Jade lovers delight

[AlainK]

As far as I know jade does not have a cambium and developed bark/phloem as trees do. As such I doubt layering would work

... and why bother with air-layering? Cuttings any size will root anyway.

 

[AZbonsai]

Keep at it @Silentrunning this one will work its way up to a pot one of these days.

 

[AlainK]

I repotted my crassula in a much bigger pot in October and left it outside until a couple of weeks ago. When temps went down to 4-5° C, I brought it inside. For the fist time in years, it has two bunches of flowers.

 

[leatherback]

left it outside until a couple of weeks ago. When temps went down to 4-5° C

This is what I keep telling people is a trick to get them to flower: Let them cool down to go dormant. Then bring them to a warmer spot. Nice to see!

 

[Myka]

Yay! A thread I can participate in!

I don't know which mine is - it has the curly leaves. Bought in a 1" pot summer of 2016. It was part of a succulent bowl, and was the only survivor over the winter, so I just left it in the pot to grow out.

 

[BuckeyeBonsai]

As far as I know jade does not have a cambium and developed bark/phloem as trees do. As such I doubt layering would work

I don't think you even need to consider layering, right? Even a very large cutting would root.

 

[BuckeyeBonsai]

I love jade plants, here is my humble contribution. I wish I had started taking pictures in '14 when it was just a tiny 2" cutting with no branches. First picture is the most recent.

 

[eb84327]

Couple p. Afra's i'm playing with.

IDK what the smallest guy is. Been told Burro's tail.

Edit:. I have cut the Burro's tail back twice already. It loves that tiny pot.

 

[AlainK]

I don't know which mine is - it has the curly leaves.

I have just prepared some rooted cuttings to bring to co-workers tomorrow. It's Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' (I think Crassula ovata 'Golum' is the same plant under a different name). They're as easy to reproduce as the plain species : either you put a single leaf on a growing medium, you don't even need to bury part of it, and in a couple of weeks, it will produce roots, or take a branch, let the cut dry out for 3-4 days or even a week, then put it in a growing medium. start watering when new leaves appear, and that's it, you'll make friends at work

2016 :



I had so many of the kind that I put several in the same pot. Not sure at all they will fuse though :

 

[MimosaGroveMexia]

I have several crassulas in the green house; some being the normal & some the 'ogre ears' (look just like the 'hobbit'). I've been playing with afras as "fun-sai," but didn't think about the crassulas. ? I usually just leave them in old soil and neglect them all year, then cut them up in spring to sell/give away at farmer/flea markets.
What is the normal growth rate for them if they're actually fed and well taken care of?

 

[AlainK]

'ogre ears' (look just like the 'hobbit').

Probably all the same.

Fun to play with, isn't it ?

 

[Myka]

I have just prepared some rooted cuttings to bring to co-workers tomorrow. It's Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' (I think Crassula ovata 'Golum' is the same plant under a different name).

Thanks! I think I remember it saying something about ears, but I would have guessed it was Rabbit Ears or Bunny Ears. Hmm...

 

[Carol 83]

A little update on my post #14 from last year. I put them both here so no one has to back to look.

 

[leatherback]

Many of us have crassula ovate, a.k.a. Jade sitting around somewhere in a corner. And although we know it will never be a bonsai, still, they are fun plants. So I thought.. What not make a thread about jade. Your biggest, ugliest, oldest, youngest, techniques, experience, etcetc.

I'll kick of with a 2 year old cutting that I cam just have sit in a corner till winter. Then it will come inside. Maybe in a few years it wil start flowering. Would be nice.

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Funny to see how little this has developed! Maybe more fertilizer

 

[Colorado]

This one lives at my office. It’s a great office plant because if I have to travel and am not in the office for weeks on end - no sweat.

I know it will never be a great tree. But my coworkers are now convinced that I am the greatest horticultural mind they’ve ever encountered after explaining that I rooted this “bonsai” (their words, not mine) as a cutting

 

[BubblePopScott]

Here are my two. One is a larger one which is coming along nicely. Was growing against a wall so no growth on one side. Another is about 10 cuttings which I zip tied together, wondering if it will fuse

 

[AlainK]

Flowers on this C. ovata 'compacta'. The stems are elongated although it's close to a window.

 

[penumbra]

Jades will and do layer but you can just do a cutting. Personally I don't care for jade plants but years back I had a 4 foot tall one in my gallery. I took cuttings off it for several of my clients. I rooted jade cuttings that were 1 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter.

 

[AZbonsai]

I can not recall seeing blooms on these before!

 

[AlainK]

I can not recall seeing blooms on these before!

I think I already said that but I don't want to read all through the thread again :

The best way to make them flower is to leave them outside until the temperatures go near 0° C (32 F). They can even stand a few hours at -1 or -2, but it's better to get them inside before the first frost. Here, it's usually mid-November. In December, the first flower buds form.

This one was taken inside rather early in a room where it's about 20° 24/7. The buds formed, but they took a long time to open. Next year, I'll put it in a colder room for a few weeks before taking it to a warmer environment and see how it behaves. Learning about a plant requirements that has an annual cycle can take... a few years.