Hi Norma,
Your right! When I started browsing this forum and getting interested in jades again(Personally, I blame Mike!), I found all sorts of grat infor here on growing jades.

I have to say thought that I have found jade man's info on growing jade cuttings in 100% turface very usefull!

Other people who have been of great help have been you Norma, Mike, Josh, Nanci, Pirate Girl, there are so many I know I have forgotten!

When I started growing my jades, I knew that they were pretty easy to "grow" or should I say keep alive but I have leaned a lot more on importance of fast draining soil mixes, and propogating. Now my next hurdle will be getting a couple to bloom. If I could just get one to bloom I would be happy!
Andrew

You blame me Andrew?..! Lol

I have to blame Josh, with all his cute looking little people plants lined up on his deck, or should I say extremely cute looking jades...Each with their own distninct personality and character..
He was the first to send me a few cuttings and then from there,well,........ Also, DITTO to the rest of what you said!

Aren't you glad we have this forum and all these fantastic people? Older and wise, and I must say generous, young and just learning, smart and almost smart..lol

Thank you everyone..I have been reading this particular forum for weeks on end..Better than some of the books out there have to offer..

Thank you Norma for what you have shown me, since you started this thread and the plants you so willingly shared.
My mother also thanks you for the special little jades you sent.
Thank you everyone for all the plants I have recieved, and the info to make them thrive..A+

Mike:-))))))))

Andrew its fun to share, I have made many new friends over the past 30+ years and each has taught me a few tricks. Andrew you have been a pleasure to help, you will always be welcome to any of my plants except my Japanese hybrid haworthia and my Sans. collection, but I do have offsets. Norma

I blame you all! I only had a plain old jade before I found you lot... now I have no space with all these plants hahahahahaha

thanks .. you lot sure know your jades!! loads of valuable info that has helped me loads :))

I was quite active several years ago, but my hobby in this diminished soon after the birth of my daughter. I have since started to revive my interest. It's good to see some familiar names on here, like Pirate Girl and Norma, and Jeff.

At one time I used to have over 500 specimens; now I have a paltry 20 or so. Most were given away or just died over the years with neglect. At one time I was the newsletter editor of our local club. Since then, I have been to only 3 or 4 meetings in the last several years. My interest is picking up again, and I just picked up several nice succelents at a local club show and sale.

Hope to be a "regular" here.

Mike Rivera, you have been a great friend and I have appreciated you checking with me once in a while. I really would like meeting your mother. More plants will come your way as soon as I can catch up.
Folks your winter growers are now waking up, and the Crassula ovata 'Jade' will be waking up, as will other Winter growers. All plants that grow below the Equator are winter growers. The old timers know this the new comers who are welcome new friends may not. Norma

All plants that grow below the Equator are winter growers.

No, they're not, no matter how many times you post this claim.

Some southern hemisphere plants grow during the cooler season of their habitats. Others grow during the warmer season, and yet others grow during the seasons that are neither too hot or too cold.

Generally speaking, plants in cultivation will grow when the conditions suit their individual growing requirements/growing cycle.

You're right, Norma - there's been more written on this forum about Jades than any other cactus OR succulent, I'd bet! I was surprised when I put "Jade" in the search option that it only came up with 385 posts, but maybe the posts only go so far back...

Andrew, I grew Jades for 30 years before I discovered the secret of simply leaving them outside right up until the first frost is predicted. And if it warms back up after the first frost, put them back out again until is cools back down. The first year I did this (at Norma's suggestion), I only "risked" one. Now I leave them all out. I get a lot of blooms on the standard Jades, and I've even gotten a few on some of the sports.

Denise in Omaha

P.S. I posted an offer over in "exchanges" for rooted Jade cuttings for postage if anyone is interested...

great information here, thanks for archiving

Here in the hot San Fernando Valley, all of the "Jades" that are planted in open run are setting flowers, and the strange thing about this is only on the North side of the bush. These plants are up to 50-60 years old, I have been in my house for the past 55 years. Perhaps they need more shade then I thought they did. Norma