Beginner Class Jaboticaba

coltranem

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Two years ago (July 2017) I took my first bonsai class. We learned to prune and repot a small Jaboticaba and then moved to a procumbens juniper. I decided to track my progress here on bnut since you don't see many jaboticaba posted. I have been working on improving branch taper over the past few years. The main branches are thick and out of scale so I have been gradually cutting back to smaller branches to improve this.

Here it is August 2017
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August 2018
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Spring 2019 after a trim.
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After an early summer 2019 repot (sorry poor back ground)
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Today's thick branch removal(before)
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After
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Wired and trimming complete 255726

Still working on taper for that central thick trunk. I have my next cut back planned but would like the branch I cut back to strength more first.
 

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I have one. As a house plant and not a bonsai per say. They're relatively easy to keep happy indoors so long as they get enough light and don't allow them to dry out too much. Cheers.
 

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I keep this one outside late spring through early fall and under a grow light in my basement with a heating pad in winter.
 
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