That's a non-working line of code, Uncle Mark. But yes, we do the jade bonsai here.

I believe I found the image he's after...

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Oh, my, I'd be conducting a symphony too if I had that plant, in its underpotted grace and awesome arborescense. Thanks, Colleen, for fixing it.

His is taller but my pot is bluer, or more blue. And it is an octagon.
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Then there's this one, which I haven't put into a bonsai pot yet, but quite a nice shape.
Needs a little pruning.
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Jades are perfect for bonsai and you can get a thick trunk cutting to root pretty easily.

Wow, Calif! That is impressive.

Here's a picture of mine 3yrs ago.
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Gary

Here's another in a hypertufa pot.

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Gary

I see I have miles to go before I catch up with y'all. OTOH, it doesn't take up much space in the salon....

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Lovin' the Jades, short, fat, tall!

The tall bonsai looks a tid bit light-starved, but other than that very graceful!

Gary, nice blooms on what looks to be a stout 'Gollum!'

Josh

teatree,,,,Thanks for the help in finding my photo. I still can't seem
to learn how to post pictures. How did you find mine and get it up on
GW. Maybe that will help me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

cactusharris: .....YES,,,,WAY underpotted now. When I first put a cutting
into this pot, it was about 15 years ago. Then the pot got lost among the weeds in my yard. It only received the N. Calif rains and no fertlizer.
I recently found it and brought it into the house and gave it a slight trim.
I am afraid to try to take it out of the pot. It has shown new growth.

c88,

Now's prime growth time - I'd take the plunge and repot it, too, but maybe you want it in the botanical equivalent of foot binding - it would be fine either way, but if you want more growth / new growth to shape, repotting is the way to go.

And since you have the picture, just grab the HTML code (the line that begins with 'a href....' and put it in the body of your message.

That's a great photo of you and the plant, btw.

Ah, so you'd trimmed it!
Well that explains some of the skinniness! ;-)

Was this Jade able to send roots out the bottom of the pot and into the ground?

As for new growth, Ditto what Cactus wrote. Now is a great time to take action.

Josh

Calif & Tea. A very interesting specimen. Its pot is so tiny the roots will burst through..lol.

Gary, your two Bonsais are utterly gorgeous.

Jeff & Josh..

Most of my Jades are in standard, clay, 'mostly 4"' pots.
I keep them under-potted so trunks thicken.

Is my way wrong? Should I cut the top back when they're young or wait???

I 'assumed' by keeping Jades 'tight-fitting' trunks would thicken.

What about C. Jade ovata variegata? Does the same apply?
Seems variegated takes forever to grow..their growth rate is slower paced, nowhere as fast as their all-green cousins. Since I have two, I'd be willing to decapitate.

I'd love a Jade as nice as Gary's.. Toni

Hey, Toni! You do have it backward. Bigger pots = bigger trunks.
The very fastest growth comes from growing in raised beds or in the ground, where weather allows.
For those who can't release their plants to the wild, a large pot is the next best thing.

However, this comes with the caveat that one needs a fast-draining mix if growing in a large pot.

Josh

Meant to add that variegated Jades respond the same way to free root-run.

Caudex1 has a fantastic Thread on variegated Jade.

Josh

Thank you all for the compliments..

Here she is today at our front door.

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Gary

O.K. I'm in TOTAL jade envy right now ! Beautiful pics and plants everyone !

Josh..next spring, root-bound Jades will go in larger pots..
Green and variegated.

Josh, my mix is very well-draining..If it drained faster than it does now I'd be watering twice a day..lol..Believe me.

What about whacking heads? Young or old?

Thanks Josh...:)

Gary, do you move your Jade daily? Isn't it heavy??

It IS a beauty! I too am 'green' with envy. Toni

@Toni,

The front door is her final home. It took 2 people to move her there.

Gary

Toni, that's just not possible! ;-)
I have some incredibly course, overly loose mixes....and they don't even dry out in one day!
I think the issue might actually be that your mix isn't getting fully wet when watered.
Peat moss, and even fine bark, are initially hydrophobic. That's where I'd put my money.

As for whacking....I usually wait until I have something worth whacking.
Sometimes I'll snip a little here or there to create some future balance for the plant.
Basically, I remove any growth that is over-extended or starting to lean, droop, or pull
the rest of the plant with it.

Although it saddens me to some degree, I'll post a series of pics of a Jade for auld time's sake...
Alas! this fantastic Jade is no longer with us in its entirety. It started as a large cutting
from a GardenWeb member, and it rooted very successfully. I then decided to chop it in half.....
the top half is beautiful, living comfortably in Rocklin, California, at a friend's house. Not
long after the chop, I left the Jade outside for about five hours of 28F weather...big oops.
Only the bottom stump survived, as can be seen in the final pics.

So sad, I'd worked hard to develop a tall sort of "torch" shape...and then I froze it :-(

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Am I the only one that could look at large Jades all day? Great pics!

That is truly tragic, Josh.

Some gorgeous plants folks!

Hi...you aren't the only one whip1...count me in, I could look at pictures alllllllllll day too...I really like it when GW members get posting all their jades....never to many pictures....and last week I when to my favorite green house that has lots of jades to walk around and see if there was any thing new.....and I bought a variegated jade and a wavy jade....I now have 12 jades..(9 different varieties) and a couple of doubles and thats ok....
great looking jades everyone....keep posting pictures....thanks all....linda