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jade plant - please help.

8 years ago

hello. i was just given this plant. although it seems alive and healthy, it clearly appears to be in need of help. what should i do to it? quarter to show the size.

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Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)

8 years ago

I’d give it a larger pot with new, better soil, and a helluva lot more sun, to start. I wouldn’t care if all of the existing leaves burned off; I don’t like how they bend downward. The new growth in full sun should be good, then you can pluck off the old leaves.

Or, chop off all of the branches and leg the trunk grow anew....in a new pot with new soil in full sun. :)

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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
8 years ago
...and check out THIS CURRENT THREAD for some additional suggestions...
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Side3
8 years ago
LOL New bigger pot, No soil in that one, it’s gotta be root bound
L Evve (Miami)
Original Author
8 years ago
where exactly should i do the cutting of the branches?
L Evve (Miami)
Original Author
8 years ago
do i need to keep at least one leave (photosynthesis) or can i take them all off?
L Evve (Miami)
Original Author
8 years ago
should i cut lower? and leave just few inches of the main trunk?
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
You can cut wherever you want. Consider look you want.

If you lower, plant will branch up lower. If you let it as is, there is good chance there won't be many branches lower than existing.

You can even completely defoliate - if you check out thread I linked to above, I posted photo of completely defoliated plant.

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