Mother/Daughter style Cork Bark Portulacaria Afra

[EJG]

I prefer the Bokeno pot.

 

[cbrshadow23]

Here's an update. This video was taken a few months ago after repot and defoliation, but the tree is filled out with leaves once again and is quite healthy. I decided on the brown pot, but I'll go shallower this summer. Per some of the advice given here I've grown a branch towards the viewer to fill in the open space that the smaller 'daughter' had.

 

[Gabler]

I had no idea you could safely defoliate a jade. I don’t have one, myself. How does it respond afterward?

 

[cbrshadow23]

I had no idea you could safely defoliate a jade. I don’t have one, myself. How does it respond afterward?

Yeah just like most tropicals they can be defoliated as long as they're healthy and actively growing, energy positive. I do it twice/year with most of mine before I add/remove wire and they always do well.