qwade
Shohin
Here you go '
Crazy Jade
- Thread starter Carol 83
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Timbo
Chumono
About how old are these jade trees? Mine grows so slow i can't imagine ever seeing mine this big.
NM, it helps to read!
NM, it helps to read!
Victorim
Omono
Haha!Sweet! Guess you've found a new fondness for houseplants?
I do this every year when I bring the Tropicals in for the winter. The Cork bark is one of Frank Yee's and I figured I better jump on the chance to own it.
I've been growing indoor under lights for almost 20 years.
Victorim
Omono
I assumed was the case
You must know by now I can't resist cracking a joke.But really, that's one seriously nice jade.
Chris Frechette
Yamadori
I had a big jade houseplant that got a fungus and went downhill real quick. I planted 2 decent sized cutting from it like 7 years ago... this is them now. I need to do a better job of pinching the growth to make it more compact. It’s an easy plant to forget about for long periods of time.
@music~maker I did not intentionally disregard your good advice. I re-read the thread AFTER I did this, where you said not to do this in the winter. . My bad, just bored. If they don't make it, I have plenty more cuttings, that weren't as drastically butchered. The whole mess came from a $3 plant, to begin with. I do appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
. My bad, just bored. If they don't make it, I have plenty more cuttings, that weren't as drastically butchered. The whole mess came from a $3 plant, to begin with. I do appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
cbroad
Omono
@Carol 83
I like it, and cool little pot!
One thing I've noticed with jade is that when you break off a piece to root, they are prone to rot until they throw out roots, so just be careful with the water until they do. Although they root easily in a glass of water... but I've had problems before with them rotting in soil before the roots came.
Literally just throw them on top of the soil to root them. You can break off the pieces and just let them sit on a desk for a few days to callus over before putting them in soil, that's how to get around the rotting problem when freshly broken off.
I like it, and cool little pot!
One thing I've noticed with jade is that when you break off a piece to root, they are prone to rot until they throw out roots, so just be careful with the water until they do. Although they root easily in a glass of water...
but I've had problems before with them rotting in soil before the roots came. Literally just throw them on top of the soil to root them. You can break off the pieces and just let them sit on a desk for a few days to callus over before putting them in soil, that's how to get around the rotting problem when freshly broken off.
Thanks!. I have had good luck in the past with just sticking them in the soil (cactus/succulent) with no watering, until they show growth. The soil looks wet, but it is straight from the bag.@Carol 83
I like it, and cool little pot!
One thing I've noticed with jade is that when you break off a piece to root, they are prone to rot until they throw out roots, so just be careful with the water until they do. Although they root easily in a glass of water...
Literally just throw them on top of the soil to root them. You can break off the pieces and just let them sit on a desk for a few days to callus over before putting them in soil, that's how to get around the rotting problem when freshly broken off.
cbroad
Omono
Haha sorry, yeah I thought you drizzled a little water around the stems
music~maker
Shohin
They can still recover during the winter but they're usually not growing very fast, and they're much more likely to die back at that time. All you can do now is sit back and wait. Make sure you provide plenty of light, and keep the temp about 65F. Even if it just muddles through until spring, outdoor growth will speed things up. Be sure to acclimate it to slowly full sunlight before putting outside in full sun.@music~maker I did not intentionally disregard your good advice. I re-read the thread AFTER I did this, where you said not to do this in the winter.
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t_fareal
Sapling
That's awesome... I've been scrolling up and down looking at last year's compared to this year's...
What are your plans for your forest?
Thanks. I tend to do things like this in the winter, out of sheer boredom. I keep it in my office window, as well as a few orchids, just to have something alive there. I'll probably take it home and try to make some sort of landscape scene with it sometime this winter. Like the Fairy Garden thing I did my with a clearance aisle Norfolk Pine last year.
