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Portulacaria Afra 1 year 10 months ago #76449

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Hello! I got this tree recently and I would like to style it. Do you have any tips? Thanks in advance!

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Portulacaria Afra 1 year 10 months ago #76452

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You have been here long enough to know that styling is done at least a year after purshasing.

I dont see any other option than informal upright, just not now.
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Portulacaria Afra 1 year 10 months ago #76455

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When I take a tree to our club meetings and ask for advice I get different advice from each person, always ending in, "but it's your tree."

Go to a bonsai show and look at pictures of existing trees, and ask yourself can my tree wind up looking like that? How? Do I want it to look like that?

This will take a long time and you probably won't start cutting or bending until next year.

But, it's your tree.
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Portulacaria Afra 1 year 8 months ago #77649

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That's great advice Ivan.

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