Pruning my 4 year old Dwarf Jade bonsai grove (Portulacaria afra)

Pruning and de-wiring my 4 year old Dwarf Jade (Portulacaria afra) bonsai grove
About 4 years ago I had planted a random Dwarf Jade cutting in a shallow oval bonsai pot.
It rooted and grew in a rather odd fashion.The tree had two trunks wide apart. I had initially thought of splitting/separating them into two trees but later decided to keep it as is. I added two small cuttings on either side of it to turn it into a clump or grove kind of arrangement.
Over the years it has been developing quite well and I think it has the potential to become a bonsai forest arrangement in the future.
In this video I pruned it down a bit and removed the wires I had used last year to shape the branches.
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[@negamo5367]

Your jade bonsai is really beautiful. The shape reminds me of another tree I liked a lot when I was a child. What kind of soil do you use for your jade tree ? My husband offered me an old jade bonsai more than ten years ago but I think I will get it killed. It got sick, was treated, I got sick, it survived but barely ^^' I changed the old soil this summer to limit the reinfestation of "cochenille" that never really left and because I never did it in more than ten years. But I can't get it to thrive like yours. I will take any advice you have time to share. And thank you for all your inspiring and nice to watch videos :)

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thank you. Glad you like it. Here is my soil mix ruclips.net/video/GdfvAkH6TSM/видео.html

[@vinitamorrison3308]

The trunk is beautiful! I have a jade as big as this. I haven't touched it yet. I am waiting for spring to prune.

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thanks. Yes spring will be a good time for you to prune

[@jayashreemurthy99]

Very nice n cute looking bonsai.i have one elephant bush bonsai.i have trimmed it too much I think,not liking it at all.so I am growing it.

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thanks. You can style your tree again when it grows back. They are fast growers too.

[@jayashreemurthy99]

@@TheUrbanNemophilist yes,will do,thanx

[@artinpoetsoulnature]

Very beautiful 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thanks

[@carolstuff]

Looks great!

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thank you!

[@garden--23]

Awesome video

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thanks

[@greasylimpet3323]

The great thing about these is the way the leaves are opposite to the last pair, meaning you can prune them for direction. One of the great things, I mean!

[@rootyful]

The audio spikes when the scissors snap make this video kind of unpleasant to watch, despite the nice bird audioscape....

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Thanks for the feedback

[@stevenwilsonlive]

I like it, very ASMR. Makes the video an interesting watch.

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

@@stevenwilsonlive Thanks!

[@imnobody58]

​@@stevenwilsonlive I agree haha, love your videos 💚