Be great if you could make a future video where you pot the cuttings and revisit them every few weeks, be very educational for us novice viewers to see exactly what to do from scratch
Great idea! I have playlists on my channel page where you can follow the development of each one of my trees. Many playlists currently only have one tree, but several have more. My goal is to have them all there so that I can see the trees progression over time. Thanks for the great idea, for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the great video. This year is the first year that I've tried escape rooting - it worked great for me. I hadn't considered escape rooting larger pots - thanks for the tip.
Nice cuttings! I was curious if you had a guess who long it had been since they were potted to begin with? I've got some PA cuttings here for the first time that I worked on this week and I have no idea how long it could take for them to develop roots as nice as yours. Weeks? Months?
I took these cuttings late summer / early fall last season. I initially had them in a large flower pot (see my bench tour video) and then put them in bonsai soil late fall in the small square pots. They spent the winter under lights in cool temps and didn’t do much until spring when I put them outside and in the escape root larger pot. At that point, they started to grow very quickly. Ports grow well generally as bonsai and even more so when given a bit more room, heat, and light. Best of luck and thanks for the great question.
It would interesting to try an experiment to test this out. I have found that mine, at least in my area, much prefer cooler moist weather and they grow at an amazing rate. When it’s hotter, they do fine, but with cooler temps I see noticeable growth every few days. Thanks for commenting Dave!
I have some that look just like this!! Any recommendations for how to train them with wire? or how to experiment with different styles; Cascade, Semi Cascade, Informal Upright.
You can wire them - it’s best to allow the plant to get very dry before wiring because the stems become very flexible when very dry. If it is well watered, then the stems are full or water and snap much like fresh celery (versus wilted celery). Don’t worry, once you wire and then water, the plant plumps right back up again. Also, give it lots of fertilizer and sun - they love both. Stop fertilizing as much when the weather cools and they grow much more slowly.
Do you only do Portulacaria afra? I don't think I've seen you do other Jade types. I have a few different Jades going as bonsai starts just for more variety with the same care and pruning principles. My ports are variegated though, so they go a bit slower.
Yes I do, but mostly just ports and crassula varieties. I was obsessed with bonsai a long time ago with most any sort of typical tree used for bonsai and have been getting back to this amazing hobby the last 2 years or so. I’ve decided to go deep with succulents as I can work with them all year for now, but will likely expand to other types of trees as time goes on. Eventually, I will do a video on why I am so taken with succulents. Thanks for watching and the great question snd best of luck with your bonsai! ❤️🌲
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Be great if you could make a future video where you pot the cuttings and revisit them every few weeks, be very educational for us novice viewers to see exactly what to do from scratch
Great idea! I have playlists on my channel page where you can follow the development of each one of my trees. Many playlists currently only have one tree, but several have more. My goal is to have them all there so that I can see the trees progression over time.
Thanks for the great idea, for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the great video. This year is the first year that I've tried escape rooting - it worked great for me. I hadn't considered escape rooting larger pots - thanks for the tip.
You’re most welcome - I’m glad that you enjoyed it.
Awesome video.
@@CesarSchettini Thanks!
I have repotted one of my portulacaria today.And 2 weeks ago,I put a cutting in water,and it has roots already.😊
I've had better success putting cuttings in water than putting them in soil....Summer time attempts at cuttings in water is almost 100%.
@@dkstott29 it’s Very strange that Portulacaria can root in water, since they are so sensitiv to moist soil and get root rot.
@harrietb2141 I know crassula jade folks who swear by putting those in water...mine always rotted before roots appeared..🤷♂️
Great 👍!!! I have found that with the perfect conditions, the cuttings don’t miss a beat when doing water propagation.
Nice cuttings! I was curious if you had a guess who long it had been since they were potted to begin with? I've got some PA cuttings here for the first time that I worked on this week and I have no idea how long it could take for them to develop roots as nice as yours. Weeks? Months?
I took these cuttings late summer / early fall last season. I initially had them in a large flower pot (see my bench tour video) and then put them in bonsai soil late fall in the small square pots. They spent the winter under lights in cool temps and didn’t do much until spring when I put them outside and in the escape root larger pot.
At that point, they started to grow very quickly. Ports grow well generally as bonsai and even more so when given a bit more room, heat, and light.
Best of luck and thanks for the great question.
Crassula jade growers swear by bottom watering for small plants and cuttings.. they claiim that it forces roots to grow deeper in the pots.
It would interesting to try an experiment to test this out. I have found that mine, at least in my area, much prefer cooler moist weather and they grow at an amazing rate. When it’s hotter, they do fine, but with cooler temps I see noticeable growth every few days.
Thanks for commenting Dave!
I have some that look just like this!! Any recommendations for how to train them with wire? or how to experiment with different styles; Cascade, Semi Cascade, Informal Upright.
You can wire them - it’s best to allow the plant to get very dry before wiring because the stems become very flexible when very dry. If it is well watered, then the stems are full or water and snap much like fresh celery (versus wilted celery).
Don’t worry, once you wire and then water, the plant plumps right back up again.
Also, give it lots of fertilizer and sun - they love both. Stop fertilizing as much when the weather cools and they grow much more slowly.
Do you only do Portulacaria afra? I don't think I've seen you do other Jade types. I have a few different Jades going as bonsai starts just for more variety with the same care and pruning principles. My ports are variegated though, so they go a bit slower.
Yes I do, but mostly just ports and crassula varieties. I was obsessed with bonsai a long time ago with most any sort of typical tree used for bonsai and have been getting back to this amazing hobby the last 2 years or so.
I’ve decided to go deep with succulents as I can work with them all year for now, but will likely expand to other types of trees as time goes on. Eventually, I will do a video on why I am so taken with succulents. Thanks for watching and the great question snd best of luck with your bonsai!
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“All Ports, All the time!” 🤣.
I’ll get some t-shirts made!!
@@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom i absolutely love the channel my friend. my ports thank you for your knowledge :)) dont change a goshdarn thing!!
@Khozeee Awwww - thank you 🙏 so much for the kind words and encouragement! Very much appreciated.