Hi Caudex,

Nice to 'meet ya'. What a beautiful rescue you've made there.

Excellent of you to share this montage w/ us. For folks who've never seen such a large Jade, I think they have NO IDEA the boatload of cuttings they can generate as you've shown. What a large amount of work & excellent examples of all the steps involved. Remarkable to see the end result of cut back plant w/ those few leaves.

Thanks for the show, wonderfully educational & beautifully done. Thanks very much for sharing this w/ us!!

Wow. I wonder what compelled him to get rid of a jade that he got so long ago. It's so beautiful and huge! I certainly would be very proud of it!

Why was the jade removed from the pot though?

When I arranged the time of pickup the owner said I could have pot and plant and asked how I was going to get it out. Told him I would break the pot. He then said if your going to break it he wanted to keep it. The pot was heavier than the plant.

Keith,

So are you already planning the pot which you'll make to put it in? My bet is on 'yes'. And good save!

Good Job getting it out of the pot...those kind of pots usually are impossible to remove the plant inside. Pots that narrow and then go wide...

Stan,

A method of getting a plant out of the pot that you described - soak the soil (or not) and slice through the plant's roots with a knife. On Keith's plant that knife would have had to have been a machete, but I think when doing so you'll save both plant and pot. Keith's method of blasting out the soil with a high-pressure jet of water also works, and is potentially more fun. I've rejected lots of pots because of the flaw you describe, but this too can be overcome.

Excellent follow-up, Keith!

I remember when you first posted about this guy, and it's exciting to see the rescue.

Josh

I remember the original post also. I am in awe at the size of that plant! The work involved in getting it trimmed up and out of the pot is amazing too!

How the heck are you going to fit that monster into one of your diminutive pieces of ceramic art? ;-)

It will be interesting to see what your and your saw create with such magnificent stock. Bonsai!

Brad

Wow That Jade plant is awesome...I can't get over how small the roots are in comparison to the plant!! Unbelievable!

Did you end up returning the Pot back to the original owner...is that why he said he would keep the plant if you're going to break the pot? It is a beautiful pot...but not practical when you eventually have to repot down the road.

Good luck and thanks for sharing!

Will you post some pics to show us what you have done with the plant/plants now you've managed to get it out of the pot please Mr Caudex? Thanks in advance.
Gill from the UK.

Pug,
I went to his house so I left the pot intact and with him.

A little root pruning...nuff said
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Wow...jade bonsai heaven!

Nice job.

T

thanks T,
Made an 18in oval pot yesterday for the double trunked plant closed to you in the last photo

C -

Must be so nice to be able to say..."oh, this is a nice plant, let me whip up the perfect pot for it!"

Envious...

T

Potted up the keepers

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Those are going to be some real beauties once they start leafing out. :)

Caudex1, you're plants amaze me.

Was the only purpose to dramatically prune that jade to get it out of the pot? I have a very large jade and I'm trying to understand what the value would be for trimming in such a fashion? In looking at the original plant it is well shaped and other than to rid it of the pot, is it necessary to trim jades in this fashion?

I'm trying to understand so that I can determine how to treat my jade.

Thank you for the information.

LL,

Some folks fancy them cut back - I don't know the answer to your question but, to me and others, there's beauty in spareness.

Wow Keith I never saw this. is this the Jade my cutting came off of? What a great rescue! You did awesome with it.

Mary

Amazing! I fear that I will not live long enough to have a Jade with a trunk that large. My poor little Jades have a very long way to go. Thanks for sharing.
Tami

Keith,
I was wondering how these plants are doing. If you get a chance, could you post some more pics? The cuttings I got from this plant are doing great!