It will be interesting - I tend to ignore these so see very little development. This coming year I am going to push myself and see what i can achieve in one year. They are definitely not my favourite for bonsai :)
Cheers Magnus. I will probably leave these alone for another year now I am happy with the root spread. The 'Year 3' chinese elm and trident maple root over rock will be looked at in the spring :)
As others have said you may as well leave the lower branch for now on the Jade, they are the only plants I would keep indoors, in my new place I don’t have room for other so called indoor trees. Great that you can keep us and yourself entertained Xav.
Cheers Joe - truthfully I am not a fan of indoor trees. I lose interest in them and they often have bugs. I'm not set up with grow lights or anything like that. For me, they just come in to survive the winter...just :)
Enjoyed the updates! My cents - you want to emulate Jelle, let the jade grow - just to see how big you can get if in one year. Pretty excited about the rocks being exposed in the ficus compositions. Interested to see how the exposed roots start to develop character.
Some of these slow time projects will be worth waiting for. I thought the roots might have gripped a lot more in this first year but the rafia I used had rotted away far too quickly. looks like clingfilm for now on :)
Good to see videos this time of year :) Thanks again Xav! I would let the jades grow and leave the lower branch to help thicken up the bottom some more, something you and the all the other great youtubers have taught me :)
It was a close thing but i may use it as a sacrifice branch for the next year - it is always diffiuclt to know how these things develop. Not my preferred species for bonsai :)
I hadn't watched Jelle's video. Thanks for that suggestion. I don't have jades; long story. But my ficus microcarpa are getting attention this week. Just trims. I'll wait until summer for repotting. I have to slap my hands to keep from trying to root the cuttings. I already have plenty! Thanks for this cold weather video. Fun! Keep up the good work!
I am the same with cuttings at this time of the year - I keep forcing myself to throw them all away. next year I am only taking Trident Maple cuttings...maybe :)
I just recently watched a video in TH-cam about developing a double Trunk jade within 2 years. I remember the plant being potted up a few times from small to very large pot, it was pruned only when the branches got too heavy and pulled the trunks down, it was sprayed with fertilizer every 10 days or so and it was a 19:19:19 fertilizer I think. At one point all unwanted branches and shoots were pruned off, and then it was left to grow until branches got too heavy again. I got some jades too and I'll do something like that with them. I will prune unwanted stuff off (bar branches) and pot them into larger terracotta pots. I would not cut off anything left on your jades and would let them grow.
To find 5 out of your entire collection could be dangerous - I'd tend to put all my attention into those trees and neglect, to some extent, the rest. I'm sure you've got more control than I have & I wish you all the best in your choices. 😀😀
Hi Xavier, as determined last video, I don’t have a clue about Jades 🙃😘 So thanks for showing your collection and treatment. 😘 Ozeana - is it made of algae and little fish? 🐟I used aquarium water, some time ago, to fertilize. Maybe that was more pond like ocean. 😅 My trees liked it a lot, the soil didn’t. 😉 Meanwhile in Austria: The advertisements YT is putting in randomly in between your awesome videos, are in total as long, up to double as long, as your videos. Ads of course can be skipped. Just to let you know. So there’s a lot of time available for comments 😂 Enjoy your evening and your day 😁😘 Cheers 🙋♀️ Martina
Thanks for that Martina. I have definitely noticed how much more advertising is going onto YT videos. They are doing it for their own profits - not mine. The first month this was introduced I had an obvious drop in views...although it is picking back up again slowly.
I'm lucky enough to live in an area that I'm able to grow Jade in ground outside. Just taken a ton of cuttings into pots and almost ready to dig up the main trunks of around 150mm
NUP. I am thinking about lights but the cost and space involved just isn't worth it for my 'interest level'. They are fun to muck about with but I'm certainly not going to spend money on them :)
Thanks Xavier, look forward to Spring and see how there're getting along
It will be interesting - I tend to ignore these so see very little development. This coming year I am going to push myself and see what i can achieve in one year. They are definitely not my favourite for bonsai :)
Looking forward for next update on the root over rock. 🙂👍
Cheers Magnus. I will probably leave these alone for another year now I am happy with the root spread. The 'Year 3' chinese elm and trident maple root over rock will be looked at in the spring :)
As others have said you may as well leave the lower branch for now on the Jade, they are the only plants I would keep indoors, in my new place I don’t have room for other so called indoor trees. Great that you can keep us and yourself entertained Xav.
Cheers Joe - truthfully I am not a fan of indoor trees. I lose interest in them and they often have bugs. I'm not set up with grow lights or anything like that. For me, they just come in to survive the winter...just :)
Enjoyed the updates! My cents - you want to emulate Jelle, let the jade grow - just to see how big you can get if in one year. Pretty excited about the rocks being exposed in the ficus compositions. Interested to see how the exposed roots start to develop character.
Some of these slow time projects will be worth waiting for. I thought the roots might have gripped a lot more in this first year but the rafia I used had rotted away far too quickly. looks like clingfilm for now on :)
No brainer! keep the branch!! Haven’t finished the vid yet, distracted by the comments in the ad break!! 🙏✝️
Fully agree - thanks. Some fo the ads getting put on youtube are ridiculous. i keep getting these really horrible gaming things. YUK
Good to see videos this time of year :) Thanks again Xav! I would let the jades grow and leave the lower branch to help thicken up the bottom some more, something you and the all the other great youtubers have taught me :)
Very good advice, We are often the worst at following the tips we 'allegedly' provide :)
Great work there, Xav!
For the first jade I say CHOP IT!
Grts
Kennet
It was a close thing but i may use it as a sacrifice branch for the next year - it is always diffiuclt to know how these things develop. Not my preferred species for bonsai :)
Beautiful work Xav! I can't wait to see were they are at in the spring!
Don't get tooe xcited - I bet they will all be about the same size knowing my conditions over winter :)
winter it is!
I just wish I had the space to put these Jades into bigger containers. My Ficus take up a lot of the available room already.
I hadn't watched Jelle's video. Thanks for that suggestion. I don't have jades; long story. But my ficus microcarpa are getting attention this week. Just trims. I'll wait until summer for repotting. I have to slap my hands to keep from trying to root the cuttings. I already have plenty! Thanks for this cold weather video. Fun! Keep up the good work!
I am the same with cuttings at this time of the year - I keep forcing myself to throw them all away. next year I am only taking Trident Maple cuttings...maybe :)
Great work Xav, the ficus you gifted me is doing really well. Perhaps I’ll create a little short to show you
Good to hear it is liking the southern climate :)
I just recently watched a video in TH-cam about developing a double Trunk jade within 2 years.
I remember the plant being potted up a few times from small to very large pot, it was pruned only when the branches got too heavy and pulled the trunks down, it was sprayed with fertilizer every 10 days or so and it was a 19:19:19 fertilizer I think.
At one point all unwanted branches and shoots were pruned off, and then it was left to grow until branches got too heavy again.
I got some jades too and I'll do something like that with them.
I will prune unwanted stuff off (bar branches) and pot them into larger terracotta pots.
I would not cut off anything left on your jades and would let them grow.
That sounds like great advice. I shall follow it :)
I would let that jade grow! Nice work on the ficus pair!
Thanks Marysol. The Jades are beside me on the front room windowsill sucking up the sunshine :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat No fair... You have sunshine! I almost forget what sunshine feels like. Been cloudy so long! Haha!
To find 5 out of your entire collection could be dangerous - I'd tend to put all my attention into those trees and neglect, to some extent, the rest. I'm sure you've got more control than I have & I wish you all the best in your choices. 😀😀
It's just a bit of fun when the tools have all been put away with my trees :)
I was surprised you didn't put the first jade in a good sized pond basket. I'd leave the branches. Pruning sets everything back in my experience. 😢
My issue is storage space - I just dont have the places inside to put stuff thats any bigger - especially if it needs drip trays etc :(
The repotting will help. Leave the lower branch , and “chop the top” ( lol)
I was so tempted to do that but I am determinded to let thiss tree grow and thicken before making that decision. Cheers Donna
Hi Xavier, as determined last video, I don’t have a clue about Jades 🙃😘 So thanks for showing your collection and treatment. 😘 Ozeana - is it made of algae and little fish? 🐟I used aquarium water, some time ago, to fertilize. Maybe that was more pond like ocean. 😅 My trees liked it a lot, the soil didn’t. 😉
Meanwhile in Austria: The advertisements YT is putting in randomly in between your awesome videos, are in total as long, up to double as long, as your videos. Ads of course can be skipped. Just to let you know. So there’s a lot of time available for comments 😂
Enjoy your evening and your day 😁😘 Cheers 🙋♀️ Martina
Thanks for that Martina. I have definitely noticed how much more advertising is going onto YT videos. They are doing it for their own profits - not mine. The first month this was introduced I had an obvious drop in views...although it is picking back up again slowly.
Wow! Double the length you say, Martina?! Like you I use the ad breaks to check the comments n make extra money for my favourite channels😇!!! Chuss ✌️
@@gayefanner731 Hope so. 👍🙋♀️
I'm lucky enough to live in an area that I'm able to grow Jade in ground outside.
Just taken a ton of cuttings into pots and almost ready to dig up the main trunks of around 150mm
Now you're just trying to get me jealous :)
Yup! Makes me sick!✌️
Hopefully after changing the planting medium it can become fertile again and become a beautiful banyan bonsai
I think you might be right. If I had the space indoors i would have put it into a much bigger training pot.
Keep the secondary branch on the jade pls
Will do :)
If you want it to ticken up. You absolutely don't cut anything of. And just let it grow
Will listen to you :)
👍👌🙂
Thanks Bruce
A great update and overview of your jade's and ficus. Do you use any sort of grow light to extend the growing season or aid your indoor plants mate?
NUP. I am thinking about lights but the cost and space involved just isn't worth it for my 'interest level'. They are fun to muck about with but I'm certainly not going to spend money on them :)
Keep that branch.......
Will do -thanks :)
FOIST!
Colin you saucy G! You're so fast
@@AlexBraunton Sometimes you get lucky!
Is that something you should be boasting about :)
Jealousy Alex !!!