Jonas,

That looks fantastic! Don't do a thing - it's beautiful! I think you must be talking about that lighter patch of bark? Looks fine to me - I wouldn't worry about it. So tell us the diameter of the trunk, how big is the pot? It's always hard to tell these details in a photo, but it looks very large and HAPPY! Your dad's done a great job...

Denise in Omaha

That is awesome...!
Great consistent pruning. Commend your father, indeed!
Thank you for sharing,

Josh

Jonas, it is BEAUTIFUL. Your father did a wonderful job with this jade. You are very lucky. It takes SO many years for a jade to mature like this, that most of us have to purchase them like this, instead of having the years of watching it grow. I envy you. I think it will be fine.
Hope you stay with the Forum, welcome!
Pat

Jonas, that is a beautiful Jade...your Dad has done a wonderful job pruning/shaping it for all those years.
Thanks for posting the pictures. Welcome to the forum!

I have to disagree, your tree is in grave danger, you need to send it to me for some...recuperation. ;)

thanks for all the nice comments :)
I cant tell u right now what the diameter is, you'll have to w8 for the weekend before i can tell you that :)

The tree took a bit of damage last year (09), my dad had forgotten about it, and i wasnt brought out from its dark dry winter spot before late may, so it lost a few leafs.
As you can see the other jade in the back ground took it pretty hard too, it used to have a big thick crown, but last year (09) it lost all its leafs + a big branch that fell off. He made about 20-25 new plants out of the branch and gave them to the local store owner, and she gave them away to the locals.
both jades is about the same age and has both served as mother plants in a greenhouse.
the plants was taken inside in the middle of November, this time they got to be inside the house and not just a cold dark basement as usual :)

heres my own little jade that i broke of a bush in Portugal last year in june.
i hope that it will some day look my dads :)
im not really sure how im gonna prune it,
any suggestions?
i was thinking of cutting it down so that it only has the 3 bottom branches left.
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heh nice try :) but its staying here :) besides it would not be fair to the delivery man that had to carry around on it :D, its almost impossible to move it around alone, i myself cant lift it for more than a few seconds before i have to put it down again :/

Hello!

If the plant is 2.5 feet tall, I'd guess the trunk diameter to be 6 - 8 inches. Nice and thick!

Jonas,
I would suggest a gritty potting mix for the Portuguese cutting. I know you didn't ask for advice, but I can't help myself ;)

Josh

Josh: don't worry, i'm gonna re-pot it this spring, though the soil is quite fine actually, dries up really quick, i found it under some old rotten Populus stems that had been laying on the ground for about 11 years.
im gonna take some more of that soil and mix it up with some gravel, that would make a fine mix wouldn't it? does the jade like clay in its soil btw? i cant remember. :)

i had a little talk with my dad about the plant, and as it turned out the big bright spot is a big scar, a few years ago it was attacked by some fungus and it almost did'nt make it, but its doing fine now.

And for those who asked for the girth and such. the pots diameter is 15.2"(38 cm) the tree is 28,2"(67 cm) high and the trunk is 15"(37cm) all around at the very bottom but it gets a little bit thicker about 2" up.