How To Grow a Jade Bonsai Tree
It is not so easy to grow a bonsai jade tree, but this is actually a good plant for any bonsai enthusiast to start with.
If you like challenges, this species is just for you.
Here are some interesting facts about this plant, which will help you to properly grow it.
Bonsai jade tree, which is also known like lucky plant and friendship tree, is evergreen plant with white or pink flowers, which can be found mainly in desert regions.
Native land is Africa but it can be cultivated in almost every part of the world.
The small fleshy leaves are common feature of most plants flourishing in dry areas.
This little plant is a popular indoor bonsai, and could be easily formed into a bonsai jade tree by accentuating its leaves.
Be careful with the jade stem, as it is very soft and should be attentively handled.
The good thing with a bonsai jade tree is that you are not required to monitor constantly the water level in the soil.
As this is a sort of desert plant, it can live without water for long periods.
Do not over watering it, as its summer needs of watering are reduced to once in 10-20 days and during the winter to once a month only.
Although this tree likes well-lighted places, experiments have shown that direct sunlight or overheating are harmful and can lead to rotting stem, scorched leaves or foliage loss.
Pruning this kind of bonsai tree is not so difficult.
The most appropriate period for doing it is an early spring, just before the period of fast leave growing.
Pruning will need to include the stem cutting in order to allow the trunk to support the leaves and to encourage it to grow further in size.
Pruning is also beneficial to roots, as it encourages them to grow and strengthen.
The last thing you need to know about your bonsai jade tree is that it takes a lot of time to grow and reach 3 feet - up to 20 years, but it is worth seeing.
If you like challenges, this species is just for you.
Here are some interesting facts about this plant, which will help you to properly grow it.
Bonsai jade tree, which is also known like lucky plant and friendship tree, is evergreen plant with white or pink flowers, which can be found mainly in desert regions.
Native land is Africa but it can be cultivated in almost every part of the world.
The small fleshy leaves are common feature of most plants flourishing in dry areas.
This little plant is a popular indoor bonsai, and could be easily formed into a bonsai jade tree by accentuating its leaves.
Be careful with the jade stem, as it is very soft and should be attentively handled.
The good thing with a bonsai jade tree is that you are not required to monitor constantly the water level in the soil.
As this is a sort of desert plant, it can live without water for long periods.
Do not over watering it, as its summer needs of watering are reduced to once in 10-20 days and during the winter to once a month only.
Although this tree likes well-lighted places, experiments have shown that direct sunlight or overheating are harmful and can lead to rotting stem, scorched leaves or foliage loss.
Pruning this kind of bonsai tree is not so difficult.
The most appropriate period for doing it is an early spring, just before the period of fast leave growing.
Pruning will need to include the stem cutting in order to allow the trunk to support the leaves and to encourage it to grow further in size.
Pruning is also beneficial to roots, as it encourages them to grow and strengthen.
The last thing you need to know about your bonsai jade tree is that it takes a lot of time to grow and reach 3 feet - up to 20 years, but it is worth seeing.
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