I like the idea with inserting previous recording to remember the history of the tree :)

I really appreciate that you have included important clips from previous videos on this tree. It helps me understand your process much better!

Love looking back in time to see how the trees grow just to sit and say wow it has come a far way from when we got a tree

Have come to really like Jades since watching your Jade playlist over the year. They have a really unique style to them and the results are strong

Thank you so much for the daily uploads. Loving it! I was missing your bonsai videos for so long while u were rebuilding your plant room😊

Spot on genuine genius! Bonsai inspirer. Thanks Nigel

I appreciate your hard work on the bonsai jade so, I'm impressed Nigel

Wow,that's impressive! 🥰💡💥

yes, i love the jade updates, the gollum/hobbit ones especially

Big and fantastic Jades Nigel Sir, getting better every passing year 👍

I appreciate how you think of the viewer It's important for me to know the reason why. You know your stuff Nigel so thank you for sharing it.

This tree has a really well balanced structure now. Don’t forget to rotate it this winter, if possible, to avoid the windswept look. That look works for your hair 😉 but not so well for a Jade / Baobab! ~ It’s somewhat amusing to see all the viewers who want those cuttings. Here in SoCal folks are constantly posting online huge Jade cuttings for free, myself included. Like many plants their size needs to be controlled in the garden. As you mentioned everyone knows how easily they root , so rather than composting them, they offer them up. Also sometimes, especially after multiple rains , the plants can get heavy and fall over. If one leaves it laying there it will most often grow roots all along the stem. That’s how they sometimes spread and form thickets in habitat. - Merry Christmas!

I like this guy, he’s very informative and his hair is all natural and fabulous. I’m compelled to subscribe.

I'd love to see a 2023 update on this tree. ❤❤

That's going to be a great tree Nigel

You're the Einstein of Bonsais. I love your videos. Love from Australia. Please send through some of your lovely cuttings if you ever get bored of them. Only because you said in your first video that people don't somehow appreciate jade cuttings, i,d say no that's incorrect ha ha. Can't wait to see your next video

Nigel, Start those nice jade cuttings and give them away as gifts. Maybe do a bonsai shop with them. I am sure you can think of a great idea for them.

I happened to watch your older videos of this jade earlier today! It's gorgeous :)

Wow, it was driving me crazy but I like the end result .

Jades are my absolute favorite! I love that you are growing some, they are so glorious! I wish I had the guts to cut deep like you, I always do little by little 😅 but watching you is always a big encouragement!! Thanks for making these awesome videos 🙏✌️❤️🪴

Merry Christmas, Nigel! This tree is beautiful!

So beautiful. Good job sir

I cannot wait to cut my jades back! I prefer to wait until the days start to get a wee longer so my target date is always Valentine's Day. I'm going to have to be as ruthless as you were, if not more so so that they flush out the way I want. Thanks for this most timely video, and Merry Christmas! 🎄

Looks epic

Looks nice!

Nice episode... really enjoyed it 🌵

Excellent bold chops Nigel. Love how aggressive you were able to be with this one. Happy holidays!

I know the desire, to avoid throw away the cuttings, in hopes someone will want them. I did manage to pass on a small Jade forest this Christmas. It just made space in the grow room for this years cuttings. Lol Now I have room for new cuttings :)

Oh my goodness you grew that in two years!? Wow I need to dive into your channel. I love your presentation and personality.

Looking fantastic! I'm starting one of these gollums to make a formal upright, I think you should try that out with one of the cuttings.

Have you ever made a video about how you learned the art of bonsai? I love watching these, so calming and gave me the guts to finally prune a six year old jade that was really sad looking. Thanks and happy holidays!

I love your work! Hope you had a merry Christmas. If you need to get rid of any Gollum jade cuttings I’d love to receive them

Hello Nigel nice Video and good job

Your hair grows like jade plants- the more it's pruned the more it grows. x

Do you ever have the urge to put ornaments on some of your bonsai around christmas? I've wanted to this year. Also if you ever feel like giving cuttings to viewers, I'd love some.

Merry late Christmas!! I hope you had a great day and got to see friends or family (safely). But if not at least we got to hangout with our trees😂

Thank you so much

With all those big cuttings, I bet you could make a great forest scene. With one of the small cuttings, a mini bonsai? Might be worth a try. Just a thought.

Interesting thinking about how robust Jade’s are. Here in my feed is a video of Nigel pruning jade in the middle of a Canadian winter. I’d done some heavy pruning and follow on cutting work on my Jade’s early this morning in the midst of a Queensland summer and I’m thinking both alternatives are fine.

Hi Nigel, I wish you and your familie a nice christmas. Sadly I am so far away (Germany) I would like a take you cuttings XD. Beautiful tree!!! cheers, Harro

Nigel, I would be honored to have one of your Jade cuttings. Not because its a Jade cutting, but because its YOUR jade cutting. Nigel, if at all possible I would be willing to pay shipping and whatever other costs would be included.

Hey Nigel! I wonder if you could give me an advice. I love mediterranean olive trees. I found them beutiful, almost perfect for bonsai. Slow growing with nice smooth bark and rootbase. Big trees usually fairly easy do backbudding. So i finally found one in a nursery in my city. BUt i's like a stick. Absolutely straight section 30cm long before first devision. i would like to attach some fotos if i could. So should i risk and cut it somewhere 5-10cm higher than ground surface, or try to airlayer it (never done before). I'm not sure if tree survive such severe prunning. And as i said it's very slowgrowing - losing of all branching is alsmot back in time for 3 years. I've rooted several small cuttings, but they are too far from even bonsay material.

i have a varigated jade, how would i get it to grow side branches? love your jade jungle you have going!

I just love watching your videos. I am getting ready to prune two of my jades. After watching this I have more courage. BTW, the email associated with my picture is incorrect and I don't know how to remedy this.

It is def a good looking plant. Id love a cutting if i was to be able to find one locally. Its been a hard find for me.

That's so lush, the growth looks beautiful!.... I bet Nigel cuts it all off... -.- LOL

Always informative. Great looking tree! If you dont have a home for the cuttings i would be happy to help!

OH I have really looked forward to this one. Your forest inspired me to start mu own from cuttings I got from Friends. Mine is 3 very tine ones but time Will fix that no problem ^^ NO one wants them? Ill pay shipping ;)

Ohhh, I did not knew you have to let the succulent cuttings dry before planting them, that's why mine fails quite often, I do not water them for a few month but my soil is not dry enough at start I guess.

hi. What are you using for soil? They look amazing!! love your videos

Great video as always! If you have any decent cuttings left I will happily take some I love my jades and have a few in progress but don't have any of these type 😀

Agree with Patrick [and others] It would be cool to have a Gollum jade that was part of one of your trees! Ship to Colorado? 😺

Main tree looks great after pruning. Almost like the baobab tree with its branches looking like roots, as if you would turn the tree upside down.

If it is okay to hard prune C.O. Gollum in December, does that mean that it is also okay to repot if that is the only action to be taken?

I would love to have a cutting! I had purchased a gollum jade once, but it died over a month's time... The "regular" jades are fine, I just don't know what was wrong... 🤔🤷🙂

Nigel, have you ever considered putting a gopro on your head as you're working on your trees? It might make for a cool angle to see what you're doing better while pruning

This reminds me of a story I heard about the people that sex baby chickens when they are very small, separating the males from the females. The people who do the sorting are very good, rarely making a mistake in their judgement. But they have a very hard time explaining exactly what they are looking for to make the determination. Thus for those who want to learn how to do this job, they really can’t do much other than watch the experts at work, picking up little tips hear and there, but mostly developing this ‘feel’ for the sex of the chick. Nigel is such a master at creating these works of art that it is difficult to know exactly why he does what he does. Most cuts are simply preceded by, “I don’t like the look of this” or this sticks out too far, or this doesn’t make the look I’m going for, etc. I just have to keep watching intensely and practicing over and over on my own plants, with the hope that one day I will develop the kind of vision Nigel displays with each plant he works on. Fascinating !!!

would you mind to tell me what is the composition of the soil that u use for succulent bonsai like this?

If more people in the world had hobbies like this, we wouldn't be in this "COVID mess!" As for me, I'm so busy that COVID doesn't even exist.

Nigel, how long will it take for the cuttings you put in with the big cutting to have trunks as big as the donor cutting?

Bought my first Gollum last week. Small but all they had. I would love to have any of your jade cuttings you want to get rid of. Can I come get them?🙋‍♀️

Did you add any rooting agent for any of the cuttings? I cant wait to see the root system on the big guy.

I’ll take some jade cuttings please..

I have a jade like this. The ends of the leaves get dimples. Why?

Hi Nigel I missed your club meet last month miss judged time difference when is next one please

What is the soil made of?

At what point can you cut off the entire top and make a baobab tree?

Noice

I fell I love with jade plants. I’d just want to know how grow my little plants much taller, after a year they seems healthy but not much bigger.

Is it possible to wire a succulent?

I like him be a barber.

Hello sir im new to bonsai and I really like those jade bonsai as from what i’ve heard they’re forgiving to beginners... It’s quite a long shot but since no one would have it... Can I have it 🙏🙏😅 I really like Jades, crassula and portulacaria

anyone know what kind of bonsai is beside the jade at 3:27 ?

theyrs one thing i dont get and this is no hate im just trying to understand: u said ""no one ever wants jade cuttings for some reason, i guess because they root so easily""", to me it doesnt make sense so if someone could explain id appreciate it. thnx

How old is that jade? 😊

You could send me clippings anytime☺️

I don’t have the guts to do that to my jades. Yours seem to grow back so quick, mine seem to grow a pad every 4 months or so.

Looking more beautiful because of zebra s🙂

its an irony that you dont find anyone wanting a jade cutting and i do not have anyone offering them

Hi nigel

Oh my God you chop tje tree down

Foist 3

Even the cuttings have dignitas and monumentality.

I was way late bit

Nice bonsai but your hair needs a clean bonhair trim too

You can send me a cutting. :)

Foist

Hj

I wish I only know someone complaining about wasting cuttings

your hair needs a prune pal!

Oooo no😭

No body want this jade cuttings !!! that's so bad :( I want these cuttings. Send it to me :) ;)

Ruined the beutiful tree

Foist