG** » June 2nd, 2014, 5:39 pm

JRC I think if you prune hard and keep pinching the leaves will reduce quite well - you won't need to defoliate.

Gavin

AusBonsai

Portulacaria afra progression

Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression

Re: Portulacaria afra progression