Can you make a video showing how you get primary branches to grow where you want them? Maybe if you did a series that follows one or a few trees from the start would be dope.
Yeah that would be awesome! I struggle to put it all together in my head. Having a playlist for one tree from start to finish would give us an idea on how it progressed. Amazing trees...you got skills bro!
@@LittleJadeBonsai I have a young Portulacaria afra. I really would like to know how to train a young plant to develop into something that looks like a tree. We know that the Portulacaria is actually a bush and it grows naturally like a bush. It takes some kind of know how to turn a bush into a tree. Please help.
I would like to see a series of vids on starter trees also. from small cuttings. how to create primary branches etc. would be good as I'm guessing you have enough to use different trees at different stages to speed up the series , rather than filming over say, a 5 year period. great video, looking forward to seeing more 👍🏼😊
Kown as speckboom ( specckled/spotted tree in Afrikaans. Or elephant bush . The leaves are tasty added to pastas cut & diced adds a tinge of citrus. It's value is also that it's proven to extract more carbon dioxide than nything from the Amazon rainforest. So please grow them into hedges & do ur part for the environment. As a succulent it also doesn't need much watering.
Brand new to bonsai and just bought a little Jade pre-bonsai. Scouring the web for information and how to get started and this video is the best so far. Would love to learn your thought process on how you trim to establish your branching when you're starting from the pre-bonsai stage.
Little Jade Bonsai. Nice video. I enjoyed the tree and your insights. There seems to be a lot of back and forth about sacrificial branches, and thickening up trunks and branches, but I've also thought that more division leads to more foliage thus everything lower than that gets thicker. Especially with fast-growing trees like the PA. I'm in MN, so my trees need to be inside for a long time, but my trees are loving my plant room environment right now. Are you trimming all year long where you are or do you back off for a while during winter season whatever that means where you are?
Nice tree! I’m just getting into bonsai. I’m collecting bonsai material and I think dwarf jade might be a quick and easy way to go. Keep those videos coming. What type of soil can I get by with as I don’t have regular bonsai soil available
Can you do a video about starting a bonsai tree from an established elephant bush plant that has never been trimmed? My plants are falling over because the center trunk of the plant is very weak.
I know this is a couple years old but it is new to me. Great video. I use a tomato clamp thingies, that is a Japanese word meaning duhicki, and string or wire. The clamp doesn't mark plant and easily comes off without cutting.
Very awesome! I love what you are doing with ports. Very underutilized bonsai. I think you should do a video on a neglected port and teach us how to get it into “little jade bonsai” shape.
Might I suggest you change the camera/video angle, so one can see where the trim/cut is being made. Your hand/fingers block the actual cut point on most. Your explanations are great. But actual visually observing each/majority of the cuts can really be helpful. Thanks for your videos.
Great video! I watch a lot of bonsai videos and yours are some of the very best. Simple, informative, they give me something I can USE. I live in Florida and have lots of ports in my landscaping, many growing down and over large boulders. I've never focussed on making them into bonsai but now I'm INSPIRED. THANK YOU!!!
Don’t let your branches get long. Trim down to the first pair of leaves on a branch and it will divide and grow two new shoots. Then let those new branches grow and trim those down to the first pair of leaves on that branch and repeat the process.
Have been following you this year on Instagram. Very instructional. Am learning and applying your concepts daily and since I am in my 70's am looking for some more established ones to add to my small underdeveloped collection so I can also do some maintenance work.
I just planted some dwarf jade cuttings into pots 😊 But I just read that I should just leave then to grow for a year before shaping and wiring. It's the opposite of what you just stated in the video though 😥😥... I want the trunk to be pretty thick and they say to leave them for a thicker trunk. Could you help clear up what the best approach is?
Hello Joseph I have some Dwarf jade too.i made my cuttings have thick trunk some of them I plant them in the ground and some of it are in let’s say 2 gallon Container I left them fertilize water them for 2 years and wow I got a thick trunk!!!Now I’m training them into bonsai but I’m not an expert I just love the Port Afra Bonsai
THANK YOU!!!!! This is so helpful!! I am so excited and this is my favorite plant because I rescued her from a Walmart trash can. She’s so big now and I have her babies all over my house. It’s so lovely.
I just started learn growing portucalaria afra. I find your videos, and I thank you, 'couse its simply, and I love your style. I try make small bonsay as you. So thanks....I would like to ask. How offten trim the trees? Does it matter which season? Sorry, but my englihs is not perfect, and I dont understund exactly
I just love your obsession for lil port! you are a proud owner of some very beautiful ports! I would love to see a demonstration on how to start Port RootOverRock. I guess ROR design is so in demand and many viewers will benefit from it. Waiting for it eagerly!.
I have a new Dwarf Jade coming in the mail in a couple weeks and I have never had one before. It is coming in a 4 inch pot. So, what do I do when I receive it besides open the box and unpack. What do I need to do with it?
I learned so much from this video! I have old (20 years+) jade plants have massive trunjks and are actually pretty wild looking, which I like. But thanks to you, I'm going to try my hand at turning in a newer plant into a bonsai. Thanks for the excellent videos.
Hi Gilbert, my question is if you prune back to the first two leaves on a branch each time I prune, then aren't i just cutting off the new ramification? I'm not following what you are saying. Thanks for any help. Love your videos.
Great informative video! Can you make a video on turning nursery stock with really long branches into bonsai? I feel like I just have to completely prune the branches off from mine and start over in order to make it look nice.
I bought a port afra from lowes in a huge 3 gallon it’s potted in coir should I remove it and repot with a 50/50 organic inorganic will they do ok in 70/30inorganic organic ?
awesome video. awesome tree. This was the info I needed. I just started with a dwarf jade and had no idea how to develop ramification. My suggestion for video idea is how to develop roots/nabari, I have a jade with a pretty thick truck that has roots only growing on one side.
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Big fan of your channel. I have a question for you. After reporting and trimming, the bark is starting to crack. Did I do too much to it at one time? Is it stress?
This was so informative can u do one with more details not everyone lives in the NORTH AMERICAN ask when u say summer it does not work for me can u use months or weeks instead
I have many jade plants in my yard and u guess they are over 40 years old , I remember my Dad planting the first cutting when I was a kid. If I wanted to take a cutting and train it as bonsai, am I better off taking a thick part or a fresh new growth cutting?
@@LittleJadeBonsai awesome! thank you for the response! I have been enjoying your channel. This is my first bonsai so it's cool to see your Jade bonsai videoes
Another awesome informative video, thank you! I'd love to see what you can do with a nursery stock port afra :) Also do you just lift up the root bowl over the years to get those exposed roots?
How can I create ramification when I already have long branches? Can I hard prune it back to shorter branches and expect backbuding? Was thinking maybe to much energy would go into the few short branches i don't cut. Would really make my year if i found this out!
Yes, if your tree is established in its container, you can hard prune down the long branches. Then immediately after cutting, apply slow release fertilizer like Osmocote to the surface of the soil and water it in with liquid Miracle Gro. This will greatly help push out new growth.
Can you make a video showing how you get primary branches to grow where you want them? Maybe if you did a series that follows one or a few trees from the start would be dope.
Thank you for the suggestion! It’s on my list to make for sure. 👍🏼
That would be awesome ! I’d love to see how to get a Portulacaria to grow from a cutting into credible bonsai tree 🌲
Yea me too, got a few I have started, really enjoy your videos! Thanks for all the work you are doing!
Yeah that would be awesome! I struggle to put it all together in my head. Having a playlist for one tree from start to finish would give us an idea on how it progressed. Amazing trees...you got skills bro!
@@LittleJadeBonsai I have a young Portulacaria afra. I really would like to know how to train a young plant to develop into something that looks like a tree. We know that the Portulacaria is actually a bush and it grows naturally like a bush. It takes some kind of know how to turn a bush into a tree. Please help.
I’m loving your channel and the fact you focus on baby jades, there is not much content on them on YT in English. Thank you :)
Thank you!
How to grow that thick roots? And do you repotted roots little above the soil so that they are thick?
I would like to see a series of vids on starter trees also. from small cuttings. how to create primary branches etc.
would be good as I'm guessing you have enough to use different trees at different stages to speed up the series , rather than filming over say, a 5 year period.
great video, looking forward to seeing more 👍🏼😊
Still should.
Kown as speckboom ( specckled/spotted tree in Afrikaans. Or elephant bush . The leaves are tasty added to pastas cut & diced adds a tinge of citrus. It's value is also that it's proven to extract more carbon dioxide than nything from the Amazon rainforest. So please grow them into hedges & do ur part for the environment. As a succulent it also doesn't need much watering.
HI! Love your video here in Italy! Do you use the cork bark variety for you bonsai?
Brand new to bonsai and just bought a little Jade pre-bonsai. Scouring the web for information and how to get started and this video is the best so far. Would love to learn your thought process on how you trim to establish your branching when you're starting from the pre-bonsai stage.
Little Jade Bonsai. Nice video. I enjoyed the tree and your insights. There seems to be a lot of back and forth about sacrificial branches, and thickening up trunks and branches, but I've also thought that more division leads to more foliage thus everything lower than that gets thicker. Especially with fast-growing trees like the PA. I'm in MN, so my trees need to be inside for a long time, but my trees are loving my plant room environment right now. Are you trimming all year long where you are or do you back off for a while during winter season whatever that means where you are?
Which fertilizer do u use in Portulacaria afra.
Hey that was my first time watching a tutorial about cutting branches and it was so heloful ✨
Awesome!
Nice tree! I’m just getting into bonsai. I’m collecting bonsai material and I think dwarf jade might be a quick and easy way to go. Keep those videos coming. What type of soil can I get by with as I don’t have regular bonsai soil available
This was one of the best bonsai videos I've seen! Thanks for the detailed information!
How old is this tree? Loved the video😁
Can you do a video about starting a bonsai tree from an established elephant bush plant that has never been trimmed? My plants are falling over because the center trunk of the plant is very weak.
I know this is a couple years old but it is new to me. Great video. I use a tomato clamp thingies, that is a Japanese word meaning duhicki, and string or wire. The clamp doesn't mark plant and easily comes off without cutting.
So beautiful
Very awesome! I love what you are doing with ports. Very underutilized bonsai. I think you should do a video on a neglected port and teach us how to get it into “little jade bonsai” shape.
Might I suggest you change the camera/video angle, so one can see where the trim/cut is being made. Your hand/fingers block the actual cut point on most. Your explanations are great. But actual visually observing each/majority of the cuts can really be helpful. Thanks for your videos.
Great video! I watch a lot of bonsai videos and yours are some of the very best. Simple, informative, they give me something I can USE. I live in Florida and have lots of ports in my landscaping, many growing down and over large boulders. I've never focussed on making them into bonsai but now I'm INSPIRED. THANK YOU!!!
Can you make a video how to do Portulacaria afra from the start. Should I cut the leaves on the stems to get a trunk? thanks
Yes I plan on making a video from starting a bonsai from scratch from nursery stock material.
What do you mean by consistent trimming does it mean every week or every two weeks?Thanks
Don’t let your branches get long. Trim down to the first pair of leaves on a branch and it will divide and grow two new shoots. Then let those new branches grow and trim those down to the first pair of leaves on that branch and repeat the process.
Have been following you this year on Instagram. Very instructional. Am learning and applying your concepts daily and since I am in my 70's am looking for some more established ones to add to my small underdeveloped collection so I can also do some maintenance work.
tnx for sharing . . .
Would be better to NOT let your hand in front of the branch you cutting, so we could see it
Haha! Yes I'm learning as I go and definitely realized this after the fact. I'll try better next time.
just found your Chanel and it's great! My jade won't grow. What soil do you recommend?
Beautiful tree!
Gilbert help!!! I accidentally cut below the first pair of leaves on one branch, what's gonna happen?😱😱
It will grow new branches there anyways ..
Muy bueno tu video! Por fin entiendo cómo hacer para engrosar los troncos! Gracias! Saludos desde Tucumán, Argentina
Great channel! There is so little information on the web
That's why I made this channel, to help people.
:-)
I just planted some dwarf jade cuttings into pots 😊
But I just read that I should just leave then to grow for a year before shaping and wiring. It's the opposite of what you just stated in the video though 😥😥... I want the trunk to be pretty thick and they say to leave them for a thicker trunk.
Could you help clear up what the best approach is?
Hello Joseph I have some Dwarf jade too.i made my cuttings have thick trunk some of them I plant them in the ground and some of it are in let’s say 2 gallon Container I left them fertilize water them for 2 years and wow I got a thick trunk!!!Now I’m training them into bonsai but I’m not an expert I just love the Port Afra Bonsai
THANK YOU!!!!! This is so helpful!! I am so excited and this is my favorite plant because I rescued her from a Walmart trash can. She’s so big now and I have her babies all over my house. It’s so lovely.
Are these the Jad that cork or is that another type of Jad?
Yes there is a cork bark variety/cultivar of this species.
Thanks for sharing your technics 👍👍🇵🇷I’m glad to find your channel
I just started learn growing portucalaria afra. I find your videos, and I thank you, 'couse its simply, and I love your style. I try make small bonsay as you. So thanks....I would like to ask. How offten trim the trees? Does it matter which season? Sorry, but my englihs is not perfect, and I dont understund exactly
I just love your obsession for lil port! you are a proud owner of some very beautiful ports!
I would love to see a demonstration on how to start Port RootOverRock. I guess ROR design is so in demand and many viewers will benefit from it. Waiting for it eagerly!.
I have a new Dwarf Jade coming in the mail in a couple weeks and I have never had one before. It is coming in a 4 inch pot. So, what do I do when I receive it besides open the box and unpack. What do I need to do with it?
Spek boom... We call it a Spek boom. Translated to Bacon tree or Pork bush
I learned so much from this video! I have old (20 years+) jade plants have massive trunjks and are actually pretty wild looking, which I like. But thanks to you, I'm going to try my hand at turning in a newer plant into a bonsai. Thanks for the excellent videos.
Thanks for your precious advices! Bravo!
A lot of talking, but I don't get how you keep it compact if you're making 200 new growths happen every 2 weeks. Exponentially...
What should be the NPK indicators for Osmocote fertilizer for portulacaria afra?
N-?
P-?
K-?
Hi Gilbert, my question is if you prune back to the first two leaves on a branch each time I prune, then aren't i just cutting off the new ramification? I'm not following what you are saying. Thanks for any help. Love your videos.
Love your videos, bro, but apparently you also have great taste in music!!
Very informative. Thank you!
Great informative video! Can you make a video on turning nursery stock with really long branches into bonsai? I feel like I just have to completely prune the branches off from mine and start over in order to make it look nice.
I bought a port afra from lowes in a huge 3 gallon it’s potted in coir should I remove it and repot with a 50/50 organic inorganic will they do ok in 70/30inorganic organic ?
What an amazing collection you have. So impressive!
awesome video. awesome tree. This was the info I needed. I just started with a dwarf jade and had no idea how to develop ramification. My suggestion for video idea is how to develop roots/nabari,
I have a jade with a pretty thick truck that has roots only growing on one side.
Very beatifull friend...
Now I feel a little less apprehensive to snip things off. Thank you!
Awesome video! Can I wire several trunks together on very young 4 inch tall elephant bush to create a thicker looking trunk?
Could you show hard prunning of thick branches?
Nice work brother. Planning on having my learners create their on bonsais
Helpful tips
Great. It will be interesting to know How to develop nice roots like this in next videos😃👍
Thanks for the wiring tip. I have been doing a lot of trial and error. It helps to know that there are other methods to wiring.
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P.S.
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Что со временем 🔥 все ваши видео 🔥 будут с русскими субтитрами 🌹
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Big fan of your channel. I have a question for you. After reporting and trimming, the bark is starting to crack. Did I do too much to it at one time? Is it stress?
This is great! Just the rightamount of advice.
Thanks
Great vlog mate👍 I'm in the early stages with my mini jades so this is really useful information.
I love your videos!. Can you make a video about reporting? Thanks.
This was so informative can u do one with more details not everyone lives in the NORTH AMERICAN ask when u say summer it does not work for me can u use months or weeks instead
how do you get such a thick and established trunk? does it just require a much larger vessel?
Thanks for all the info! Any tips on transferring a port out of a bonsai pot and into a larger pot to generate more growth?
I already learned so much from you in this video. Looking forward to learn more from you in your future videos
I have many jade plants in my yard and u guess they are over 40 years old , I remember my Dad planting the first cutting when I was a kid. If I wanted to take a cutting and train it as bonsai, am I better off taking a thick part or a fresh new growth cutting?
Wow, Looks amazing, !!!!!
Thank you!!!
Amazing! Thank you the video. 🙏🏻
I recently bought a leggy one from the nursery. Where on the branch would I cut to shorten branch? Thanks.
Hi Bro, Do you need to do wiring to shape the plant?
Beautiful tree!! After how long would you be worried about the wire scarring the branch or root that you tied together? Super helpful video!
What months in the year do you trim or not trim the tree? Great video by the way!
I trim all year long but more frequently from spring to fall
@@LittleJadeBonsai awesome! thank you for the response! I have been enjoying your channel. This is my first bonsai so it's cool to see your Jade bonsai videoes
What kind of soil/medium do you use for your plants ?
I’d love to see, starting development of a bonsai jade. How you get it to the shape you like to then do this type of maintenance
I learnt more in this vid in 2 Min than watching bonsai masters go blah blah blah ! 👍🙏
I just started on jade trees. Trying to trim an old one to slanting position., & a few young one to straight positions.
Another awesome informative video, thank you! I'd love to see what you can do with a nursery stock port afra :) Also do you just lift up the root bowl over the years to get those exposed roots?
awesome man, this is the exact content i was asking for! thanks for your wisdom!
beautiful tree. tiny leaves
Would love to see taking (with voice) a new plant you got from a fair and how to start training it to shape.
Can we do trimming throughout the year or stop during winter.
Question about the pot….do you find they grow better in deeper pots vs shallow bonsai pots
Love the Jade bonsai! My mom has a Jade in the yard that has just grown wild and now I'm dying to work on it. Thank you so much!
What a beautiful tree
Thank you!
Is cut paste necessary for heavy pruning a jade?
Bonjour je suis patio né aussi par cette plante j'aime beaucoup tes vidéos qui sont très inintéressante.
+1 Passe une bonne soirée.
Thank u ,very informative video.
Looks outstanding. How old was the plant at that point.
Question: for the tie down wouldn't raffia work better and safer than wire?
Omg. Thanks for the explanation! Everything clear right now!!
Thank you!💚
How can I create ramification when I already have long branches? Can I hard prune it back to shorter branches and expect backbuding? Was thinking maybe to much energy would go into the few short branches i don't cut.
Would really make my year if i found this out!
Yes, if your tree is established in its container, you can hard prune down the long branches. Then immediately after cutting, apply slow release fertilizer like Osmocote to the surface of the soil and water it in with liquid Miracle Gro. This will greatly help push out new growth.
Thank you very much that was really helpful
Love your videos and learn so much every day ❤
How do u save jades during rainy season?????
what kind of soil should we use, is inorganic o.k.
Love your trees , your videos are awesome thank you
Hi, how do you grow thick branches
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What kind of fertilizers are you use?
Hola hoy aprendí algo que no sabia
Thanks for your video l! I learned more how and why to trim than anything I've seen today on utube.
That makes me happy! 💚🌳