Great finds! LOVE the pots!

Good find. I like the way you decorate them with stones. I have to ask though, what are you growing them in? The top of the soil looks so crisp & clean, and contrasts well with the jades, and particularly with the dark colored stones. You definately have an artistic touch there, although I myself have quit using any pots that taper inwards at the top, because I've had a few rootballs that grew too big and got stuck in the pot.

Joe

Thank you Cricket and Joe! Thats just a little D.E. for the top dressing. As for the pots, just thrift store scores for a couple bucks so I dont have a problem breakin the plant out of its porcelain jail if it comes to that. Also, with the jades, if I'm really attached to the pot, I could just cut them out.

Very, very nice!!!!

I am somewhat of a beginner when it comes to succulents - what does D.E. mean?

Do those pots that you found at the thrift store have drainage holes? I often find nice pots at thrift stores/garage sales, but dont buy them because they do not offer drainage. I have thought about somehow putting a hole in pots...but I'm worried it'll just crack the pot.

Hey, nice new Jades!

Regular ovatas and a 'Hobbit.'
The 'Hobbit' is a good size!

Josh

A rotary tool with a diamond bit will make clean holes in those thrift store pots- around $20- must include a little patience while drilling.

DE - diatamaceous earth

And as Lady Daffodil said, a tile bit will do it - just scratch a starter hole and drill it - a spray bottle with water (to spray as you drill) will keep the bit cool. Alternatively, you can use a masonry bit, but it's less effective on stoneware than the tile bit is.

That should have been 'scratch a starter 'X' (so the bit doesn't slide)'....

I breeze through them with the tile bit. 30 seconds tops. So far I've only broken 2 out of at least 75, and they were thin glass. Excellent advice from everyone, drilling anything is easier than you think. Do yourselves a favor and get the drillbit. I've never paid more than 3 bucks for a pot and the possibilities are endless. I've drilled glass, porcelain, cement, clay and ceramic all with the same bit. I just put a bit of water in the bottom (it is a wet bit) and drill away. Do be careful with how much pressure you put down. Better to take your time than break it.

Josh, Thanks for the ID. I was always a little confused when it came to the various cultivars of Crassula ovata. As for the size, you should've seen momma. It had a sold sticker on it last I saw, but man it was huge. I'm headin back tomorrow anyway, I'll see if its still there and snap a pic of it.

thanks for filling me in on how to add drainage holes! now i dont have to be so picky :)

Here ya go Josh! And this is after the whacking it got. I t was TWICE as bushy before. The sold sticker was taken off as well....hmmm....should I? I had asked about it a few months ago and they wanted 125 for it. That was before the whacking.
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$125 isn't a bad price for such a large jade. I went to a place that had a variegated jade, the first time I've ever found one, but it was massive, 6 to 7 feet of massive, with about a 12" trunk, for something like $1500. I was told it was somewhere in the range of 75 years old. Too much for me obviously, but I was allowed to take a little 3" tall cutting, which is now rooted, and I'm impatiently waiting for growth to start. It amazes me how small of a pot that large jades grow in.

Joe

Not a bad price at all...!
Maybe they'd do one hundred even, considering the pruning....

Here's a massive 'Gollum' that I've posted before. It was at a local nursery.

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Josh

YESSS!! I remember that one! He had better do 100 even considering I've already spent a good chunk on cuttings of it. I'll see if I can talk it down and justify it to my girlfriend somehow...