Hey saw the interview you did today with Dave's Bonsai...would love to see you post more videos on your channel...especially the "lilliput" jades. Thanks...
My jades have improved dramatically since I found your channel. I was doing standard bonsai practice of let it grow out and cut back, but now that I’m constantly trimming the new growth for ramification I actually have a nice canopy. So easy.
Hey Gilbert, just wanted to drop in here and say you’ve inspired me enough through all your amazing videos and media posts to start on an endeavor of beginning my own jade tree nursery/bonsai nursery. I’ve wanted to start my own small business for some time and I’ve come to the conclusion that growing jades from cuttings and turning them into works of art as bonsai is something my city of LA hasn’t seen and will be an extremely unique business in my view. And I’d like to thank you for giving me the spark of motivation to begin my journey. Much Love brother ✌️🕉
Awwww man that's so awesome! With all the new interest in portulacaria afra bonsai it will definitely be a hit! Keep me posted on your progress and congratulations my friend!
Hola amigo, de verdad que chulas están todas tus portulacarias y que dedicación y empeño les pones muchas felicidades por tu empeño, amigo que tipo de sustrato les pones? Te felicito Nuevamente y saludos de tu compañero José Manuel desde México saludos y que dios te bendiga 🙏🙏
Hey :) Just got my first portulacaria 3 months ago after discovering your channel, also got 2 small branches (sold as desk plants) that i started growing outside, i was so surprised seeing how well they grow, can't wait to start trimming next year :) Greetings from France
watched all of your videos!! just want to say thanks for the great videos and all the inspiration, hope to see you make some more content in the future!!
Wow.... I first encounter you on Pintrest like 6 years ago! If I remember correctly it was a jade forrest group progression that caught my eye. Discovered your pintrest page, bought my first jade, you and I had some conversations, you recommended osmocote and full sun and I've been into these trees ever since! Now you have a growing channel, congrats! Keep inspiring others brother. Only good can come from it.
Hi Gilbert, absolutely love your trees and videos and this music, really puts you in the mood. I’ve just subbed up and acquired my first elephant bush, I’m working on normal jade bonsai too but can’t wait to start with this. Thank you for sharing all the very best from uk x
Hi. Love your channel. Could you please do a quick video on how to start creating branches on a straight stem of port' afra? For example, do you cut off all stem leaves that you don't want to be branches and let the others develop into branches and allow them to grow a little before pruning them? I'd really appreciate if you could demonstrate how to start the process as I have some new straight stem ports here and don't know what to do for the best. Thank you very much.
Hi there! Thank you for the work you do, seeing all your beautiful jade bonsais is very motivating! I would like to ask you about your favourite and most fruitful ways of jade propagation. Having seen some videos about soil propagation (drying the cuttings and planting them in soil right away) and water propagation (just sticking your cuttings in a bottle of water or in a cup), I wanted to try out soil propagation, but it totally failed on me, and now I’m afraid to try something else because it’s really hard to get little jades in my country😅 Could you give a piece of advice as to what kind of propagation you use and what conditions must be met in order for the cuttings to root more successfully (soil/water, the use of rooting hormone, sunlight etc.) ? It seems like a great topic for a new video, I’m sure there is a lot of people out there struggling with the propagation of little jades. Love your work, thank you❤
Hi Gilbert, I love your video as and have learned so much from you. I was wondering what you will advise me to do with this Jade, I’ve had it for almost 10 years but find that there are two branches that are very think, please let me know what would you do. 😊 Thanks so very much
Can you make a tree that you grow with your comunity (from start until i is a nice bonsai) You inspired me also so much that i Made Baby 20 of this bonsai trees
Great relaxing video my friend, thanks. I would like to ask when is the best season of the year for pruning a portulacaria? See, I got this one as a gift a few months ago and I am planning to let it accustom to my apartment for at least a year until I can finally work on it (It's a somewhat mature plant with 3 thick trunks and I am planning on having two trunks chopped off and the two others wired and trained with guy wires) However it has been losing its foliage since I brought it home, I suspect it is because it's not getting enough sunlight. I live just outside Mexico City, however this winter has been harsher than usual with the minimal going down as far as 4 degree Celsius. I have a few years of experience growing and training junipers so this will be my first portulacaria. Cheers!
I saw one of your comments in a past video mention Osmocote as being your fertilizer of choice. Which kind of osmocote and how much and when do you add to the young little jade’s, say one that is almost a year old.
It would be very helpful if you could drop a video or provide some sort of information about fertilizers that you use and how to use them too! Love from India!
I got 2 new portulacaria afra that I’m growing indoors. Any tips on how often to water them? Got them 2 weeks ago and repotted the following day, started noticing some leaves are shriveled, wrinkled and falling off. And some leaves that looks completely fine also drop. Not too sure what to do!
hi, I bought my first Portulacaria yesterday. i just finished repotting it. Because it is an offshoot, the roots are not developed well, and there isnt any nebari. I basically just layed the roots on the gound, and stabilized the tree upright with a tent peg. I am wondering if that way I can develop a nice nebari. Of course I covered the roots superficially, to give them some protection. What do you think? Thank you!
Let it grow!. make sure the roots are in the soil and just let it grow. .. when you repot it in a year or 3 trim the roots and fan them out in the pot and then put soil on them and let them grow more. its all you can really do.
Hi, First of all i LOVE your videos!! Second, Am i able to do this with a tricolor Portulacaria? I can't seem to find any information and mostly i see the BEAUTIFUL green trees like yours. Thank you!
Hello! I have a question about my spekboom, and I was wondering if I could get your advice! Since I've bought it a couple of weeks ago, the leaves have become slightly darker, and a little bit thinner. It still seems healthy and is sprouting new leaves. Why would this coloration change occur? my thought is that it isn't getting enough light, would you agree?
I’ve watched so many of your videos. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m trying to find this species in my area but im having a hard time finding them locally. Any suggestions?
Gilbert please help! I live in the central valley CA and not sure what to do for wintering my P. Afra. I have about thirty, and not sure if they have to come inside for december/january or if I should just leave them out in the cold. Any suggestions would help. Thanks!
I have seen videos where they talk about cutting back certain branches to a specific node I can't find the videos no more that explain that about Jade's. Can you explain this to me? I am talking about when I see something like cut it back to where there is two leaves on this node etc etc
Portularcaria Afra will root from pretty much any cutting. Just cut a piece off, wait a few hours for the end to dry a bit then put it in soil. Any soil. I root mine in gardening soil then transfer to a succulent style mix later. Wait to water them a about 3 to 5 days or when the leaves start to get wrinkles. Thats all you have to do for dwarf jade. Other trees are not so easy.
Hello Sir, I have just discovered your channel "LITTLE JADE BONSAI" superb video and explanation, I have just bought a Portulacaria Afria plant which is already a small bonsai, in France we do not have the same ingredients to make the substrate, but I have it done with Akadama + compost + vermiculite, is it good, you fertilize with Osmocote how do you put the granules on the substrate or in a small basket. kind regards Philip
Hey saw the interview you did today with Dave's Bonsai...would love to see you post more videos on your channel...especially the "lilliput" jades. Thanks...
My jades have improved dramatically since I found your channel. I was doing standard bonsai practice of let it grow out and cut back, but now that I’m constantly trimming the new growth for ramification I actually have a nice canopy. So easy.
That makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing! Keep on trimming! 💚
@@LittleJadeBonsai Waiting for your valued new uploads dear.
Hey Gilbert, just wanted to drop in here and say you’ve inspired me enough through all your amazing videos and media posts to start on an endeavor of beginning my own jade tree nursery/bonsai nursery. I’ve wanted to start my own small business for some time and I’ve come to the conclusion that growing jades from cuttings and turning them into works of art as bonsai is something my city of LA hasn’t seen and will be an extremely unique business in my view. And I’d like to thank you for giving me the spark of motivation to begin my journey. Much Love brother ✌️🕉
Awwww man that's so awesome! With all the new interest in portulacaria afra bonsai it will definitely be a hit! Keep me posted on your progress and congratulations my friend!
It's a year later. Have you succeeded?
Hola amigo, de verdad que chulas están todas tus portulacarias y que dedicación y empeño les pones muchas felicidades por tu empeño, amigo que tipo de sustrato les pones? Te felicito Nuevamente y saludos de tu compañero José Manuel desde México saludos y que dios te bendiga 🙏🙏
Our new meditation video!! Love it!
Mantap Om, bonsainya
Hey :) Just got my first portulacaria 3 months ago after discovering your channel, also got 2 small branches (sold as desk plants) that i started growing outside, i was so surprised seeing how well they grow, can't wait to start trimming next year :) Greetings from France
That's so awesome! I love hearing stories like that. Keep up the awesome work!
Man I love your content…you’re very knowledgeable with the afras…I hope to see some new content soon! God Bless man
Beautiful bonsai 👍
Beautiful trees and music! Forest is looking great! Keep up the great work sir!
watched all of your videos!!
just want to say thanks for the great videos and all the inspiration, hope to see you make some more content in the future!!
very beautiful bonsai i love it
Wow.... I first encounter you on Pintrest like 6 years ago! If I remember correctly it was a jade forrest group progression that caught my eye. Discovered your pintrest page, bought my first jade, you and I had some conversations, you recommended osmocote and full sun and I've been into these trees ever since! Now you have a growing channel, congrats! Keep inspiring others brother. Only good can come from it.
That’s awesome Aaron! That means a lot to me. 🙏🏼💚🌳 Thank you!
Hi Gilbert, absolutely love your trees and videos and this music, really puts you in the mood.
I’ve just subbed up and acquired my first elephant bush, I’m working on normal jade bonsai too but can’t wait to start with this. Thank you for sharing all the very best from uk x
Awesome & Relaxing!
Big tree in small form factor😁🔥
Soo dang satisfying to watch! Keep it up.
Thank you!💚🌳
Thank you so much and sorry for my slightly bad english because i am from germany and you are helping me a lot.
Very relaxing 👍🙏
Very very relax friend!!
Nice looking tree 👌
So relaxing! Im curious to how you get that much leaf size reduction... do you defoliate your trees entirely, when is the best time to do that?
Really relaxing
Nice one, I love it.
Love these videos hope you do more soon
Beautiful plants. Would love a before and after though!
Hi. Love your channel. Could you please do a quick video on how to start creating branches on a straight stem of port' afra? For example, do you cut off all stem leaves that you don't want to be branches and let the others develop into branches and allow them to grow a little before pruning them? I'd really appreciate if you could demonstrate how to start the process as I have some new straight stem ports here and don't know what to do for the best. Thank you very much.
I was waiting for video ❤️
Hi there!
Thank you for the work you do, seeing all your beautiful jade bonsais is very motivating!
I would like to ask you about your favourite and most fruitful ways of jade propagation. Having seen some videos about soil propagation (drying the cuttings and planting them in soil right away) and water propagation (just sticking your cuttings in a bottle of water or in a cup), I wanted to try out soil propagation, but it totally failed on me, and now I’m afraid to try something else because it’s really hard to get little jades in my country😅 Could you give a piece of advice as to what kind of propagation you use and what conditions must be met in order for the cuttings to root more successfully (soil/water, the use of rooting hormone, sunlight etc.) ?
It seems like a great topic for a new video, I’m sure there is a lot of people out there struggling with the propagation of little jades.
Love your work, thank you❤
Very nice
Are you okay man? I miss your vids, wanna see how the plants are doing!
Hi Gilbert, I love your video as and have learned so much from you.
I was wondering what you will advise me to do with this Jade, I’ve had it for almost 10 years but find that there are two branches that are very think, please let me know what would you do.
😊 Thanks so very much
Can you make a tree that you grow with your comunity (from start until i is a nice bonsai)
You inspired me also so much that i Made Baby 20 of this bonsai trees
It is a good ideal isnt it
Great relaxing video my friend, thanks. I would like to ask when is the best season of the year for pruning a portulacaria? See, I got this one as a gift a few months ago and I am planning to let it accustom to my apartment for at least a year until I can finally work on it (It's a somewhat mature plant with 3 thick trunks and I am planning on having two trunks chopped off and the two others wired and trained with guy wires) However it has been losing its foliage since I brought it home, I suspect it is because it's not getting enough sunlight. I live just outside Mexico City, however this winter has been harsher than usual with the minimal going down as far as 4 degree Celsius. I have a few years of experience growing and training junipers so this will be my first portulacaria. Cheers!
Good morning, I have a question, is compost, pine fiber and sand suitable soil for it?
Mawi hle mai ❤️❤️😘
I saw one of your comments in a past video mention Osmocote as being your fertilizer of choice. Which kind of osmocote and how much and when do you add to the young little jade’s, say one that is almost a year old.
It would be very helpful if you could drop a video or provide some sort of information about fertilizers that you use and how to use them too!
Love from India!
Where are the new videos man!!!
I got 2 new portulacaria afra that I’m growing indoors. Any tips on how often to water them? Got them 2 weeks ago and repotted the following day, started noticing some leaves are shriveled, wrinkled and falling off. And some leaves that looks completely fine also drop. Not too sure what to do!
hi, I bought my first Portulacaria yesterday. i just finished repotting it. Because it is an offshoot, the roots are not developed well, and there isnt any nebari. I basically just layed the roots on the gound, and stabilized the tree upright with a tent peg. I am wondering if that way I can develop a nice nebari. Of course I covered the roots superficially, to give them some protection. What do you think? Thank you!
Let it grow!. make sure the roots are in the soil and just let it grow. .. when you repot it in a year or 3 trim the roots and fan them out in the pot and then put soil on them and let them grow more. its all you can really do.
thank you sir.@@mattiecreates
How many years it will take a nice beautiful tree with a new tree (less than 6 months old)?
Getting started with bonsai. What size wires should I invest in?
Hi, First of all i LOVE your videos!! Second, Am i able to do this with a tricolor Portulacaria? I can't seem to find any information and mostly i see the BEAUTIFUL green trees like yours. Thank you!
Also Gilbert what do you feed your trees?
👍👍👍
Hello! I have a question about my spekboom, and I was wondering if I could get your advice! Since I've bought it a couple of weeks ago, the leaves have become slightly darker, and a little bit thinner. It still seems healthy and is sprouting new leaves. Why would this coloration change occur? my thought is that it isn't getting enough light, would you agree?
I’ve watched so many of your videos. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m trying to find this species in my area but im having a hard time finding them locally. Any suggestions?
Hello how many years for the plant to reach this thickness?
A hug from Brazil
Gilbert please help! I live in the central valley CA and not sure what to do for wintering my P. Afra. I have about thirty, and not sure if they have to come inside for december/january or if I should just leave them out in the cold.
Any suggestions would help.
Thanks!
Very relaxing!😍 what are those small circular things at the base of the tree?fruits?
Hi, I see it's a year since your last video. I hope you are doing well. I have enjoyed your content, it is so informative and helpful.
And yes most definitely a god complex if you can’t handle other perspectives. 🤙🏽
What growing medium/mix do you use?
I have seen videos where they talk about cutting back certain branches to a specific node I can't find the videos no more that explain that about Jade's. Can you explain this to me? I am talking about when I see something like cut it back to where there is two leaves on this node etc etc
Is it normal, that around 20% of the leaves fall off in the wintertime?
Yes! Sometimes a lot more when brought indoors for winter.
Is it possible to do jin shari on jade?
Can you make a Video of how to plant cuttings
How can i get close to every cutting to root
Gilbert.......I was on your web page....just double checking do you sell trees ?
Where can I buy the initial plant? I live in US. Thank you
lol nice but plz no Hottub Bonsai live stream :P
Can I get the name of the second track you had playing?
Hi sir jade bansai lifespan how many years
What pruners are you using? :)
Can you help me with the trimming
Please explain the taking of cutting process please (short video)
Portularcaria Afra will root from pretty much any cutting. Just cut a piece off, wait a few hours for the end to dry a bit then put it in soil. Any soil. I root mine in gardening soil then transfer to a succulent style mix later. Wait to water them a about 3 to 5 days or when the leaves start to get wrinkles. Thats all you have to do for dwarf jade. Other trees are not so easy.
@@Iosis6 thank you
Did he stopped making Videos?
Where about do you live john UK
Привет из России! :) Очень жаль, что нет новых видео!
Hello Sir, I have just discovered your channel "LITTLE JADE BONSAI" superb video and explanation, I have just bought a Portulacaria Afria plant which is already a small bonsai, in France we do not have the same ingredients to make the substrate, but I have it done with Akadama + compost + vermiculite, is it good, you fertilize with Osmocote how do you put the granules on the substrate or in a small basket. kind regards Philip
you still alive bro?
It is possible to make plant leaf small in size