Pernettya mucronata

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hello i bought this little fellow for 1 euro some time ago

white flowers and pink berry's

google shows not so much images of this species as bonsai i am curious anyone here has experience with it or could tell me why i shouldnt try :p

i tought maybe to make a little shohin from it
 

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so tell us, how do the berries taste?

Pernettya is a genus related to blueberries & huckleberries (Vaccinium) and wintergreen (Gautheria), I would treat them similar. There are some nice examples of blueberry as bonsai. They have some issues, such as the tendancy to withdraw support from older branches in favor of new suckers from the roots. They all seem to demand fairly acidic substrate, and don't like fertilizers, water or media high in Calcium.

I have a Pernettya species myself. I forget which one, have only had it about 10 months, Mine looks similar to yours but younger, smaller, hence no berries yet. I have not been able to detrmine if the berries relly are intoxicating ir not. It is alleged that eating too many can cause delerium, but I have yet to get a single berry. There are numerous species of tropical and sub-tropical members of the blueberry family. There are some choice gems out there. Pernettya is one genus with a dozen or more species. I think they have good bonsai potential. I doubt anyone has tried yet other than you and me, they are rare in cultivation.
 
lol didnt eat the berrie dont know if i should tough.

ive read that with this species You have male and female plants wich need each other and the bees in order to get the berries

im defenatly giving it an try and wil prune off New suckers thnx for the info Leo!
 
Leo in N E Illinois said:
It is alleged that eating too many can cause delerium, but I have yet to get a single berry.
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Lol! This sounds self destructive! Like you are mad you can not make yourself sick!

How far is the "Eat your Bonsai" campaign going to go!:p

Love it!

Sorce
 
sorce said:
Lol! This sounds self destructive! Like you are mad you can not make yourself sick!

How far is the "Eat your Bonsai" campaign going to go!:p

Love it!

Sorce
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:rolleyes: so far all descriptions describe the ''delerium'' as temporary, ranging from mild to wild depending on total quantity eaten. One old botanical name is Gautheria inebriens, meaning the effect is inebriation rather than delerium. o_O

There are few limits, to the ''Eat your Bonsai'' campaign. I will not sample Brungsmania, Datura or Iochroma. Leaves are just too toxic.
 
defra said:
so you have experience with them ??
its not a problem tough ive got time !
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No experience just an educated guess, it's a shrub with flowers and fruit, they don't grow as quick as a tree :P
 
M. Frary said:
I imagine orders from this bunch here should be rolling in for those berries shortly.
I'll p.m.my address for my order.
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They are blueberry relatives, I wonder.....
if I cross Pernettya with my highbush blueberry 'Blue Crop' and then screen seedlings for psychoactivity and winter hardiness, maybe I could develop a blueberry you could only buy at the liquor store. Imagine it. Or if I'm successful, the jack booted storm troopers of the Feds will come and stomp my fields down? Not unless I sell the rights to Bayer-Monsatan first, or Jack Daniels, or ?. It takes damn near 10 years to bring a blueberry from seed to production, I better get busy, I'm already over 60.

At the farm, we were going plant another acre or two a year with blueberries, have room for 15 more acres, can always put in an acre of my hybrids. Who knows. Got to get the tiller on the tractor, and get my Pernettya to bloom.
 
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