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Elephant bush question

13 years ago

I know there are many names for it , baby jade, spekboom, Portulacaria afra, but elephant bush is the one that sticks with me. I have a couple smaller specimens but I was in lowes the other day and spotted a very large elephant bush in a gallon container. Must have had 25 rooted cuttings in it but I saw promise in 3 of the larger ones, so I bought it.

When I got home I separated out most of the cuttings. The 3 larger ones got their own pots and the smaller ones were put into groupings. I also did some minor pruning on the larger ones once potted. I use a soil mix 1 part cacti mix 1 part very small gravel.

It's been just about 2 weeks and have yet to water. Theyre in a sunny room but not direct sun. They've just started to drop leaves. I'm very hesitant to water, and don't want to shock them anymore by moving them to a sunnier spot, anyone have any ideas of what is going on or what my next step should be other than to wait it out?

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