On Oct 19, 7:29*pm, kris anthem um kris.anthem.um.
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Ohmster;819390 Wrote:





Hello everyone. My mom received as a gift a beautiful Jade Bonsai tree
when I bought my car. The fellow was not all that honest about the
Honda
Civic, all dash lights were burned out, including the check engine
light
so many months later and money and repairs, the car still goes. But, my

mom's once beautiful and shaped Bonsai tree has gone straight to hell.
I
tried to contact the car salesman, his number is disconnected, no
surprise there.

As a boy, I had an interest in Bonsai trees and tried to grow one,
without much success but I know that there is root pruning, limb
pruning,
and wire shaping involved, even the car salesman had several trees with

copper wire wrapped around some of the branches. What do I do with this

Jade tree that is getting out of hand? How to teach mom what to do when
I
don't *know myself?

A picture is worth a thousand words so I made a small photo gallery of

pictures of the plant, the last two on the right show the tree when we

first got it and it looked good. The other 5 pictures from the left
show
the tree as it is now, in desperate need of attention. Could someone,
anyone, please please show us what to do with this plant and bring it
back to it's former Bonsai day glory again? I think we have to put this

thing on a table, sit close to it, then what? Dump it out of pot and
trim
root ball? How? Trim out of control branches, trim them back how far?
Do
I need to wrap wire on the branches, if so where and how much and what

kind?

Pictures help, here are the pictures. Please be patient, they are on my

cable modem computer at my home and should not be that slow to load the

pictures. All pictures are click-able to show a larger size.
http://www.ohmster.com/~ohmster/bonsai/

How can I save this wonderful Jade for my mom or is it too far gone
already?

Thank you so much,
Paul and Mom
g_margie a/t/ bellsouth dot net
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hi the main thing here is, do not panic the jade tree is a tough plant.
the basic rule is take off the roots what you take off the folliage.
sitting the plant on a table and having a good look is the best way to
start. prune any dead/diseased branches first. then prune the rest to
any shape you like ( ball shape?)now it is time to prune the roots(
this should occur every other year or when plant stops producing new
growth( *jade plants handle being potbound very well ) so perhaps the
poor health of your plant could be linked with the positioning of the
plant or watering/feeding schedules. my jade thrives in a sheltered
semi shaded area it is watered once daily and fed monthly with a pinch
of blood and bone. obviously i have hardly scratched the surface on
what u need to know.. i would suggest buying your mum a bonsai 4
beginners book...oh and the easiest of all to grow is the ficus or fig
tree. cheers and god bless

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I agree with this advice, and will only add that it might not be a
great idea to wire it. I believe jades tend to break if you bend them.