Yep, this is by far the most beautiful jade I’ve ever seen. The pot is amazing as well. Your explanation on how to trim, repot, fertilize, using proper soil, and your tree’s history is most informative. How long would you wait to water after repotting a 15 year old jade tree that suffered from stem rot? The roots that had damage were carefully removed along with the wet soil around the root ball, the infected branch that connected to the main branch just below the soil line has been cleanly cut away from the plant. It’s been in fresh, dry succulent medium for 11 days. It was definitely overwatered, which caused this situation. Any help would be much appreciated. It’s so cool seeing how well you’re taking care of your trees 🌳!🤘🏻
Hello, I am from Iran, I follow your channel, I use a lot of your experiences about the Portulacaria plant, but unfortunately we do not have your facilities here, such as high-quality bonsai soil, anyway, I am very happy with your channel. I met... you have a lot of fans in Iran, especially among flower and plant growers... good luck
What a tree!!!😍😍😍 You answered my question about whether it had been exhibited, and it has a provenance! As far as the pot, the shape and size balance the jade beautifully. I’d like to see if a bit more subdued, warmer color and more oval shaped pot, brought any enhancement. I am interested in following the development and refinement of the currently lowest 2 branches on either side. Perhaps displayed on a stand, the lower branches would feel more stabilizing, especially the longer, lower one. 🤔 BUT, an ABSOLUTELY beautiful, healthy, vigorous, thriving happy jade tree!!!! Way to go Master Jerome-san 🌿
I have dwarf crassula pre-bonsai in tiny pots. Also I have large portulacaria afra, which grow much faster. I know them as elephant grass, and some of them are quite big. The two are definitely different from each other. It's kind of hard to find information on the dwarf crassula. Your portulacaria is really beautiful, though.
Can you tell me if I understand this correctly? Frequent pruning = lots of ramification, making the small branches and leaves more dense Pause pruning (let grow out) = thickening trunk & main branches, but leggy growth?
that is correct! The leggy growth you need for the tree to thicken up. As the branches get long and leggy they become quite heavy and the tree has to thicken up to support all of that heavy growth.
Bonjour Jérôme j'adore cet arbre le Portulacaria Afra ça pousse vite s'adapte bien je le cultive comme Gilbert Cantu qui est pour moi une référence dans la culture de ce bel arbre en plus j'ai bien aimé ta vidéo quand tu la interviewé. A bientôt cordialement de la France
Just wanted to say hi, really enjoy your videos. You did a good job at Ben Agresta's garden, the Japanese Black pine (the big one) in the video was mine for 30 years and you showed your care of it in your video. Thanks
My ports dont seem to mind being worked on root wise. Granted mine are much smaller and not developed. I even fully cut the roots off one of them because of reverse taper.
what a great tree and super video. You mentioned that the best time to repot portulacaria is summer. Is that also for mild climates the case? I live in western europe. I'm really a fan of portulacaria and have around 100 plants. but I don't seem to get large trunks on any of my plants. any tips? In summer they are outside and in winter I put them inside in a growing tent.
To answer your question yes summer is the best time of year to repot Jades anywhere and to grow larger trunks you will have to let the plant just grow without pruning back and give it time. I have videos on my channel where I’m working on jades too that might help you if you are interested.
Hi from the U.K. I have a quick question, which i hope you maybe able to help with. I have a porticularia bonsai and it seems to be recently dropping healthy leaves. The leaves are not shrivelled and are plump, any ideas what might be causing this? I only water when the leaves start to crinkle slightly. Thanks. James
Hey Jerome! I just did a trunk chop on 37 year old jade plant and I'm getting bad rot! everthing (all the cuttings) are dead or dying, including the trunk piece! I put all cuttings in Bonsai Supply bonsai mix after letting them dry for a few days. It WAS a 4 foot tree with 6 inch trunk named after my mother because she gave it to me as a single leaf! IDK why i did this but its all dying! all the guts got fungus and rot, HELP ME!
Great video my friend, I see you mentioned Texas in your video. What part of texas are you in? I'm in Austin Texas, and would love to check out your place.
Dear friend, thank you for your hard work in the field of bonsai art, but it is better to give correct information about the age of your tree, because three years ago you said that your tree is 15 years old, and for 10 years, you showed how it worked and its size was very small, and you said that you started from that size, while if you think carefully It is not possible for it to grow so much in 10 years. Now I understand that you are right. Why do you say again after 3 years that it is 10 years? At least cite your own words and say that you have been working for 13 years
This tree is gorgeous. I have a 25 year old jade but it’s only been in good soil and cultivated to be a bonsai for the past 2 years. It’s gonna take a while for it to look like this Pot is much better than the old one
