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After a quick google of the plants around the house, I realised I have a Jade in one of the rooms.
Seeing how well they can look and how common they are to turn into a 名媛直播, I'm really interested in trying.
However, I can't find much information on starting. There's plenty of mature Jade's out there but I can't seem to find anything about working with a young plant.
Does anyone have any experience or maybe even a link to something useful for me?
Thanks

Darsh wrote: However, I can't find much information on starting. There's plenty of mature Jade's out there but I can't seem to find anything about working with a young plant

I Googled 'Jade 名媛直播 Care' and found this for you:

Does anyone have any experience or maybe even a link to something useful for me?
Thanks

I got one for a bit of experimenting. What I cut off, I plant, and the result is that I have loads of 'm now.
Easiest plant I have. I water when I think of it (which is rare). I've not repotted it, nor have I ever fertilized it.
Result is that it grows slowly (the cuttings are growing faster, they are in fresh soil).

Thanks Auk, I read that article already, there's just a couple of things I can't imagine without pictures. But I think I have an idea now.
I have to admit, I barely water this one too but it's doing fine.

I had a closer look at the plant and not surprisingly it's actually four...

I drew a quick sketch of them, they're all about 8" tall. I'll experiment to see which one I can get to grow it's "trunk" thicker the quickest.
Excuse the crude drawings



The first one I'll just prune the leaves and let it grow because it's the most interesting shape

The second one I'll have as one tall apex I suppose?

The third and last ones I want to reduce but I'm not sure which places, higher or lower? Any suggestions?

or any other ideas?

Darsh wrote: or any other ideas?

First: are we talking about Jade tree (Crassula Ovata) or Dwarf Jade tree (Porticularia Afra) ?
Not that I think there's much differense... but I have a Crassula, so that's what I have some experience with.

I'm pretty sure I have Crassula Ovata too.

It is beyond me why people use jade tree for bonsai, to be honest. The trunks get fat. But shaping is pretty much out of the question, branches stay thick and internodes are far apart and leaves are big. Pretty much nothing that makes them well-suited for bonsai. I yet have to see a convincing bonsai made out of them.

I would just grow them as a normal houseplant.

leatherback wrote: It is beyond me why people use jade tree for bonsai, to be honest. The trunks get fat. But shaping is pretty much out of the question, branches stay thick and internodes are far apart and leaves are big. Pretty much nothing that makes them well-suited for bonsai. I yet have to see a convincing bonsai made out of them.

I agree that it can never be a truly convincing bonsai but that doesn't mean it can't be nice. Most of the pictures I've seen haven't looked great but there are a few very nice ones. The trunk can be really nice, the leaves can be reduced and they can, with time, be encouraged to grow closer together.

I was looking up bonsai suitable for indoors and I just happened to see the Jade and thought "that looks a lot like a plant I have here", I never thought by looking at the plant before that that it could be a bonsai.
Anyway, it'll give me something to do related to bonsai

leatherback wrote: It is beyond me why people use jade tree for bonsai, to be honest.

They can be kept indoors, are hard to kill and easy to propagate. You can practice pruning, getting ramification and smaller leaves on 'm without much risk. Good plant for beginners. Not great as bonsai, I agree... though I have had a big one from a colleague who neglected it, that would have looked quite impressive by now if I had'nt left it outside when it started to freeze...

I don't think this looks bad (though this is a Porticularia, not a Crassula):