Posts written by Jim Smith

29Jan2007
Jim Smith
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Portulacaria afra

The following is an extract Jim Smith has written for the book Bonsai Master Class by Craig Coussins, published by Sterling, ISBN-10: 1402735472 Portulacaria afra is described in "Trees of Southern Africa" by Keith Cotes Palgrave published in 1988 by Struik Publishers, Cape Town, as follows. As yet I have not seen one bloom in Florida; this may be do to the fact that we do not allow our

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Basic Bonsai Refinement

First defoliate the entire tree, then wire all branches that need to be moved, after they have been repositioned shorten them as needed. Make sure you remove all wires before they start to cut into the bark. Remove all terminal buds except those that you want to grow longer. After new buds start to develop, it will be necessary to remove all the unwanted buds that have sprouted on the trunk

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