C.S

most of the members here love to whack their jades!..here just few of the threads:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cacti/msg1011300722544.html

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cacti/msg051741321904.html

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cacti/msg0113341925336.html

You can look up many more, and see before and after photos too, some great resuls...Go for it!

Rina

Once you realize that it doesn't hurt them, it gets easy to do. :)

My first time I admit I wasn't fully committed, but now I'm a card-carrying member of Whack-a-Jade Int'l. It's fun, good for the plant and I can either root the whacked pieces or put them in the compost bin - it's win-win.

I prune mine back quite hard every spring. Been doing it for close to 40 years.

It never bothered me to wack them back but I had a hard time tossing out all the cuttings the first few times. I was like that with almost everything that needed a hard pruning and I'd root everythingI cut off. Now I don't think twice about composting cuttings.

I dont even own a jade ... so i wouldnt know how it feels.

I think it'll bug everyone the first time, but seeing the new growth come in so compact and nice, after that first time I wasn't so heartbroken about it anymore. :)

The first cut is always the deepest.... ;-)

And, yes, it gets easier with each subsequent whacking!

Josh