I’d take a “wait-n-see” approach on this one. Why would it rot in a area like that? Seems more likely that it’s scar or some other physical feature. Don’t ruin a nice tree unless you absolutely have too, imo
E: I see this was from a knot you carved away, I’m really thinking this is a benign remnant of the regrowth..
“First, do no harm”
I dont recall ever seen that with mine.
Yes this was a knot I carved away, further down the tree I carved away a bigger one that had no brown what so ever in the middle so thats why I was concerned, some of the top branches when I cut them the middle was not bright green like jades are supposed to be, there was a dark spot in the middle that vaguely resembled brown. If it is rot im thinking it must have gotten in the trunk somewhere in the canopy through a cut in the bark. Because the knot at the very bottom of the tree looked nice and green. I will be repotting it today to get it out of its nursery compact soil anyways so I will check the roots to see if theres any signs of rot, if all else fails I could chop it until I see no brown spots, and hopefully it hasnt come from the roots.
Does anyone have experience with if big succulent trees can recover from trunk rot? If it is trunk rot could the tree recover somehow? If I put diluted hydrogen peroxide in the water so the tree sucks up that up it might kill bacteria?
(I will wait and see unless someone says otherwise that has alot of experience with port afra, and I wont water for a while when I repot)
Thanks for your replies so far