Trimming a Portulacaria Afra Twin Trunk April 2020 - Little Jade Bonsai

Gilbert Cantu of Little Jade Bonsai trims an 8 year old twin trunk Portulacaria Afra.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

I’m so happy you’ve decided to start a KZbin. 😁👍😁 the world has needed this!

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

I really appreciate that! Thank you!

[@kalyanprasaddommeti2645]

Bro finally you came up with channel thank you 💚💚💚

[@WhataPlant]

Welcome to KZbin! Excited to see your content here! 👌🏼

[@amithramballie3963]

That's gonna be some tiny birds! 🤪 Awesome first video. Thank you.

[@invivobonsai]

Great foliage pads you got there! Can't wait to see more of your videos.

[@TheNikki3nicole]

Yes birdies all day 🐦🦅 😍😍☺️🤗

[@jessijaramillo8370]

Nice tree!

[@geraldrflores]

This is awesome!

[@alexisreyes2195]

Congrats on your first KZbin video👏🏼

[@kibbL3s]

Looks awesome. great video, straight to the point. would love to see more of your garden. I just started bonsai with a Portulacaria Afra last year Nov.

[@mmadden90]

Great mate! Look forward to seeing more 👌😁

[@VIJAYPAL-RJ-13]

Nice work and helpful Congratulations

[@jaychet]

followed on instagram for quite a while. so glad u finally decided to start up the tube 😊 looking forward to lots more videos 👍🏼

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

Thanks Jay! I appreciate that!

[@_Misso_]

Awesome little tree! I love following your Insta, can’t wait for more videos for you, keep em coming!

[@rafy74]

Awsome!! I follow you on Instagram and have learned a lot from your stories. Keep up the good work and this channel

[@erosdragon]

Can you let us know your watering and fertilizing routine?

[@BonsaiJade]

Welcome to you tube friend!!

[@tabarism]

excellent video bud! well done

[@allfreemedia717]

Love the vid 👍

[@jackthefarmer08]

I've just bought a small jade tree and your bonsai is a cool inspiration for me to develop a bonsai out of this little shoot. I just would like to know if it is possible for me to fertilize it during the winter season. It being a tropical suculent, I normally will keep it indoors during the cold months, and I believe it will give my plant a chance to grow even in winter.

[@fr.Loukas]

Nice to see you and your trees outside Instagram 😁😁😊😊

[@IndianBonsaiZone]

awesome video

[@mjarevirtv2094]

Wow nice beautiful job Watching from California I got new ideas and I love your videos

[@hanichiyamamototuong4872]

I absolutely love this little one...

[@Floydsdad101]

Just found your channel and so pleased to see it’s dedicated to the Portulacaria Arfa , I am brand new to bonsai, and am literally finding my feet day by day. It seems the books and other you tube channels say these are excellent beginners trees. I have a few saplings of native trees growing away in my greenhouse, but as it’s nearly winter here in the UK I thought I’d pick up a couple of Portulacaria Arfa from my local nursery (I know they’re not always the greatest specimens ) my plan is to watch all your videos , and try and pluck up the courage to start to prune and maybe wire them so as to get them to develop into lovely trees like yours. Any leaves and cuttings I will plant out and maybe have a go at a ‘mame’ tree. Hopefully I learn lots. Thanks for posting the videos. 😄🌳

[@jonosborne846]

Great to see you finally making videos! Can't wait to see your other content. Would you be interested in putting in your two cents on ways to improve a few of my trees? I could send pictures and you could draw on them or talk to them on what you would do if you ran the zoo ;-) Could make for interesting videos. Keep up the good work!

[@curiouslynn]

I'm loving your videos! Will you please do a how to video for people like me that maybe don't know why you cut the tree where you do, when to cut the trees, etc. Beginner stuff :)

[@curiouslynn]

Great to see you on KZbin! How often do you expect to post videos? I look forward to all of them :)

[@LetsDoBonsai]

Man i love your channel and videos, i have a passion fro Jades and now i have my head explode watching your channel - love it!!

[@user-dv2cj3ub1v]

Lovely tree and video!

[@ayialy]

love your video! will you show a session on repotting / fixing to pot by wire sometime? thanks

[@Jilogethan]

I think you are down in Texas right? Im in the upper midwest, what is your prefferred soil components and does it change once you put in into an actual bonsai container?

[@jam884]

Hello Gilbert, congrats on ur first KZbin video, a beautiful tree, but I think u needed to tell us n show us how u did the pruning, best of luck, a have been following u on Instagram for quite sometime n got many tips from u , bonsais_r_us_nairobi

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

I'll be sure and make a trimming video soon! Thanks for the tip!

[@lucaszimmerman722]

First off, I've really enjoyed keeping up with your insta and look forward to seeing more posts here! I have a couple small jades that I am starting to train and I have a question: How do you get each tier of branches? Do they happen naturally while you let them grow, or is there a certain method you use to get the tree to grow branches from the sides rather than just growing straight up? Ie full trunk cuts, scarring an area of the trunk, etc.

[@resolution6983]

Esta bien trabajado.

[@carloscruz6536]

Nice little Jade👍👍🇵🇷

[@amberhuffman3703]

Just got my first 2 Jade Babies and super happy I found your channel. What do you use to Fertilize??

[@allfreemedia717]

Can you go over growing mediums for portulacaria in a video

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

I'll be sure and make a video about that. Thanks for the tip!

[@harrietb2141]

Very. nice tree👍

[@sammya9492]

I love it. Continue to inspire us! What was the bird comment?

[@yaseenminnaar3489]

Nice I am starting my jade out of a foam cup

[@scapaquerte]

Nice!!!

[@SilverF0XX]

Gilbert, assuming this was grown from a cutting? How long or big do you let them get before moving them to the larger nursery pot?

[@eeeealmo]

Can you do a video on soil/substrate composition and fertilization? Is typical 'boon' mix ok for planting? High-nitrogen fertilizer?

[@RefayetAhmed]

Can you please share how to smooth large branch cut/ trunk chop scars on jades

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

As long as you cut flush to the trunk, over time it will fill in and the scar will disappear. They don't heal over like a ficus tree or a maple. They form a scab and then once the scab falls off, it will slowly plump out over time.

[@fredgrech1498]

I think it a beautiful tree

[@darrel7382]

I have never understood the "leave a gap for the birds to fly through" statement. How big are these birds supposed to be?

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

Little tiny micro birds.

[@maiziehiggins6159]

i was gonna say how much i like that saying. my first time ever hearing it.

[@tyrantx3086]

Buenos dias. Tu haces solo portulacaria afra?

[@anantberry]

Do u have any video about watering the Jade ?

[@bingkk]

Whereabouts in the world do you live? Presumably in a hot climate?

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

Corpus Christi, Texas USA

[@Jon_Villanueva]

how about repotting Little Jade after, do I need to put it in a shade or full sun ,If in shade how many days in shade?

[@BonsaiJade]

Wow friend!!! Fantastic plant!! I love this plant!! Look my video of Portulacaria afra bro

[@Westopher]

How does growing near walls affect trees?

[@pcharliealex]

Because the growth follows more the side where they get more sunlight, that's why is very important to rotate or place them where they get directly sunlight from the top.

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

I should be rotating my trees but I alway forget with this one. I keep all my trees on the side of my house so the sun only hits them in the morning. The growth to the back doesn't receive sunlight which is why I need to rotate.

[@marymari7533]

(✯ᴗ✯) stupendo!

[@Rockstar-sr4we]

From my experience jade plant is very complicate plant to grow ..

[@LittleJadeBonsai]

It is for me if I grow it indoors. But outdoors, it thrives on both constant attention and neglect.