Lol the way you stared after saying "They will become Loong and leggy" Like you spoke out of experience. cracked me up. Also my Portulacaria Afra has been thriving thanks to you for the knowledge you shared.

@TreeVibes

9 ай бұрын

🤣 yes I started out growing them without lamps in a window and guess what happened 🤣 I really appreciate your kind works 🙏

Very informative. Just received some of these. Getting a lot of leaf drop on repotted ones. Rooted ones are doing great though.

@TreeVibes

21 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊 and best of luck to you

Great info and video…love these plants…thanks

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏😊

Thanks, nice video, well explained 👍

Great video man! Subbed!

@TreeVibes

6 ай бұрын

🙏🙏

Congratulations! Your plants are wonderful! Please what does the used soil contain? Good luck!

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

I have different mixes for most of them. It depends on what is available. But i try to use as little organic as possible. Pumice/ lava / akadama would be ideal.

Thanks, I think that'll help a lot. Why exactly do you have to wire portulacaria especially tight though? I had the impression they're rather soft compared to more woody tree species so that's why I'm confused. Am I wrong about that? I'm completely new to "Bonsai from scratch", got a small portulacaria as my first, so I probably just missed something. Lastly, doesn't it leave marks if wrapped tight?

@TreeVibes

11 ай бұрын

It takes longer for the branch to hold it's position. And it will not scar the brash the same way it does on "normal" trees. It will leave a scar but it will "pop" back after a while

Love your plants. I have a question about a 3 weeks ago i bought a Porulacaria Afra tree off Amazon. They say is 3 years old but im not sure cause 12in hight and they said it would be between 5-7 in. The directions told me to put it in a darker spot of my house for 2 weeks and not to water it to the leaves start to curl. So i dead what they said and a day after i watered it i put it under a grow lite and now after a week of it being under the lite i lost about a 100 leafs. Im not using so high power lite its just a 8watt Great Value lite frow wallmart. Its One of those annoying ones that is blue and purple😂. At first I had it 6 inches from the top of the plant and I noticed it burning so I moved it up to 12 inches and I'm still having problems with the leaves turning crispy. Also I noticed in the soil that there are a lot of small roots that I can see coming out of the soil. So do you think this is a light problem, or something with soil? I have only water 1 time so far that was about 8 days ago. Sould i be watting more. If you could give me some pointers i'd greatly appreciate it don't want to kill this little guy. Thanks in advance...

@TreeVibes

6 ай бұрын

Definitely a light problem. You need much much stronger lights for Portulacaria. I am using 277w lamps and I feel it's not enough for what I want 😁 Soil can be a big problem for them also. Portulacaria wants and needs a very free drainage soil. And I have no schedule for watering.. I water when I see sighs of the leaves losing their plumpness.

Can you share with us what type of fertilizers you use and do you only feed in the spring or other times throughout the year as well? Thanku😊

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

I use osmocote bloom and urea. High in nitrogen and all year around. You can NOT over fertilize a Portulacaria 😁 My Portulacarias has never been outside and they grow under LEDs indoors all year around.

Hi, superb trees, I get yellowing of leaves and the drop off - is this overwatering please?

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

It is usually low light or too much water

What soil are you using for these? And what nutrients are you adding when you say you can’t overdo it?

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

Mostly depend on what is available . For fertilizer i use osmocote bloom and urea. High nitrogen

@markolp8206

Жыл бұрын

@@TreeVibes when I google this name, I come up empty. What source do you use for this fertilizer.

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

​@@markolp8206 When i Google osmocote bloom i get a lot of results. It's a very big brand and can be found in a lot of countries i think.

Where do you get those square plant pots from ??? i love them

@TreeVibes

5 ай бұрын

Ordered from china 👍

I have 2 inch small ones and I have it in 50/50 organic/mineral mix under lights. The leaves are wrinkly and I water them but they stay wrinkly. I just soak the soil until it comes out of the bottom. I've watered it twice since buying. Once a week. Do you think I need to water more often or soak it longer?

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

How strong are the lights? Sounds like problems with roots if the leaves do go back to normal when you water.

@phenixwars1

Жыл бұрын

@@TreeVibes I only have one light on it, I feel it's strong enough but I'm really not sure how to measure that. I ended up watering them a lot and they bounced back. I have them in a well draining soil and I'm thinking I might need to add some more organic substance to it so it retains a bit more moisture. Thanks for replying!

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

There is a app called Protone that can help you measure. It's not 100% accurate but close enough. I use no organic material for my ports. They grow much better and healthier.

@phenixwars1

Жыл бұрын

@@TreeVibes Good to know on both things. I'll try to change out my soil before winter and I'll check out the app 👍🏼

What lights do you recommend?, thanks

@TreeVibes

6 ай бұрын

I don't promote any company but as strong as you can find. Under 100w is just maintaining a Portulacaria.. if you want it to grow you need to go higher

what grow light do you use?

@TreeVibes

Жыл бұрын

I don't use any brand names. But the LEDs are all Samsung and Osram leds

How long before I see roots after placing in water?

@TreeVibes

3 ай бұрын

Depends a little bit on the conditions you give it but from a week to a month

There wasn’t really anything about how you are growing these plants indoors. it looks like you’re doing a great job, but you didn’t mention what type of lighting you use or the nutrients that you put in the soil, when you prune them, etc. You mentioned number of other things that was good information, but didn’t tell us how you grow them indoors. Can you tell us what type of light you use and what are the nutrients that you put in the soil? Also what is it you do indoors that are good for growth? That would be great. Even better do another video.

@TreeVibes

4 ай бұрын

I don't go into details because I am not sponsored by any company and I don't want to promote any products because all products are not really available everywhere in the world. I said how the soil structure should be. I said Don't be afraid to Nuke it with nutrients (add as much nitrogen as possible). I said how strong lamps should be 😁 and pruning depends on what you want to achieve 😉