Easy “How To” Dwarf JADE Bonsai Tree 🌲 || A girl with a garden
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2017
- Hello I'm Javeness " A GIRL WITH A GARDEN " this is a great video for Beginners. Learning the art of Bonsai may seem hard but in this video tutorial you will see its not as hard as it may seem. Watch as I show you how to Re-soil, Prune, and Wire my Portulacia afra bonsai plant also known as Dwarf Jade
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Absolutely nice Bonsai Jade Plant you had .
You sounded so cute when you said, “Let’s get pruning! Where’s my pruners! Oh, there they are.”
😊…lol thank you !!
A few suggestions for new Portulacia afra owners:
-Use whatever soil suits your environment. Jades do not need organic compounds in the soil, and are actually detrimental in some situations. That's what fertilisers are for. You can even grow them in 100% water hydroponically, if you know what your doing.
- Generally not a great idea to wire and re-pot at the same time. Jades are very resilient, so you can.. But it's already stressed out enough, and wire is useless until the jade starts to grow again. leave the wire until the jade is happy in it's new home, and putting out new growth.
- When positioning the Jade in the pot, make sure the roots are spread apart completely. They don't have much room in there. You can fit more cloths in your dresser if you organise them nicely, and more cloths means more water and nutrients for your Jade.. or something like that that..
-As for styling... A "traditionalist" once told me "Jades CAN'T be bonsai. I took that to mean I don't need to follow their rules. That being said, "Handle bars" are two branches growing out of the trunk at the same level, opposite one another. It looks weird. Don't do that. If you are trying to scale down an old tree, consider the characteristics an old tree has, that a young tree does not. Old trees rarely have "handle bars" low down on the trunk. They create knots making it harder for the tree to pass energy to the roots and nutrients to the foliage. That combined with less light, (the higher foliage blocks it out) causes them to die off.
Omg! Thank you for this video! I just received a dwarf jade for my birthday and no direction on how to take care of it! Definitely insightful ❤️❤️❤️
Jess B you’re welcome 😉🌿. So glad you found it helpful 💚💚
Would love to see an Update Video! Probably not alone :)
I used to live in Tampa for over 30 years and love to grow different kinds of plants. At one time I walked around the block in South Tampa, my neighborhood, l saw one plant in someone's front yard, I told myself l had to find that kind of plant and grow it myself. I bought it at local nursery and grew bunches of it with my other many plants.
I moved back to Thailand now to be with my elderly mother and still obsessed with plants but the weather where I live now is different than Tampa, my other plants didn't get to live long but the Porturacaria afra is still ok so I'm back to get obsessed with my elephant plants again. Love your work with bonsai, looks easy. Thank you for showing.
Sumon Briggs Thank you. Thailand must have so many different types of plants that you can’t find here in Florida. A lot of the plants in my collecting originate over seas.💚 I’m happy you found my video. I enjoy making videos and sharing my love for plants🌱!! Great to hear that you still have a special interest in plants.
Indonesia bonsai hadir.salam kenal
Hello. I enjoyed your video. Thanks for putting it on UA-cam.
John Hinzman oh you’re very welcome! Thanks for watching :)
The wire scarred the tree because it was on there too long. Since Portulacaria afra is a type of succulent with fleshy meaty stems and leaves the wiring has to be removed after a few weeks to avoid the scarring. It should be in place by then so it won't lose the desired shape. I am also learning how to bonsai with Portulacaria afra so I am no expert by any means but just thought I'd share a little bit of information i have learned along the way. 😀
Great information on the soil btw! Definitely good to know for my next repot!
Bonsai blessings!💜🌳
Sasha Arroyo thanks for the advice :) I had a feeling that I had left it on too long.
I design my elephant bush bonsai in my most favourite vase. Please let me know what you think.
Video well done! Subject tree was good project, but also so informative in your use of ordinary items for bonsai, such as garbage can lid and plastic tray. Your delicate handling of the roots and tree so helpful as well. These Plants are so delicate. Thank you!🙋♀️
Hello 🌿💚!! Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful and informative 😁
Waow ....
lurah sugeng 😁
I enjoyed your informative video. My daughter just gave me my first bonsai tree for Christmas. I think you would like to know that I attempted to watch 3-4 videos form other growers on Dwarf Jade's prior to yours. Your video was interesting, informative, and had useful additional resources. I bought the Bonzai 101 Essential Tips on Amazon before your video finished! I've also subscribed to your channel too!
Daniel Dillard that’s so awesome! Welcome to the joy’s of Bonsai🌳💚! So happy to hear that you found my video helpful. What type of bonsai tree did you get😁?
Nice
JD Yakabud Vlog 💚 thanks
I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you.
Maureen Gordon you're welcome and I'm really glad you liked it 💚🌱
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Fantastic job sister !!! Beatifull plant !!!
Emaale Bonsai thank you very much 💚🌿
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The Peter Chan series on Bonsai are really thorough and very detailed. I started with the 101 book and then picked up 3 of the Peter Chan Bonsai books. Bonsai the art of growing and keeping miniature trees was the first book of his I picked up. Thank you for the good information and details on the Jade.
So glad to hear that you found the video helpful 🌿💚!!
I’m trying a jade cutting with 80% crushed lava rock and 20% peer moss. Hope it works!
Thank you for posting this! You’ve inspired me to consider bonsai
scott storkamp that’s so great. The art of bonsai is so rewarding. I hope you enjoy it😁
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I have a mystery plant that cropped up this summer everyone said it was a weed and I suggested it was a tree another said no the trunk would be wood right from infancy. I haven't tossed it yet still waiting to see if next year it forms the wooded trunk you have lol I am bound and determined it isn't a weed since it cropped up in my indoor plants. The leaf structure you have is very similar. Almost want to call it a Goldfish plant but the leaves are not that rubbered and the branching does not droop.
Nice video 👌
Home Art thank you!!!
Do you maybe have an update on your Jade Bonsai? :) Thanks for the video! I just bought yesterday one portulacaria afra, I think 4-5 years old and one portulacaria afra lemon as a tiny baby 1 year old. I hope they will grow as nice as yours!
Luki Dahle Thank you 🌿! These are great plants to bonsai. My Jade bonsai is doing real well and I should do an update video on it. Stay tuned for that 😉. Yours should look real nice with it being a 4-5 year old plant🌿😁.
Hi beautiful video dear
Vikas Ghorpade thank you for the feed back💚
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A couple tips I'd offer, although I'm also a beginner, but things I have read nonetheless. When repotting, use a chopstick or other similar tool to lightly poke the soil around the roots. This will help clear any air pockets that can facilitate root rot or other problems later. It also makes sure your soil levels out to where you intend it instead of settling over time. Second tip, something I read (I want to say it was in the 101 bonsai tips book you referenced), not saying it's gospel truth, but seemed logical, is that when shaping a tree to not have branches opposite each other at the same level but rather stagger them. Your thoughts on that?
Also a question for the bonsai world watching this: When starting with the elephant bush nursery stock with several trunks coming out, I'm assuming I'll want to dig the entire plant up and cut away down to the root ball any branches/trunks I don't want to use as my primary trunk?
Also, will changing the soil from the nursery potting mix to an inorganic mix of 31% 1/4 inch Bonsai Block(calcined clay), 31% 1/4 inch Pumice, 31% 1/4 inch Monto Clay (1/4 inch Turface), and 7% 1/4 inch Horticulture Charcoal. I bought a large bag for my conifers and junipers from bonsaijack.com and that's their recipe. Just wondering if that would also be ok for the elephant bush?
Thanks everyone!
thanks for the video! how often do you water this jade and how much?
Thank you for this video. I have a mini Jade plant and need to trim it. Does it stress the tree to repot, wire and trim all at the same time? Your tree looks great!
Your welcome. No you tree should be fine :)
Guldaudi
Thanks for the video! I’m super new to all of this and have been a horrible bonsai parent. My jade bonsai has been in the same container and soil for the past three years. I only just bought it a new container and soil today. How often should I repot it? And why do you cut so much of the tree off during pruning?
Denise Foy you are welcome 🌿! Jade plants can be pretty resilient at times when neglected but over watering can quickly lead to a fast demise. You can repot your bonsai Jade plant every two years preferably in the spring when it is in its growing season. As far as pruning the art of bonsai is really what you make it. There are techniques worth learning but it’s your plant and you can prune as much or as little as you want. It’s what you find looks good. 😉💚. I pruned off what I didn’t want growing to give the plant a particular style. Hope you jade bonsai does great in its new container!
Denise Foy you are welcome 🌿! Jade plants can be pretty resilient at times when neglected but over watering can quickly lead to a fast demise. You can repot your bonsai Jade plant every two years preferably in the spring when it is in its growing season. As far as pruning the art of bonsai is really what you make it. There are techniques worth learning but it’s your plant and you can prune as much or as little as you want. It’s what you find looks good. 😉💚. I pruned off what I didn’t want growing to give the plant a particular style. Hope you jade bonsai does great in its new container!
Does anyone have experience and/or recommend using raffia when wiring the P. Afra? I've heard that the little rings will actually open slightly (and heal) when wiring, but obviously if you go too far, they snap. I'm wondering if raffia will help, hurt or do nothing?
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Muri Salin 😁
Prune roots prior to re-potting.
rio skyscraper I’ve read that it’s good to do so when reporting. I’ll have to do that next time :) Thanks for the advice.
You should watch Herons Bonsai to learn how to wire correctly. Your coils are too loose to affect any bends.
And whoever suggested to cut your wires probably sells wire. There's nothing wrong with unwrapping the whole branch and saving your wire.
hello, I am so new to growing bonsai, so a beginner question. I recently was gifted a bonsai and noticed the wires under the soil. so why those wires? and can or should the wires be removed?
Hello there and welcome 🌿! The wires in the soil are actually anchoring the the plant to the pot. The wires are usually wrapped around the roots and are attached to the to pot itself. I don’t recommend removing the wires it won’t harm the plant. Usually the only time you remove the wires in the soil is when you are repotting it.
My first try at bonsai wire was a disaster lost a really nice plant snapped the main stem :(
You have had luck growing clippings? I watched a video where a guy cut them at angles...dipped them in sugar and placed them in a glass of water to let the roots develop. Will they take off just by planting?? I bought some of the same root powder in this video.
Righteous RedNeck yes!! 🌱 That root growing hormone power works great on cuttings. I’ve used it on all sorts of cuttings even plumeria cuttings as well 🌸 and have been successful.
@@aGirlwithaGarden hey thanks so much for responding! Yeah once I get my soil mixture I think I will go ahead and try to plant them. My tree looks exactly like the one in the video so hopefully I will have some good luck
@@aGirlwithaGarden I have seen people plant them in nothing but peat-moss but I want something a little heavier than that to support the weight of the trunk. There are number of things that you can use. I've heard some say that peat moss is not a good idea
@@aGirlwithaGarden ... I'm just going to have to go to a local Lowe's or plant store or shop and see what I can find for my soil I just want to make sure that I use something loose
Righteous RedNeck I would root your cuttings in soil first then Bonsia it when it establishes roots. The soil mixture I would recommend for your cutting when you are trying to root it would be a cactus and succulent mixture. You can find this soil mixture at Lowe’s. I would add more perlite to the mixture for your cutting if you have some perlite but otherwise the soil mixture from Lowe’s is fine on its own.
Can u differentiate between crassula ovata and portulacaria afra?
Yasmin Sultana yes great question!!!! The Portulacaria afra is an evergreen succulent shrub or small tree, which makes it perfect to bonsai. It has small round compact leaves and a red stem unlike compared to the Jade plant which the leaves are much larger and not as compacted. The two are actually unrelated, even though the Portulacaria Afra is also know as the mini Jade. Just like the Jade plant (Crassula Ovata) the Portulacaria afra plant also has flower blooms during the right conditions. They also have similar water and sun needs. The crassula ovata can get fairly large as I have seen some amazingly big specimens myself 😁. Hope that helps. Happy to help answer any more questions you might have.
After you wire for shape...do you ever take the wire off? After it takes shape or do you just leave it on??
Righteous RedNeck yes the tree will need to be rewired as it grows. You don’t want to leave the wire on the branches too long as it’ll be prone to “wire bite” this is when the wire digs into the tree as it grows.
@@aGirlwithaGarden ...I gotcha! As the branches increase in diameter the wire strangles the branch. The wire ultimately will train each limb to grow more how you would like it to. Thank you! Im learning
@@aGirlwithaGarden ..Ok, my cuttings have been planted for several days...have not watered as I read that this helps the roots as they will grow faster is search of water. Hmmm...how will I know that they have taken root and growth is beginning? The few leaves I left at the tops of the clipings...they are still green and healthy looking. I guess I will know when new growth happens.
Righteous RedNeck sometimes it could take up to 3 -4 weeks before it starts to take root. I would wait a week and then water the cuttings in the soil. When your cutting starts to perk up or put off new growth which is the easiest way to tell that it’s rooted. Sometimes you can give ur cutting a little pull and if it’s resistant or reluctant to come out of the soil easily that’s also a way to tell that it’s rooted. However if you plan on trying that method be sure to do it very gently. You don’t want to damage any roots if it has started to root for you.
@@aGirlwithaGarden ...exactly what I had planned on the watering. Only once a week. My tree is thriving very well. I did leave it in its original pot and soil. I did think about potting it with new soil, but the soil its in seems to be good...looser soil. I have left it alone due to this. Seems to be doing great. I plan on wateting the tree once a week as well and hopefully this is not too much.
why do you wire the bonsia?
When making a Bonsia Tree, wire is used to train the branches to grow in a certain style.
Straight lines are frowned upon in bonsai you want to have flow and movement
Any updates on your Bonsai?
What's up with the wire? Poor little jade is in bondage!
Brady Neal that’s the art of bonsai. 🌿
Does the wire restrict it's growth? What would happen if you just trim it to keep it small?
It’s pronounced bone-sai😁
Jordan Coteff lol someone else beat ya to it😆 I say Tomatoes 😉
@@aGirlwithaGarden lol. Tomayto, tomahto... Potayto, Potahto 😋
Pip lol yes I agree 😉
Hyuck hyuck
You call that a bonsai? Bahahahahahahahahaha 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
By definition it really is 😉🌿
Your pronunciation of "bonsai" could use some work. The o should be a long o that fills your mouth. The s should be a definite slippery s. Each syllable gets equal emphasis. The first syllable should not be faster than the second. Sometimes it sounds like you're saying bunzai.
tryptala thanks for the tip. English was never my first language and neither is Japanese as Bonsia has Japanese origin. :P Growing up in a house where my parents still speak a different language it wasn’t very common that I was corrected on how to say certain words properly. A few weeks ago around the holidays someone pointed out that I wasn’t pronouncing “ornaments” correctly. :p Everyday u learn something. Thanks for the feed back.
Really? I mean, really? She has great information here, not to mention very entertaining.
Stop freaking. I'm just helping her out. Most people who practice the art pronounce it correctly or at least close to correctly. It's part of the respect for the art.
If you just want to help her, and not try to look smarter than others and not try to make her look bad, you could have messaged her privately with the information. YOU need lessons in etiquette and social skills and respect for people.
No, by teaching her I'm also teaching everyone who reads my comment. She's not the only one mispronouncing the word. And I wasn't being condescending or rude. That's just what you are projecting into what I said. You need to escape from NY.