Monday, April 6, 2009

My Jade Collection (under training)

I am in Love with Jade Tree (elephant bush). I have some 25+ Jade under training, and this page is to showcase all of them. Listed below are some of them. Click on the image to view the larger picure of Bonsai. To know more click on link below the image.

# 1: Formal Upright Style: 2 Year Old as on Aug 2008



# 2: Jade Twin Trunk Style: Approx 5 Years old as on August 2008


# 3: Jade Bonsai Forest Style Approx 1 Year Old

To know more about this Forest Style Jade Bonsai, click here http://rameshsinhabonsai.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html

# 4: Jade Formal Upright Style Bonsai Approx 10 Years Old.

This bonsai has a trunk that is 7+ Inches wide. I bought is from a nursery in early 2009 & is under training since than. to know more click here http://rameshsinhabonsai.blogspot.com/2009/07/jade-formal-upright.html

# 5: Jade Bonsai Full Cascade: Approx 3 Years old
This full cascade is in 8 Inch Pot with 24 Inch fall. To know more click here

# 6: Jade Bonsai Semi Cascade Style
This semi cascade is under training for last 1. 5 Years. To know more click here http://rameshsinhabonsai.blogspot.com/2009/07/jade-semi-cascade.html

# 7: Jade Bonsai - Twin Trunk Style (Approx 4/5 Years old)
This one is twin trunk as it appeared naturally. To view the progression series, please click on the following link http://rameshsinhabonsai.blogspot.com/2009/08/jade-twin-trunk-style-bonsai.html

# 8. Jade Bonsai on the Rock Style
This is a Mame Jade Bonsai on the Rock which stands approx 4 Inches from mountain top to crown. This jade bonsai is 2 years old. To know more about this bonsai click http://rameshsinhabonsai.blogspot.com/2009/08/jade-bonsai-on-rock-style-jade-mame.html



# 2) Informal Upright Jade

This jade has a nice trunk movement. If first rises from the ground, than slants & than goes up straight. It has 3/4 trunk, all thick which is visible from the base of the trunk. I removed them to get the beautiful trunk movement.
I plan to bring down the right branch & develop a crown from where the trunk starts to slant.
The left branch is thicker, i plant to remove it, but than the new branch will take some time and hence in two minds.
Uptd on 28th April, 2009
I have repotted this Jade in a small tray which contains 95% brick bites. Hope it survives. The trunkBase which is below the rim of the pot & partially under the soil as seen in above pic, is now more visible in a tray. If Jade does not respond in brick mixture, i will repot it in a mud mixture such that it survives. Jades are as such tough plant and should survive. A day before, I had kept the Brick bites in a tray & wathered it. When I checked it the next day, the brick was slightly moist (given the fact that yesterday was Ahmedabad hottest day of last 6 years). I lost my 4 Gold fish becuase of hot weather, which were found dead today morning.
Updt on 14th May, 2009. My jade starte to rot in the brick soil mixture, & hence I have chopped off the rotted root & shifted it in a different regular soil mix. I will try with second jade in coming day with brick soil mixture.


# 4) Jade Twin Trunk (mame)

I want to develop foilage on top of left branch, which will falls up to right hand trunk crown & from there onwards, it will continue till rim of pot. On the top left side of left branch, a small fall will be developed.
Updt on May, 2009. The plant got uprooted & hence repotted in a different angle. It kind of looks good.

Click here to know more on this Jade mame bonsai.

# 5) Jade Umbrella Bonsai Style


This is probably 1 Year old tree, that i had bought is Feb, 09. I repotted & than wired it. This is how it looks as of April 09. No dedicated page is available as of now.
5th May, 2009. Removed the wires



# 7) Jade Formal Upright Bonsai Style

I bought this plant in Feb 09. Probably it is 1 year old. I have wired it excessively to make it formal upright. This is how it looks in April 09 with new leaf buds clearly visible.

Because of excessive wiring some of the delicate branches were dead.Somehow the new leaf buds were getting crumpled & hence removed the wired & put some gravel on the top such that moisture can be retained on 10th April. Hope it survives.
May 2009 - removed the wires.

# 8) Jade Informal Upright Bonsai Style


This tree was initially planted in a manner that it appeared as if falling from the rock. Than I made it in present style.
It comprises of a Branch at the bottom (left) with a branch on right hand side (middle), another branch at the back side (not visible) & a crown. Branch is made to grow in the opposite side of the rock, & one above it.


Jade Umbrella Style Bonsai
Jade Image before repotting.

I bought this plant on 5th Apr 09. This is how it looks, before wiring & repotting. Currently no dedicated page is available for this Jade. It has been potted in a Tray on 6th April, and I am waiting for it to respond. The excess foilage & branches are removed such that all 3 trunk are clearly visible now. New Pic will be uploaded shortly. If this clicks, it will be one of the thickest jade in my collection. I hear that there are thicker ones available in Ahmedabad.

Jade Image after repotting

If you view the larger picture the three trunk will be visible. It has good nebari & I plant to chop the unwanted branches such that 3 tunks are clearly visible. And than A thin crown will be developed.
As on 27th April, 09 The growth on the trunk has been removed such that tree trunk is clearly visible. The nebari has been exposed to give an impressive look. The Jade Trunk Base circumference is 10 Inches (making it the fattest Jade Bonsai In Ahmedabad, Gujarat). The crown needs to be developed. Will develop it in Umbrella style jade bonsai.
May 2009:
I saw root rot & hence removed the moss. Have shifted the tray in full sun. I am keeping my fingers crossed in a hope that this jade survives. The trunk circumferenc is 6+ inches.
15th May, 2009: The root rot was visible & hece it called for urgent repotting. I Have repotted in a Oval tray.


7 comments:

  1. They have a long way to go to be called BONSAIS.

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    viswanatha

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  2. i was overwhelmed to see your pictures. how much time would it take to grow? will it be this size if i plant it after 2 4 days from now?

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  3. DEAR SINHA,
    I LIKE YOUR PHOTOS. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN THIS ART. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEARN BY TRIAL METHOD? OR TO TAKE SPECIAL TRAINIG?

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  4. hi mr. sinha, all ur jade/portulacaria plants look good. i liked the cascade one best.i too hav a lot of jade, but being a succulant plant, jade as well as adenium are not to be selected for bonsais, as we may get a heart break to find one fine day that the plant starts rotting from below.
    take good care of ur plants and best of luck
    jaya nair
    kerala bonsai association.
    jayapnair@rediffmail.com

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  5. hey
    gone through ur pictures these are amazing.
    I'm a MBA graduate working in Bangalore n m shifting to ahemdabad in feb. and m very much interested in learning this art. How can u help me? m leaving my email id shilpajain294@gmail.com

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  6. Hello,

    This is really interesting take on the concept. I never thought of it that way. The tree becomes a bonsai when it is pruned and stunted to grow into a size that is smaller than its true size. Most bonsai trees are grown indoors as the indoor environment is much more controlled and ideal during the winter months. Thanks for this post

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