This Jaboticaba was stored for the winter in my garage, and was put back out on the bench about 3 weeks ago. It put out lots of new healthy leaves. I added several biogold organic fetilizer pellets.
I look at this tree everyday and have noticed that the leaves on the lower branches are not...
Hello everyone! Thanks for viewing my post and offering your insights. I’m new to bonsai and started 6 months ago, I have two golden gate ficus microcarpa’s and this Jaboticaba, I’m having some little difficulty with the Jaboticaba, overall it’s been healthy but I’m noticing browning tips of the...
Well, it's a mix of Biogold, Hanagokoro and fish emulsion.
Basacote, just a sprinkle.
A lightly diluted kelp emulsion sprayed every month...
And the Jaboticaba has to change clothes, as the old ones don't fit in its new fattened trunk.
First image from three months ago, trunk images from today...
No hard rules.
Just post your best tropical trees and give us the names of the species.
I will start this thread with two favorites : Jabuticaba and Pitanga.
First, the Jaboticaba (or Jabuticaba as we call it in Brazil), in a Shugo Izumi pot:
Plinia cauliflora, the Brazilian grapetree...
A native of the wetlands of southern Brazil, Jaboticabas are one of the most sought after fruiting trees for bonsai in tropical countries.
So if you like them, here it goes:
1-) They love wet feet, as much as Wisteria, and their roots can never dry out or they die. A wet tray under the pot...