A Jade at the Beach

11 years ago

When at the beach last weekend, I decided to look for some wave

worn pebbles to use as top dressing on some of my pots. While looking for them, I noticed how the sand and pebbles were somewhat separated by the wave action according to particle size. At one area, there were rocks larger than sand, but smaller than gravel. I put some in a bag and took it home, soaking it in water to remove the salt.

I had a bonsai pot I had never got around to using, so I decided to experiment. I took a rooted Hobbit cutting and a small ovata variegata plant, and put them in the pot with a few small Gollum cuttings, using my beach larger-than-sand-but-smaller-than-gravel. I will see how it progresses.

Christopher

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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
11 years ago
I like it! ....and I think it'll be crowded in no time! ;-)

I have some extra cuttings in my 'Hummel's Sunset' bonsai pot, and I was just thinking of removing them the other day. The growth is so small that I know the poor things are rootbound.

Josh
kaktuskris
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks, Josh!

I hope it works out, and if it does, will gather some more next time I go to the beach. That Hobbit cutting in the pot had lots of nicely developing white roots when I transplanted it, though it had been relegated to a pot with some old mainly organic soil I had. So I am not convinced that Jades cannot be grown equally well in a mainly organic mix. But now I am going in an opposite direction with what I named, 'Beach Mix'. Remember, I have the copyright on that name. :) Hopefully the results are good.

Christopher
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