penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
You can take a dremmel tool with the appropriate bit to smooth the holes. It can also be done by hand and emery cloth.
Any thoughts on growing mini jade as bonsai?
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Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
That's where the carefully chosen word, "skill" enters the equation.I agree and I know you worded this carefully as to cover your ass, but I never really agree with the expletive period. I believe everything is in the gray area. In the lapidary business years ago I did all sorts of things that might not seem probable, like drilling (yes drilling not boring) through ruby and sapphire.
Period!
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I see that and noted it. Its still in the gray for me. But everything is as I don't believe in absolutes.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
I have a tendency to speak too frankly. I spent a lifetime in manufacturing where doing things meant doing something to a standard that a third party, the quality control inspector, would be only too happy to tell you if it wasn't up to snuff. That means doing things being aware that there is a good outcome and the other one, and a good way to do something and the other way. When you make something, over and over, you can have a carload of good stuff at the end of the day, or the other one. I am sensitive to someone headed down the wrong road...
smc
Sapling
For inspiration check out the Instagram page of littlejadebonsai - he has a lot of really nice ones.
I am too early in my bonsai experience to have personal experience with wiring, but it does look like he wires his trees. I have messaged him on Instagram before with questions and he is responsive.
I am too early in my bonsai experience to have personal experience with wiring, but it does look like he wires his trees. I have messaged him on Instagram before with questions and he is responsive.
smc....thanks for sort of directing the focus of the thread back to jade bonsai! I've not checked in for awhile and so wanted to post a few pics. Despite the thread title, I've decided to try to do something with crassula instead of portulacaria.
Any thoughts on the trimming I'm doing to these? Probably not enough? My idea was to attempt to keep all of this as dwarf as possible - hoping to get lots of growth but keeping it all fairly small compared to how most crassulas appear. At any rate, it's fun to mess around with it - and made decent use of the pot that the fukien tea came in! I already have a large jade plant and really don't want any of these to start heading in that direction.
I'm thinking that in the top pic definitely cut the stem on the left. No idea what to do with the middle one since they're all pretty much the same height. Maybe cut off the double shoots (center and right) and see if they further divide. Bottom one - (the pot the fukien was in) - perhaps cut back the tallest stem on the left. OR...whack 'em all down closer to the bottom??Thanks for any suggestions.
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Any thoughts on the trimming I'm doing to these? Probably not enough? My idea was to attempt to keep all of this as dwarf as possible - hoping to get lots of growth but keeping it all fairly small compared to how most crassulas appear. At any rate, it's fun to mess around with it - and made decent use of the pot that the fukien tea came in! I already have a large jade plant and really don't want any of these to start heading in that direction.
I'm thinking that in the top pic definitely cut the stem on the left. No idea what to do with the middle one since they're all pretty much the same height. Maybe cut off the double shoots (center and right) and see if they further divide. Bottom one - (the pot the fukien was in) - perhaps cut back the tallest stem on the left. OR...whack 'em all down closer to the bottom??Thanks for any suggestions.
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just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
If you want smaller leaves, you should look into portulacaria afra.
I don't know if crassula leaves will reduce.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
I have some limited experience with Jade and they don't respond to denuding the way I like. You remove all the leaves on a stem and they juat replace them. To get real ramification you have to cut the stem below all the leaves and do it when it is in high growth, or you just get what you had replaced. I have tip pruned them and they just put out a new leader from the same place in the off-season.
AJL
Chumono
There is a smaller form of Crassula you might be able to find - Crassula ovata Minima which Ive grown recently and roots very easily from cuttings.
It has smaller leaves and a more compact growth habit
It has smaller leaves and a more compact growth habit
AJL
Chumono
You might also like to consider growing Crassula Gollum, another more compact form with odd tubular shaped leaves
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Nice bark, Randy!!
jaco94
Chumono
I have grouped several of them in the same pot to occupy the space and I try to give the trunks a little movement to avoid the monotonous
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just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
That looks like Spekboom. P.afra
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
You are correct AKA Elephant food. You mentioned it in your post above. Should have labled.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Here's my bigger one...8 inches tall....repotted into cheap shallow pot in December....getting a little shaggy for off-season growth.
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