smelly watch chain!!!

10 years ago

So, I had this funny smell in my apartment for days. I was thinking it had to be one of my plants since I recently brought them inside due to the weather change. I kept examining each of them, thinking one must be rotting or something. Well, I finally figured out which pot it was coming from, but the pot has 3 plants. More investigating and I finally figured out that my watch chain (crassula mucosa) was blooming and that was the smell! OMG! Why didn't anyone tell me these things stink so bad? Like, it was smelling up my whole apartment! And the blooms are so tiny I could hardly tell there were flowers!

outdoors during the days after I determined it was smelly...

under a grow light when its too cold - but now I see the flowers!

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breton2

10 years ago

Yeah, they really stink! I had one in my office at work, colleagues were not impressed (I didn't know about the smell then either!) Don't grow this one anymore!

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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
10 years ago
You really did put some funk in your trunk, didn't you? Yes, IIRC there are one or two which are fragrant, but the vast majority of the small Crassulas' flowers are like used-for-a-fortnight socks.
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socks
10 years ago
I was going to say clip off the blooms if it's so bad inside, but after seeing the picture, maybe not!!
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ewwmayo
10 years ago
I've also learned that many of my Crassula flowers smelly like stinky socks... it's annoying because they are so pretty!
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deva33 Z8 Atlanta
Original Author
10 years ago
Wait, so even a regular jade blooms are stinky?!? I was so excited because my jade is blooming for the 1st time ever. But is it going to be stinky??? Noooo!!!

Used for a fortnight socks?!? Too funny!
breton2
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Jade blooms don't smell bad, but many of the smaller Crassulas do. I had one blooming a few years ago that was making me growl at my SO about sticky hockey gear...it was not the gear.

EDIT: I mean STINKY hockey gear!
Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
10 years ago
all mine are outside and you can only really smell them if you get your nose down near the blooms. Indoors can be a little different.
cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
10 years ago
No, Crassula ovata's flowers stinketh not.
deva33 Z8 Atlanta
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank goodness!!!!