How to quickly grow a Jade Plant into an old pile (how to quickly take root and grow it into a bonsai shape)

How to cultivate Jade Plant to quickly grow into an old pile

The Jade Tree is a plant belonging to the Portulaceae family. Its leaves are small and green, and its posture is graceful. It is a very easy-to-grow ornamental plant. Many flower lovers even grow the Jade Tree into a bonsai with greater ornamental value.

Flower lovers who have grown Jade Plants know that this plant has a strong ability to sprout branches. It will grow a large number of small branches during the growing season every year, but the main trunk does not grow thick even after several years.

In fact, if you want to grow the Jade Leaf into a sturdy old bonsai, you also need to master certain maintenance skills. It is not enough to rely solely on large amounts of water and fertilizer for maintenance.

Let’s learn how to make the Jade Plant grow quickly and develop it into a simple and beautiful old bonsai!

First, soil:

The root growth environment of potted Jade Plants is affected by the small volume of the flower pot and the lack of flower soil. It cannot fully stretch. Therefore, when caring for Jade Plants, you can plant them in a large pot or plant them in the ground, so the soil is also very important when cultivating them .

The soil for planting Jade Plants should be loose, breathable, slightly acidic, and lightly fertile. I suggest that you can refer to this mixing method, mixing one-third of each of garden soil + humus soil + freshwater river sand into the planting soil.

When planting, use river sand + charcoal + fermented sheep dung balls in a certain proportion as base fertilizer at the bottom of the flower pot. When planting, use river sand first to isolate the roots from the base fertilizer.

Second, planting environment:

1. Temperature:

Jade plant is afraid of high temperature and low temperature. When the temperature is over 32 degrees Celsius, it will semi-dormant and stop growing. When the temperature is over 10 degrees Celsius, it will enter hibernation.

Keeping the Jade Leaf in the most suitable temperature range for growth can keep it in peak growth state. It can make the plant grow taller as soon as possible. The suitable temperature for Jade Leaf growth is about 18 to 28 degrees Celsius.

2. Lighting:

Jade Plant is a plant that has a rather contradictory attitude towards light. It cannot be grown in full sun, nor can it be grown in too much shade.

If the light is too long, the plant will be short and strong and will not grow much. If the environment is too shaded, the branches will grow too long and the lignification will take too long, which will not achieve the purpose of rapid aging.

When caring for the Jade Plant, you can maintain it in semi-full sunlight in spring and autumn. In the high summer temperatures, be careful to avoid strong light and keep it in the shade.

Full-sun maintenance is only possible in winter. Proper adjustment of light can allow both the growth process of branches and leaves and the aging process of branches .

3. Moisture:

Jade Plant has good drought resistance. During the maintenance process, too much water can easily cause it to grow too tall and fail to achieve the purpose of trunk aging.

Insufficient water will cause slow growth and may also cause the death of the Jade Plant. It is also necessary to replenish water. When replenishing water, you can use watering and leaf spraying.

The time to water the Jade Plant can be determined by the dryness depth of the shallow surface soil.

When the shallow surface soil is dry to about 3 centimeters, water it for about 3 days. At the same time, pay attention to watering less in spring and winter, and more in summer and autumn. Spray the leaves 1 to 2 times a day. In the hot and dry period, the number of sprays can be extended to 3 to 5 times.

Third, fertilization:

The main purpose of planting in large pots or growing them on the ground is to allow the roots to grow freely.

It can capture every inch of nutrients in the soil through the growth of the root system, so that the water supply in the root system is sufficient and can regulate itself. The supply of nutrients is mainly through fertilization.

Fertilization of Jade Plant should not be applied without restraint, nor should it be left unfertilized for a long time. The main method of fertilization is "thin fertilizer and frequent application".

During daily maintenance, use organic fertilizer in the soil by loosening the soil and burying it shallowly in the flower soil. This can ensure the nutrients needed for daily growth. Once a month.

During the peak growth seasons of spring and autumn, the supply of water and fertilizer can be increased, mainly by increasing the use of organic fertilizer and water to promote growth during the growth period.

During the growing season, you can use "urea" mixed with water to supplement nitrogen and promote the growth of branches and leaves. After about 15 days, use "fermented rice water" to water the flower soil.

Fourth, trimming and shaping

In the natural growth of Jade Plant, many branches that are not conducive to growth will appear, such as axillary branches, suffocating branches, adventitious buds, whorled buds, etc. These branches that are not conducive to shaping will also consume a lot of nutrients. Human intervention is needed to control them.

The main methods of pruning include topping, beheading, leaf picking, and branch pruning.

It is recommended to prune Jade Plant twice a year. The first time is in spring, when you can do topping and pinching.

In autumn, some bonsai taboo branches that appear in the same year, that is, branches that do not need to be kept, are pruned. Branch pruning is mainly to reduce nutrient consumption and concentrate nutrients on the exposed branches that need them.