There's a chance that you tricked it into thinking it's spring, for lack of better terms.
It's something I recently learned about in reference to Jade plants that come inside for winter. If you allow them to get a certain small bit of cold before pulling inside, the temperature shifts will force blooms to occur.
I don't know much more about it, and I'm sure I'm botching the proper concepts here, but it sounds like what you're experiencing.
I have a couple larger jade (crassula ovata) plants that live outside in the summer and inside in the winter. This year they both started flowering right as I brought them inside. When I read a bit more about it, it seems like a normal technique/trick that folks use to push out flowers.
I've never seen them flower before now! Not sure what else may have the same tendencies.
I'm in the process of bringing inside my couple big jades. Yours is so happy! Great work through and through, that takes a long time. Beautiful!
This is why learning is fun. You're doing the work of the finest humans. Love to see this and damnit, I want to know more to participate. I think it's working...
Thanks for sharing for the uninitiated. This has been a delightful community to observe. Excited to learn more.
Also, I think the 'souls' in the title really sells me on the idea of a 'Canadian Souls' game in the flavor of the Dark Souls universe. So if you want a job in game dev, you might have a solid shot.
This is gorgeous! Reminds me of Chrono Trigger. Running through the woods to get to/from the castle and grabbing that shelter from the bushes each time now is a warm memory.
I'm excited for you and to follow along! Looks to be a great start of a project.
(Copy/pasta from our other thread below, for anyone who doesn't want to jump back and forth)
Sorry for the delay and thanks for your patience! I’m learning that I need to both better organize my photos and find an alternative to imgur for creating/posting albums.
Here’s an album of pictures from a little over a year of growth.
Prior to these pictures it wasn’t much to speak of, just a little cutting in some water or a start in a 4" pot. When they’re that small/young, I do my best to just let them explode with growth prior to poking at them with my ideas and torture.
Again, I appreciate your patience as I get my stuff together! I’m happy to touch on any points with this project or others. Thanks for the interest, this has been a fun project.
Root over rock ficus benjamina in homemade pot
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/132323
> An ambitious project for me. It was a lot of fun to figure out. I'm hopeful that it'll grow in and cling to the rock in the future. Getting rid of that wire would be nice. > > Once it puts out some growth and shows that it's established, I'll do some semi hard pruning to refine the shape a bit. > > The pot is one I formed by hand with a mix of portland cement and perlite dust.
Root over rock ficus benjamina in homemade pot
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/132323
> An ambitious project for me. It was a lot of fun to figure out. I'm hopeful that it'll grow in and cling to the rock in the future. Getting rid of that wire would be nice. > > Once it puts out some growth and shows that it's established, I'll do some semi hard pruning to refine the shape a bit. > > The pot is one I formed by hand with a mix of portland cement and perlite dust.
Root over rock ficus benjamina in homemade pot
An ambitious project for me. It was a lot of fun to figure out. I'm hopeful that it'll grow in and cling to the rock in the future. Getting rid of that wire would be nice.
Once it puts out some growth and shows that it's established, I'll do some semi hard pruning to refine the shape a bit.
The pot is one I formed by hand with a mix of portland cement and perlite dust.
Perfectly said. It truly is a shame. My memories of playing PSO on the Dreamcast, ethernet cord strung across the room and all, will always be warm and fuzzy. So at least there's that.
There are dozens of us. Unfortunately it's an interest that results in disappointment consistently. Yeehaw Sega milking it!
Ficus benjamina bonsai post summer haircut. Ready to grow wild and do it all over again.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/90603
> This is a follow up to my previous post linked here. > > I’m trying to encourage the trunk to thicken while slowly figuring out which branches to make the main ones and how to balance the overall shape. > > I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with little to no trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage while building the shape. That usually means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we’re here. > > I usually propagate most of the cuttings by throwing them in water under a grow light elsewhere. > > I'm still lacking some solid, low growing, main branches. Stay tuned for more shenanigans. > > >
Ficus benjamina bonsai post summer haircut. Ready to grow wild and do it all over again.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/90603
> This is a follow up to my previous post linked here. > > I’m trying to encourage the trunk to thicken while slowly figuring out which branches to make the main ones and how to balance the overall shape. > > I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with little to no trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage while building the shape. That usually means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we’re here. > > I usually propagate most of the cuttings by throwing them in water under a grow light elsewhere. > > I'm still lacking some solid, low growing, main branches. Stay tuned for more shenanigans. > > >
Ficus benjamina bonsai post summer haircut. Ready to grow wild and do it all over again.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/90603
> This is a follow up to my previous post linked here. > > I’m trying to encourage the trunk to thicken while slowly figuring out which branches to make the main ones and how to balance the overall shape. > > I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with little to no trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage while building the shape. That usually means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we’re here. > > I usually propagate most of the cuttings by throwing them in water under a grow light elsewhere. > > I'm still lacking some solid, low growing, main branches. Stay tuned for more shenanigans. > > >
I'm glad you asked! It turned out pretty decent. I'm still struggling with some of the lower branches, but it's still mostly a twig, so there's time.
Ficus benjamina bonsai post summer haircut. Ready to grow wild and do it all over again.
This is a follow up to my previous post linked here.
I’m trying to encourage the trunk to thicken while slowly figuring out which branches to make the main ones and how to balance the overall shape.
I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with little to no trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage while building the shape. That usually means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we’re here.
I usually propagate most of the cuttings by throwing them in water under a grow light elsewhere.
I'm still lacking some solid, low growing, main branches. Stay tuned for more shenanigans.
I hadn't noticed that until pointed out! I love it and now can't unsee it.
Thank you!
I'm trying to encourage some trunk thickening while slowly choosing the main branches and overall shape. I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with very little trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage. That, or chop it when I need room on the rack or more cuttings in the propagation station. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we're here.
That mostly means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push that growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots.
Holler if you have any other questions or comments! I love trees!
Ficus benjamina bonsai before a summer haircut
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/79872
> This is one of too many Benjaminas. They propagate far too easy for my lizard brain's good. > > This tree needs a reduction in foliage and upward growing branches in the upper section. That should help balance out the growth between top and bottom, push some back budding to occur, and let the lower foliage get some proper light.
Ficus benjamina bonsai before a summer haircut
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/79872
> This is one of too many Benjaminas. They propagate far too easy for my lizard brain's good. > > This tree needs a reduction in foliage and upward growing branches in the upper section. That should help balance out the growth between top and bottom, push some back budding to occur, and let the lower foliage get some proper light.
Ficus benjamina bonsai before a summer haircut
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/79872
> This is one of too many Benjaminas. They propagate far too easy for my lizard brain's good. > > This tree needs a reduction in foliage and upward growing branches in the upper section. That should help balance out the growth between top and bottom, push some back budding to occur, and let the lower foliage get some proper light.
Ficus benjamina bonsai before a summer haircut
This is one of too many Benjaminas. They propagate far too easy for my lizard brain's good.
This tree needs a reduction in foliage and upward growing branches in the upper section. That should help balance out the growth between top and bottom, push some back budding to occur, and let the lower foliage get some proper light.
This scene has such a distinct feeling to it through that color palette. I love this!
Thank you! I'm tickled you commented on it, I really enjoyed how it turned out! Thought it was pretty cheeky.
This tree has withstood my poking and prodding so far! It also 'grew' a whole lot faster too.
Appreciate ya!
You and me both! There's a special comfort to it. A warmth, almost. Thanks for the kind words.
Today I drew a pixel art bonsai tree
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/65254
> I drew this in Photoshop in ~3 hours using a reference. I tried to keep the color pallet pretty minimal. Thanks for checking it out!
Today I drew a pixel art bonsai tree
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/65254
> I drew this in Photoshop in ~3 hours using a reference. I tried to keep the color pallet pretty minimal. Thanks for checking it out!
Today I drew a pixel art bonsai tree
I drew this in Photoshop in ~3 hours using a reference. I tried to keep the color pallet pretty minimal. Thanks for checking it out!
Fresh and green Monterey Cypress cuttings
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/39385
> The mother tree had a pretty large pruning done. So, I figured, why not propagate from it?
Fresh and green Monterey Cypress cuttings
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/39385
> The mother tree had a pretty large pruning done. So, I figured, why not propagate from it?
Fresh and green Monterey Cypress cuttings
The mother tree had a pretty large pruning done. So, I figured, why not propagate from it?