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in 2 days just plop the cut end in the dirt and lightly mist every 3-4 days, do not soak/water. You'll have 2 plants in no time.

Next time you do this leave one about 2" of the stems that you cut off, Let those stems dry and plant them in one pot, do not toss out. I think you cut the plant while too young, next time wait at least a year, I also notice that you have a saucer on the bottom of that pot. You live in New York, I rather you have it in a clay pot and no saucer, only using the saucer while watering and taken away immeditely after, "Jade" plants do not need extra humidity. The pot would be good for an African violet. They do need extra fast drainage, so you may put small rocks or pebbles in the soil. Let us know when the stem starts to show you growth. Norma

GN - Relax! You now get to discover the value of "pruning." My first German Shepherd taught me this lesson with his very enthusiastic tail wagging. He broke many plants and what I discovered was that a "pruned" plant comes back looking much better than the original plant. Keep both the stump (which will produce new growth that will look great) and root the top part.

Norma is right - a clay pot is better in our northern hemisphere. Lets the soil dry faster.

Congrats on your future great-looking Jade!

Denise in Omaha

Denise, what do you think of the soil you see, and what about the saucer underneath. I have never misted any cutting that I have tried to grow, except Hoya, which are tropicals. If you live in our central valley they would need water once a week during the hot months after the is dry, or they have roots. Oct.1 should be the last water they will get until April 1 other than from the occasional rain. They love cold weather, but not snow, but not water when it is cold. Norma

Hi Norma.Im not Denise but the soil looks a bit peaty to me. At least there appears to be some added perlite. I dont see a problem with the saucer as long as water is not allowed to stand in it. Clay is my container of choice also but I have seen beautiful specimens in glazed pots. I like the way unglazed clay wicks away excess moisture. I do mist cuttings and have had great luck with it. My theory is that there's little point in watering the soil; theres no roots to absorb it. Misting seems to stimulate rooting. I think the plant feels the water and sends out roots in search of it. It also keeps the cutting from drying out although jade is so succulent there is little danger of this. Some of my cactus cuttings that refused to root otherwise responded to misting. I would never have thought it. In my experience jade likes snug toes. I always keep mine a bit underpotted. But these things are what work for me and certainly not absolutes. P.S. greennovice broke this jade rather than purposely cutting it I believe.

Norma (Dufflebag2002)- I didn't cut the plant, it was caught on part of the my light table, and as I was moving it, it bent and broke partly. I just finished the job by breaking it all the way through. Too young of a plant? I've had it for at least four years. Although I hope you read this, because I'm convinced I have the slowest growing JADES ever. How fast do jades grow like, say how many inches a year? I have my growing on a light table that gets about 8-10 hours of light a day. And the light is sufficient enough for african violets to consistently bloom. Oh and I'm not sure where you got New York from, I'm in the Chicago 'burbs, ha!

Denise- So just leave the stump as is? Cut back on watering, I usually water every two weeks when it's warm out?

Fred Grow - When I update (show a picture of what the plants look in a week or two) I'll take a shot of the others I have. I kind of just use what I have. The dirt was a mixture of house plant dirt and cacti/succelent dirt (I was running low so I just mixed what I had together). Same with the pots, I just used what I come across. Next time I repot (next summer, I just repotted two or three weeks back) I'll try and remember to throw the Jades into clay pots and maybe by then I'll have picked up another bag of cacti/succelent soil.

Thanks you four. I'll wait a bit more for the top portion to callous up and throw a root or two and then stick it in the dirt. And I'll take a picture or two.

Hi GN,
African violets and crassula are two entirely different animals! If you could give your jade more light you could easily see several inches of new growth yearly. But I don't think it looks too bad as it is. Same with the pot and soil. Jades like well drained soil and I have good luck with clay pots but yours isn't a bad looking plant and if you've had it 4 years you must be doing something right. Keep up the good work and soon you'll have two jades in place of one.