FinnLakk
Yamadori
So the other day I was out on my round, delivering mail as all us officers of the post do and I came across this sad looking fellow in somebodies back garden when I was rooting around for their "safe place"
Now I'm in Scotland, and it's almost never a good idea to keep a jade outside here let alone in winter!
Every day I passed the House hoping to catch the owners and after a week I eventually did and he says "just take it! My new cats started eating it so it's got to go"
So I get it home and things get worse. It turned out that pot has no drainage, combined with being out in below freezing temps for at least a week it was not looking good. Two leaves out of the entire canopy survived the frost damage, it had 0 roots and is essentially the biggest cutting I've ever tried to root.
Entirety of rotting portions removed, supplemental lighting added, potted into free draining substrate and less than a week later:
This will never be world class but will make an interesting feature in my home when it's healthy again. To give you an idea of the scale the pot is 35cm across so the base of the tjade is around 6-7 inches
Note on the pot size: I'm aware the pot is too small. I chose this one with good reason; as it's on the recovery from a severe case of rot the smaller pot makes the water delivery much more manageable and it will not stay too wet whilst the plants in recovery.
Now I'm in Scotland, and it's almost never a good idea to keep a jade outside here let alone in winter!
Every day I passed the House hoping to catch the owners and after a week I eventually did and he says "just take it! My new cats started eating it so it's got to go"
So I get it home and things get worse. It turned out that pot has no drainage, combined with being out in below freezing temps for at least a week it was not looking good. Two leaves out of the entire canopy survived the frost damage, it had 0 roots and is essentially the biggest cutting I've ever tried to root.
Entirety of rotting portions removed, supplemental lighting added, potted into free draining substrate and less than a week later:
This will never be world class but will make an interesting feature in my home when it's healthy again. To give you an idea of the scale the pot is 35cm across so the base of the tjade is around 6-7 inches
Note on the pot size: I'm aware the pot is too small. I chose this one with good reason; as it's on the recovery from a severe case of rot the smaller pot makes the water delivery much more manageable and it will not stay too wet whilst the plants in recovery.