Brazilian Rain Tree - BRT - from seed, a progression

[Clicio]

I will take some pictures today.

As promised...
I am letting it grow tall, @leatherback so it thickens up a little faster. It's inside a double colander for the same reason.


The scar marks on the trunk are slowly fading down.



This below is a ten years old tree. As you can see the foliage is smaller and much fuller after some years.


I hope the one grown from seed gets a trunk like this one below in a few years.

 

[MattE]

Very nice! Love your trees!
I am starting some from seed and it's sl nice to see how much progress you have made. Great job and thank you for posting these update photos.

 

[leatherback]

phw that is chucking along nicely!

 

[Pixar]

Is that the thornless variety ?

 

[Clicio]

Is that the thornless variety ?

Nope, those are the regular, zigzagging branches, thorny ones.
I own a couple of thornless BRTs, and also some corkbark ones, and lots of seedlings.

 

[Clicio]

UPDATE - Feb 2023

Mid-summer trimming.




Show us yours, @leatherback !

 

[Carol 83]

UPDATE - Feb 2023

Mid-summer trimming.

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Show us yours, @leatherback !

Pretty amazing for 4 years. I hope mine progress as quickly!

 

[JackHammer]

UPDATE - Feb 2023

Mid-summer trimming.

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Show us yours, @leatherback !

Looks like great progress. I know there are a lot of BRT bonsai trees but i am surprised I don't see even more of them. I have found them easy to care for and they offer controlled growth very well. They are every bit as flexible as my ficus trees, maybe more.