Jade Plant Losing Leaves and Branches
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Comments (4)Speaking from experience, your Jade does not like it's pot nor does it like it's soil. The soil is too organic, confirmed by the peat based soil. You're not over-watering, it's just that your medium takes too long to dry out. I repotted my very large Jade into a pot a few sizes too large, and it dropped leaves left and right. What size was the pot you received the plant in? Your pot looks a little too large for a Jade of that size. They generally don't have massive root systems until they've gained some size. Repot as soon as possible, if the root ball allows, use a smaller pot along with the gritty mix. Try looking over in the Cacti & Succulents forum, they're pros with these. Good luck, it's a beautiful plant. If you want to keep it compact up top, give it more light....See MoreJade Plant losing new leaves
Comments (6)Linda, Aside from Josh's questions... When did you get the Jade? How much light was it getting before you brought it home and now? I'm certain you read Jades are succulents, so soil needs to dry between waterings.. This is true. However, since your Jade is potted in a Bonsai pot, soil dries much quicker. Therefore, your soil 'may' need more water. Testing soil in a bonsai container is simple enough to determine whether the soil needs a drink or not. Of course, it depends on size of pot, plant/roots, room temp, etc. A picture would help..and size of pot, too. Toni...See MorePort. Afra Jade. Losing leaves.
Comments (37)Yes - it's true. Maybe I can explain it better with numbers: Let's assign numbers to 5 potential limiting factors numbers that represent their potential to limit growth. 5 means the factor is perfect, 1 means its horrid Let's say that it's 50 *, so temperature rates - a 1 There is a little too much P in the soil - a 4 There is a slight N deficiency - a 3 the soil is compacted and wet - a 2 Light is perfect - 5 What on this list is going to limit growth? - Temperature, Right? Even though there are other potentially limiting factors that are less than ideal, it is actually temperature that is THE limiting factor. So let's make temperature perfect. We then have Temperature 5 Light 5 P toxicity - 4 Soil compacted & wet - 2 N deficiency - 3 and the plant can only grow as well as the most limiting factor, which is now a 2. What do we have above as the factor that is now limiting growth? The compacted/soggy soil - right. Lets give it a perfect soil: Temperature 5 Light 5 Soil 5 P toxicity - 4 N deficiency - 3 Oops - now the N deficiency is limiting growth - but the plant is now growing better. It is now growing at a 3 level, where before it was at a 1 Add a little urea or other N source so the N supply is perfect, and we have Temperature 5 Light 5 Soil 5 N supply 5 P toxicity - 4 and the plant has improved it's growth rate to a 4. But plantings are never static, so let's say that the P level stays at a 4, but somehow the light supply is altered to a level of 3. Light had never been a limiting factor until that point, but as you see below it is now the most limiting factor. Flip the switch for your supplemental lighting, and the P toxicity once again becomes the culprit limiting growth. Temperature 5 Soil 5 N supply 5 P toxicity - 4 Light 3 In most cases, nothing is going to be absolutely perfect, but you can see why it's important to focus on all the potentially limiting factors as a part of the whole, and not on just making one factor perfect. It's not the perfect or close to perfect factors that will trip you up, and that are most in need our attention. It's by improving the most imperfect influences that you can improve growth. To move forward intensely focused on one issue at the expense of ignoring other issues, or to think that raising even 4 of the 5 issues to a level of 5 will improve growth when you still have issues in the 1 to 2 to 3 range doesn't jibe with science or logic. If you go up to the very first example I offered where temperature was at the level of 1 and limiting growth, even if you brought EVERY other limiting factor up to a 5, temperature, at a level of 1, would still limit growth to that level. We need to look at the factors that determine our own health holistically. We're only going to be able to keep our bodies 'just so healthy', and HOW healthy depends on the limiting effects of things like our diet, amount of exercise, nutrition, weight, medications ..... Plants are made of cells that grow, divide and die at varying rates, depending on many of the same influences that affect our own bodies' cells. Like us, we optimize plant growth and health by doing our best to eliminate all the factors that might be detrimental. No one thinks that eating only vitamins can do the job - or that taking just the right amount of vitamins can compensate for an unhealthy diet or cure every ill. Potentially limiting factors are called that because they have the potential to limit. We ignore them, any/all at peril of our plants' growth/vitality. Al...See MoreJade Plant Dropping Branches
Comments (7)Hi Lisa, Besides doing the reading as suggested above, I have another idea. You've mentioned what I suspect is a problem or at least a contributor to the problem. A large clay pot & a small rootball; that's a bad combination & increases likelihood of rot. I'd pot it down some to a pot not much larger than the rootball at least 'til you improve the mix. Yes, pix would help, but post them here, using a photohosting site like Photobucket or Flicker (they're free)....See MoreCVIS
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