Monday 2 May 2011

Why beginners love Baby Jade Bonsai


Bonsai trees are a great way to have a healthy thriving plant and exercise some of your creativity and one of the best plants is to start with Baby Jade. A Succulent bonsai, this plant is called plant elephant or small leaves Jade and is original to South Africa. It is quite tolerant to under irrigation and is a good beginner plant to your home or Office.

Baby Jade is a fairly new bonsai, which develops very quickly and in contrast to other types of Bonsai, can go for long periods without water. It can grow to 3 or 4 meters in the wild and become a succulent, save the water tribe, branches and leaves.

This lovely plant is easy to health care and style, and great to look at also! Young plant has green bark that turns reddish brown, and then the slate gray as it ages. It has fleshy round leaves range from pale grey to blue-green to dark green, which is Complimented by a reddish-colored stems. It flourishes with small star-shaped rosafarvet purple flowers. The trunk and branches can make lovely long droopy and Cascades.

Baby Jade Bonsai is a tropical plant it does not do well in climates that have less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If you live in a warm climate it will do well outdoors in full sunlight, but if you are in a colder area, it is best to keep your Bonsai inside in the winter and Baby Jade will be fine as long as you give it enough light. Watering should be done periodically-water until the Earth is moist and let the soil dry between waterings. Do not add too much water, so there is a standing puddle in the pot.

Pruning and shaping your bonsai is a part of the fun and leave the Earth dry before you cut the roots or heavy branches. When you have made any cuts, water sparingly until the average heals. If you want to stop a branch from growing longer, remove terminal bud. If you want to design tree, pinch buds and branches that grow where you not them. remember to pinch gently with fingers. Baby Jade is a fast grower and must be clamp often growth period. Use a 1 mm aluminium wire to rotate the branches and leaves.

You should repot your Baby Jade bonsai every 2 years. This is done best in early spring. Before the repotting, dry soil carefully. After repotting, keep Baby Jade in a shady place until you can see some new growth, and when you begin to water it again as usual.







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