The best advice out there is.. never root succulents with water. Water roots cannot function as soil roots. So when you transplant, all roots grown adapted to water will fail and die if you place the plant into a pot of soil.

Let the cut ends callous over then root them over porous soil, so you do not need to transplant it again after a while..

Bernard, that's actually not true (what you're saying about the roots) as I do it quite often.

Some very senior plant mentors taught me this, for example for rooting Euph miliiis, which often die before they root in mix (indoors IME).

But Jades do best in soil HOWEVER, the soil you're showing above is not OK for jades, way too much peat.

Pls. go buy some perlite & sift your existing mix, removing the finer particles & then using the larger particles ONLY add 1 part those larger particles & 1 part Perlite, for a mix which will drain quickly & sufficiently well for this Jade (Crassula ovata). Use an unglazed clay pot & DO NOT WATER after repotting, wait 3-5 days before watering. Good luck.

Lena

Thanks so much!

Lena, I've personally never rooted Euphorbias before. So perhaps the water method works for you.

From what I understand is, water roots are only adapted to function in water, those roots are weak and not as robust as those grown in ground/soil.

Whereas roots rooted from soil are useless when you place them in water. They don't work vice versa to co-function in 2 environments, they only work exclusively.

I also had a very senior plant mentor (particularly jade) at the CT Show told a couple of newbies to never root or grow plants in water. The process only weakens the plant and results aren't always better than rooting cuttings in soil.

Thanks, I can read too & I know the THEORY & its explanation (having been on here for 15yrs +), but I try not to repeat things which I personally haven't tried or experienced.

This is one of those; having experienced it, I know that SOMETIMES it's worth doing. Perhaps if you try it sometime (not on Jades) you'll see it's nowhere near as black & white an issue as one might conclude from reading or theoretical explanations.

I do agree this is definitely NOT the thing to do for Jades.

Lena