jade questions

13 years ago

I got this wonderful jade at my local greenhouse and went about repotting it from the sand and gravel mixture to a more ""airy"? mix and because the previous mix was very dense it sustained quite a bit of root damage when i tried to remove it. It was very difficult to get it off and im afraid i only got 80% at best of it all. I dusted with cinnamon and let it rest for several hours before repotting. I repotted into a perlite/gravel/fir bark mix 1:2:1 with a small fraction of potting soil, and I am hoping that is good. I haven't watered it yet. When i repotted it i took a few cuttings from momma, about two weeks ago and on one of the callouses there is already a set if leaves, 4 to be exact growing. Is it safe to I water now? I dont want root rot and 2 weeks seems a bit soon but I am thinking its thirsty. I want to trim it back some more but I want to get its roots going first a bit and then "get to know it" before I wack it because I believe they are entering dormacy now. Do jades really ever go dormant? I have a jade cutting I got about 8 months ago, I posted pics back then, and the leaves on it are fat and hard but my new "momma" has thinner softer leaves so does that have to do with the cement it was growing in or something else? Its not from lack of water, they just don't have the same fatness from growth if that makes any sense. I eventually want to take off all the old leaves and some branches so it can grow in new fat ones like my other one. I hope to get it to flower like they did so i am going to take a few more cuttings but wait till next year to wack a way. So many questions!! So much rambling....

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LittleLithop
Original Author
13 years ago
Here is the other side. I am not sure why the picture is side ways. I choose the plastic container on purpose because I'm zone 4 and winter is long and dry and long and dry and my only southern window is near a heating vent. Did I mention winter here is long and dry? I'm a but forgetful too. Haha
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
13 years ago
Nice big pot of Jade stems!
The pot looks appropriate for the number of Jades crammed in there, and the mix ingredients sound right (as long as they were screened 1/8 to 1/4 inch). I would go ahead and water. Seldom have I allowed a Jade to go two weeks without water, excepting only some rooting that I've done during the Winter.

My goal would be to remove the old mix from the roots eventually.

Jades don't mind dry Winters at all :-)

Josh
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kaktuskris
13 years ago
Personally, I don't like so many plants crammed into one pot. If it were mine, i would pot each stem individually into a clay pot, in a fast draining potting medium, and put in a sunny window, but that is just me!

Christopher
LittleLithop
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks Josh, I will water asap. Chris, if it were a bunch of stems I would have potted them in different pots but that is one large tree with a small seperate tree growing off one side. I wasn't able to see any seperation when cleaning of the roots off even though when I bought it I thought it would be easy to get it apart, it wasnt. I was considering chopping it apart, and still might but I just wanted to get a flowering jade in the house come winter before I go medieval on it. I have a few plans. :)
kaktuskris
13 years ago
I think this got lost in the storm caused by the "Jades" post...

Are you sure they are not separate plants in that pot? From what I can see, it doesn't look like all the branches come off one main stem...Maybe the roots are tangled, and it is indeed separate plants? As Josh said, I would remove all the old mix from the roots. My jades grow all winter. If it were mine, I would give it as much direct sun as I could.

Christopher
LittleLithop
Original Author
13 years ago
I think it may have gotten lost, and I blame myself... on that note, I really think its only 2 plants and boy was it tough getting that sand off the roots, it took two days. I'm afraid now to re-repot it because I want to start putting it outside for the summer. I bet there are a few more plants in there and I am thinking when I do get in there again I may have to literally chop it to pieces because its pretty much all glued together. I have it right next to a south window and turn it every few days plus putting it up on a coaster for ease and height helps get sun on all the leaves. If anyone is interested I can post updates on the chopping and potting when the time comes. Any suggestions for removing cemented sand from jade roots? I would have just repotted into the same stuff, I asked the greenhouse and they didn't have any to sell.