Creating Jade Bonsai, Part 1, The Bonsai Zone, Feb 2019

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  • In Part 1, I am pruning a Jade bonsai forest and watering my newer Jade forest for the first time. I prune a large Jade cutting to get it ready to plant in part 2.
    The scientific name for the Jade plant is Crassula ovata.
    Check the playlist tab on the channel main page for previous videos on these trees.
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  • @LShropper
    @LShropper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    “See that one?” *immediately buries that one in snow* 😂

  • @kkohler0624
    @kkohler0624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A guy on a FB bonsai page said "Jade isn't bonsai." He then commented that Portulacara Afra is not jade, which is true, and said, "Show me a jade bonsai." So I posted your video. I think you clearly demonstrate he's wrong. Nice jade trees and forests! Thank you!!!

  • @juliaf_
    @juliaf_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    An ontarian! So refreshing to hear a familiar accent online :)

  • @brandyD33
    @brandyD33 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The aquamarine colored bonsai pot was actually phenomenal, in my humble opinion. It was a dynamic contrast to the earthen colors of the plant foliage and stalk. But hey, to each his own. Beautiful plants you've got there. Subscribed.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you Brandy, it never hurts to play around with colours and shapes of pots.

  • @glow1815
    @glow1815 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am 4 years late but better late then never lol. Your video was in my feed since ive been watching Bonsai adn Succulents plants all day lol. Very beautiful. Ive nevrr seen or hear of Bonsai Succulents. I have a Bonsai trees for 4 years now i kept it small

  • @LilDirt12
    @LilDirt12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello. I usually don't like when people get off subject and get sidetracked but I'm so glad that you did It is absolutely beautiful in your yard. Thank you for sharing.

  • @kimvG666
    @kimvG666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just decided to start doing bonsai. I was looking for some info and found your video. Luckily I have a Jade plant! He's not doing very well and I almost gave him up.... Until now! Thanks to your video my Jade plant will be fabulous again! ✨
    Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and sharing your bonsai secrets🙏🏼

    • @Bubble170
      @Bubble170 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you me? 😂 this is exactly what happened to me this morning! I was looking at trying bonsai and suitable trees to use, then saw my sad old neglected jade plant and thought…yeah I’ll try and save it and use for bonsai!
      How’s your Jade doing? I’m going to plant two from leaves and two from cuttings to play around with. I’m lucky I had any leaves left?

    • @kimvG666
      @kimvG666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bubble170 Hahhah mine almost died again so I planted new leaves again and they are doing great! In summer it's too hot in my room and in winter it's too cold so I lose a lot of plants over the year :(
      But I'm not giving up! hahah

  • @PleasantPrickles
    @PleasantPrickles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That cutting! Wow! 😍 jades are my favorites! Thanks for sharing your expertise. 🌱🌱🌱

    • @exert2020
      @exert2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How ignorant am I. I've just received a ginseng bonsai and only just realised I had two jades. I've never known what they were, where I got them or that they were even bonsai. Amazing.

  • @BonsaiJCan
    @BonsaiJCan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Jade forests are really cool! I appreciate your advice. On to part 2!

  • @mehdirahimi52
    @mehdirahimi52 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    New video 🙌,thanks for sharing this awesome videos about bonsai trees. ❤

  • @greggles1987
    @greggles1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for showing us your winter wonderland Nigel

  • @ThriceFan16
    @ThriceFan16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m learning so much from your videos, Nigel. Thank you!

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, very nice to hear!

  • @kokilapatel5553
    @kokilapatel5553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful back yard ,wonderful jadeforest and very friendly tutor

  • @lesliejobe7800
    @lesliejobe7800 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an incredibly beautiful homestead you have!! I am in Texas and it's 100 degrees today...you live in paradise!

  • @josephascroft4774
    @josephascroft4774 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoying your videos as I have just started growing bonsai trees, I already had some jade plants and other succulents but didn’t know they could be bonsai’s so you have opened a new door for me so thank you so much and God bless 👍

  • @ericsvideos1
    @ericsvideos1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sooo glad you see Winter as beautiful my friend. I live in Chicago and I am done with it! Lol. But only a true nature lover sees the beauty in Nature regardless of the Season!

  • @GardenTronics
    @GardenTronics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jade forest is a wonderful idea! Thank you! I’m going to make one after I find a suitable pot. ❤️🌿

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks and I hope your Jade does well!

    • @GardenTronics
      @GardenTronics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone so far I found a coconut coir lined basket laying around and I added 5 miniature bonsais with some other succulents. So far, they are doing good. Thank you for the well wishes. 👍🏼🌿💕

  • @sophiaangelini4368
    @sophiaangelini4368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful snowy garden tour.

  • @GraftingTactick
    @GraftingTactick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real cool showing those white snows on those tree branches, absolute beauty 👌also like you jade forest looks so beautiful 👍thanks for sharing

  • @lindsey4178
    @lindsey4178 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love "the look".... All plant lovers know that feeling. Lol. When you decide to clip something and try to decide exactly where and how, we get that look....we make our decision but then there is that moment of "here I go, am I sure this is what I want to do?" and then we work up the courage and do it. Lol. I know that feeling and I know I'm not the only one...

  • @sabineshatraw7822
    @sabineshatraw7822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello thank you for a relaxing and informative video. Plants are wonderful and so important. I have a small potted house jade plant. It's about 3 years old. One of my favorite plants to have.

  • @artao5
    @artao5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    HOLY FRIGGEN HARD PRUNING BATMAN!!
    Seriously. That was a shocking cutback on that jade forest. Wow! :O Very bold.

  • @maryanntimodingal8213
    @maryanntimodingal8213 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow what’s beautiful snow 😍😍😍

  • @SuperManning11
    @SuperManning11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful video! I'm watching this in the middle of summer in Palm Springs where it's about 42 degrees today (107F), so the beautiful tour of your snowy backyard was fantastic. Here my jade trees go dormant in the summer and have to be brought inside or they essentially 'melt'. Left out in this heat the plant cells must die, then the cell walls break down so the whole tree crumples into a pile of mush. Indoors they survive but don't thrive until cooler weather returns and they can go back outside. I have learned the hard way that this is true for most succulents. They may look a bit like cactus plants but the similarities are only superficial. However the plant that looks like a jade but with smaller, rounder leaves (I'm forgetting the name) does take the heat and seems to thrive in it.

  • @chlodelune8387
    @chlodelune8387 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this put the biggest smile on my face this is just so pure

  • @genealogyjeremy
    @genealogyjeremy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just starting four portulacaria afra’s from babies and on a mission to learn and train them as bonsai’s. Thank you Nigel!!

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope your trees grow well Jeremy! They are a good tree for bonsai!

  • @munzer2006
    @munzer2006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    спасибо вам огромное за вашу работу!

  • @xvln
    @xvln 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love the Jade!

  • @shesothorny9892
    @shesothorny9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nigel, I am very grateful to have found you. Every day you seem to post something interesting and whenever I need help/inspiration you always have a helpful video. Thank you for being awesome!

  • @MakeoutTakeout
    @MakeoutTakeout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I find your videos so interesting

  • @87pastrychef
    @87pastrychef 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am watching this from Brazil, I have never seem this amount of snow in person, can't even begin to imagine how cold it must be 😆

  • @ningningprecious943
    @ningningprecious943 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your presentations I learned a lot from your video! Thank you!

  • @lesliejobe7800
    @lesliejobe7800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have just discovered you after searching about how and when to plant my baby bonsai trees in new pots. After one video, I went and pruned my fig like no other....I'm excited to see how it grows out. I also have a HUGE jade plant in my greenhouse that I KNOW needs pruning..so here I am! So excited to find your videos!!!

  • @Lardothefox
    @Lardothefox 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love his video, not only do I get to learn about bonsai and jade succulents, but at 4:30ish we get swept away in a backyard adventure of yours.
    Really wishing i didn't live in the city and could have a greenhouse of my own someday!

  • @charmanehenderson4625
    @charmanehenderson4625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow...the snow is Beautiful

  • @trevorsell4598
    @trevorsell4598 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Nigel, thanks for the video. That Gollum Jade will be a wonderful bonsai!
    I have two mini jades off the same plant - one is in full sun and very dry, and the other is in good light, but no direct sunlight, and is watered regularly. The dry sunny one is nearly all red on the leaves, and the other one is green! They're both healthy but very different from each other.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The sun can make a big difference in leaf size and colour. A local greenhouse has a really old Jade that they use for cuttings, it's the perfect bonsai!

  • @kevcrabill7921
    @kevcrabill7921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This gave me some real anxiety but I appreciate it. I'm trying to take care of my old jade that was a gift and I'm so worried it wont come back from anything I do to it but this made me feel better. Thank you.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So far all the Jades are growing well, with proper watering and good light, Jades are a very tough plant!

  • @haydenfox3116
    @haydenfox3116 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! I was wondering if you are going to do an update on your bonsai from seed video where you planted those seeds. Been growing various types of tree seeds this spring and am looking forward to further developing them

  • @patricialisowski1080
    @patricialisowski1080 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, that was very enlightening!! All this time I have just discarded most of the Jade cuttings.....There will be a change here, and I will try some of the stuff you are doing....on a much smaller scale, though. Aren’t you glad spring has finally come to us!!

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can hardly wait to get all the indoor trees out on the benches, but that will be another 3 weeks at least. I hope my little Jade forest works out, the trees are all growing the leaves back in.

  • @propertylady57
    @propertylady57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I do learn from your videos. Thank you.

  • @pyro-millie5533
    @pyro-millie5533 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Nigel. I'm new to Bonsai and your channel. I've just got to say, I loved seeing you walking through your yard appreciating the winter landscape! I would have done exactly the same thing haha

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks, any excuse to go outside is good with me!

  • @aden8
    @aden8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing

  • @joshuamcdonald5850
    @joshuamcdonald5850 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haircut looks great!

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Josh, it's getting wild again already!

  • @JOlivier2011
    @JOlivier2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't wait for winter. Hoping for this amount of snow at least once.

  • @hirgoghari6595
    @hirgoghari6595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your house back yard is very bigger and beautiful plant are there..

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you, I do like having a forest in the back yard!

  • @nataliekidd2135
    @nataliekidd2135 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy your non traditional bonsai.

  • @skiendhiu
    @skiendhiu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some go0d tips, was going to do a couple of mine today as it snowed over night and I got the urge to stay in and get at them, your video just came up, so very timely, the Canada arm made me smile, hello from Vancouver island 🇨🇦

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello Dhiu, the Canada arm is so nice, I can move it around with no wires or stands to trip on! Go Jades!

  • @obadiahsvision8425
    @obadiahsvision8425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You seem like the kind of geezer I need to listen to. Just getting started with bonsai. thanks

  • @autumn5852
    @autumn5852 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG that snow 😍

  • @kohatian3937
    @kohatian3937 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow thts some useful tips

  • @courtneylee5633
    @courtneylee5633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m curious what it looks like today two years later and I like the contrast of the teal with the dark green!

  • @Madran7
    @Madran7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just today I sprayed my jades (crassula and portulacaria) with soap and water, and trimmed them...:D :D

  • @Kunizuka
    @Kunizuka 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your video was a great help!

  • @karabonsai
    @karabonsai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Nigel,
    realy smooth pictures!
    And an awesome accent, kinda like that mixture.
    dewa mata.

  • @LinLin-ep5wu
    @LinLin-ep5wu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    did I just hear you dropping F* bomb? haha you're so gentle I'd never thought you would :P

    • @CConn-df7hy
      @CConn-df7hy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lin Lin so it was t just me that heard that lol

    • @EnSnusTack
      @EnSnusTack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      was looking for this comment xD

    • @chinookwind8535
      @chinookwind8535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He said looking

    • @LinLin-ep5wu
      @LinLin-ep5wu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chinookwind8535 ohhh hahaha thank you. I replayed it and he did indeed say "looking." It sounded so much like otherwise. Glad I am not the only one who thought otherwise lol

    • @brianzampaglione6112
      @brianzampaglione6112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahah!

  • @ppiilloottee
    @ppiilloottee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful 👍👍👍

  • @nicolehall2006
    @nicolehall2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Winter scene looks beautiful and frozen . Unsure l will like it over a week.

  • @toddbrown5399
    @toddbrown5399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I' have an Africa Crasula or jade 11 yrs old ,Yes they do get very monster mountainous top footage roots mine is well into a tree now the leaves heart shaped and, very tiny on the bulky frame that is very dark brownish purple like Baobab. I' have many themes to this plant in its story . 18:18 you said that very well; these trees in bonsai can get incredible looking and, are no comparison to just a house plant style . Mine has a root span like your Ficus Microcarpa very hour glass looking massive; it is a I' like to say Shakan Moyogi meaning leaning informal up right wind swept but, then back to trunk base center a very exaggerated informal up right. It is in a spiral as it does this from root base to Apex and , branches following up on the outside of the going up counter clockwise . Has the appearance of an old oak or, Baobab .

  • @Paranoide88
    @Paranoide88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video!

  • @lamyaarigati8589
    @lamyaarigati8589 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    فيديوا زوين بزاااف عجبني ومحتوى تاع قناتك كنستافد منوا بزاااف اتمنى لك مسيرة موفقة

  • @SaikatJoydhar
    @SaikatJoydhar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Mr. Nigel, a suggestion about social media: can you let us know which one is going to be your next video through twitter or instagram or any other social media? That way we can ask questions, and you can discuss them in your videos.

    • @joe33011
      @joe33011 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He isn't on Twitter or instagram , there's fan pages though

    • @sheska8207
      @sheska8207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joe33011 He does share pictures on Google plus tho, which is shutting down, so there's a chance of some new social media outlets for The Bonsai Zone. I'd personally love to see an instagram account. ;)

  • @lindajackson7310
    @lindajackson7310 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi edagdwg love this video God at work enjoying the show I like it is that snow glad I'm not in N.y. anymore thanks for sharing linda j ☮️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Linda, nice to hear!

  • @iamnemo1107
    @iamnemo1107 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That big cutting would make a cool raft style tree

  • @deadeyeski
    @deadeyeski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We visited our homeland of Poland in 2018. We spent the first part of our trip on my side of the country, and then later we spent time at my father in law's. He had a Jade planting, must have been at least 20 trees. The trees, with some work would be an amazing bonsai planting. I did not dare even bring up the subject of his house plants, knowing what seeds his daughter and I have planted. Plus I doubt we could have snuck it passed customs. Love the whole idea of using a "house plant" as bonsai. Given time anything can turn out beautiful.

  • @Andi_M.
    @Andi_M. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are legend!

  • @Insignificanthings
    @Insignificanthings 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those are fine looking jades! I wish I have one. In the Philippines jades are expensive.

  • @beverleywatson1875
    @beverleywatson1875 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Found your video by accident. Really enjoyed it especially when you said KW ! Hi from Waterloo

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Beverley from Waterloo. Waterloo, sorry I have that ABBA song in my head!

    • @beverleywatson1875
      @beverleywatson1875 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone , ha, sorry! Now we both have it. Ear worms the worst!

  • @gideonmccoll4892
    @gideonmccoll4892 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Heard your voice and wondered if you were relativly local... saw you step outside and knew lol. Hello from the GTA. Great content, subscribed.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, yes I'm not too far a way from Toronto!!

  • @Cali16dale
    @Cali16dale ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE THIS VIDEO

  • @mostlytanks447
    @mostlytanks447 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Nigel! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your page ever since I found it a couple years back.
    Recently I acquired a jade plant that I’d like to style into a tree but I’m unsure how I should go about pruning it back. Some of the top branches have very few nodes closer to the main trunk line. Is there any chance that I can send you pictures somehow to get your opinion on how I should approach pruning it??

  • @jaimerico6499
    @jaimerico6499 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the Jade

  • @vssportstv
    @vssportstv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Video, love it. Learn more details

  • @greatoutdoors8678
    @greatoutdoors8678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool I had some bad luck wuth mold and lost most of my jade. But yours look beutiful

  • @patsfreund9164
    @patsfreund9164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the trek outdoors to find a suitable pot for the jade. You gave me a chance to enjoy the snow in the winter without having to be in it. So glad I live in s. FL. LOL Ginger is such a video hog. LOL again. (I actually love seeing her.) You really gave the jade forest a haircut. I was hoping you would make a raft style bonsai from that large cutting from your friend, Joey. Oh, well....... Any chance of a video on Joey's jade bonsai collection? (Noticed that you mentioned March break twice in your video. Do I detect an educator in you?)

  • @paulschaefer5241
    @paulschaefer5241 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those outside views look a lot like it did here a couple of days ago. All winter we went without snow then last friday winter storm maya came through and dumped two feet of snow in 72 hours it is just now starting to melt a little.

  • @BrokenZen311
    @BrokenZen311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    12:27 Can you make that into a raft style? It's already got the roots growing for you.

  • @abhisheksahane377
    @abhisheksahane377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your video are really interesting and informative!!❤️
    Where I can see your friend's jade collection??

    • @abhisheksahane377
      @abhisheksahane377 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      18:52
      Where I can see that jade collection??

  • @DinadoDarcio
    @DinadoDarcio ปีที่แล้ว

    *WONDERFUL SHREK EAR BONSAI, I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SUCCULENT, A BIG KISS FROM BELÉM DO PARÁ BRAZIL*

  • @Rebecca-yf9ci
    @Rebecca-yf9ci 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nigel, how do you personally know when the proper time of year is best for actions like hard pruning and repotting? Have you done a lot of research or is it more trial and error for each individual tree?

  • @elliybear2
    @elliybear2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful!! Do you have any updates on your jade forest?

  • @Tylermc115
    @Tylermc115 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Fuckin pretty snowy oot here” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @wernermeyer2670
    @wernermeyer2670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You missed a pot, go to minute 03:00, second shelf.

  • @3388nora
    @3388nora 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your great work. Can you please do a video for the soil please?

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I will, I have one on soil, but I can do an update!

    • @3388nora
      @3388nora 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone please do.

  • @h3nrymartinex1987
    @h3nrymartinex1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🌳🌲🌴🌿☘️🍀🌱🌷🌻🍁🌾 plant power. BONSAI POWER.🖖

  • @morganjeanne4396
    @morganjeanne4396 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    On your final bonsai cutting, if you would have defoliated less on the trunks you kept, would the new roots be able to sustain the plant without putting too much stress on it?

  • @ShanatSD
    @ShanatSD 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where do you get your bonsai pot? Thanks you for sharing the video!

  • @stirer1
    @stirer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh how beautiful the snow is so so white , not much of that in Australia

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a sight and very bright in the sun!

  • @vanessavieira3435
    @vanessavieira3435 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tenho muita planta jade. Vou fazer um bonsai. ❤
    Beijos do Brasil 😙😙😙😙

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Impressionante, não se esqueça de mantê-los longe de tempestades fortes e fortes, muita água apodrecerá as raízes!

  • @michaelcowart6100
    @michaelcowart6100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I prefer round or oval pots for jades. Matches their leaf shape and feminine quality.

  • @shainasavoy
    @shainasavoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Nigel, I recently obtained an old jade plant that is 3ft tall, over 3ft wide, and many many years old. It is quite top heavy on one side, even after being redirected with light. A lot of the branches are very thick and established, so I am nervous to cut any branches off. Do you have any recommendations? Does the age/establishment of the branch ultimately matter to the overall health of the plant? I've been told by someone not to cut branches that aren't green or newly formed, but I'm not sure how much truth there is in that, as this is my first jade!

  • @batmanthegrower4204
    @batmanthegrower4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i have a jada plant and it’s trunk is the size of my wrist it’s perfect to bonsai 👌🏽

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's very cool, I love mature Jade bonsai!

  • @drychalice
    @drychalice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. 👍
    Question for you about the ficus trees.
    Three videos from the far east showed the repotting of the ficus tree.
    All three pots were without holes.
    What say you ?

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think that type of warm humid climate is ideal for root growth and general growth for a Ficus tree. The roots will easily grow without any soil. Under these ideal growing conditions, you may not need drainage holes, because the tree will use all the water up each day. I think I could get away without drainage holes for the hottest two months of summer here, but that would be about it. The rest of the year the tree grows slowly and in winter it hardly grows at all.

    • @drychalice
      @drychalice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBonsaiZone Thank You Nigel.

  • @bradley7013
    @bradley7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My mom has always been a succulent head
    Than I realized she propagates and mainly grows jade
    What a god cent🥲

  • @augustus1757
    @augustus1757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind of pruning scissors do you use? They seem really good!

  • @lukesayben9899
    @lukesayben9899 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Nigel,
    If I am starting jade bonsai in a less humid environment and from a cutting, should I simply mist it like you said you did for yours? Or should I go ahead and water straight away considering the lower humidity ?

  • @hoomanaliagha8651
    @hoomanaliagha8651 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi nigel.can i wash the schefflera's roots when i want to repot that?

  • @nickgillespie8234
    @nickgillespie8234 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm trying to see if I can do scion graft to create an interesting nabari

  • @thomasckuzia7129
    @thomasckuzia7129 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Hi Nigel,
    At my age (74) I cringe every time I see you cutting back a tree!
    I think I may need a variety of bonsai that's in steroids in order to see it grow! LOL
    Thanks for the video,,,
    Tom

    • @caspar_gomez
      @caspar_gomez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

    • @skiendhiu
      @skiendhiu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caspar_gomez nice....really like that...

  • @marbleproperties7095
    @marbleproperties7095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You ar the best aver

  • @purnimabhatt5355
    @purnimabhatt5355 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't wait to start one? Thanks.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They get fantastic as they get older!