should i keep my bonsaii jabe plant outside for the summer?

[steve27]

hi all am new on here so far just love it! I have a small bonsai jade plant and I would like to
know if I should keep it out side for the summer? I just repotted it toa bonsai pot . it was in a small plastic pot from the nursery.
thank to all that replay
I live in longisland NY
THANKS!!

 

[KennedyMarx]

Even if a plant can be grown indoors it still benefits from being outside when the temperatures permit. All of my ficus and jade plants are outside right now. They grow so much better outside, even in the shade, than they do indoors under lights. When it starts to drop down into the 50s later in the year I'll bring them inside until next year.

 

[treebeard55]

What Charles said. And give it the sunniest spot you can find. It's a desert native, remember.

 

[Jason]

hi all am new on here so far just love it! I have a small bonsai jade plant and I would like to
know if I should keep it out side for the summer? I just repotted it toa bonsai pot . it was in a small plastic pot from the nursery.
thank to all that replay
I live in longisland NY
THANKS!!

Yes, keep it outside in summer. Sunny is good but you might want to move it to the sun gradually (over about 2 weeks) or the leaves sunburn. It comes back in when fall temps start pushing 40-50 degrees or so. They don't like any hard frosts for sure. Around here mine go out at the beginning of may and stay outside until some time in October.

 

[MidMichBonsai]

A word of caution. I took my portulacaria (baby jade) outside last summer and we had a couple of successive weeks that were very hot and dry. One day I came outside and to my horror, the entire base of the trunk had been gnawed to the size of a pencil. My best guess is that a squirrel was very thirsty and because these tend to hold water, it found some nourishment in the trunk of my tree.

Needless to say, with no ability for the leaves and roots to transfer energy, the tree died. All this to say, if you go through a hot, dry spell, watch it. You may want to bring the plant it or I've heard that putting some moth balls around your trees can discourage vermin from this sort of thing but I have no experience with this myself...good luck!

 

[Jason]

A word of caution. I took my portulacaria (baby jade) outside last summer and we had a couple of successive weeks that were very hot and dry. One day I came outside and to my horror, the entire base of the trunk had been gnawed to the size of a pencil. My best guess is that a squirrel was very thirsty and because these tend to hold water, it found some nourishment in the trunk of my tree.

Needless to say, with no ability for the leaves and roots to transfer energy, the tree died. All this to say, if you go through a hot, dry spell, watch it. You may want to bring the plant it or I've heard that putting some moth balls around your trees can discourage vermin from this sort of thing but I have no experience with this myself...good luck!

Solution: bowl of water near your tree for very thirsty squirrels (I've never had that problem)