i whacked my jade plant
fairyskyla
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My Jade plant before whack
Comments (1)After Jade whack & Cuttings...See MoreWhacked my Jade - hopefully correctly?
Comments (9)You can't just slap your jade out in the sun or it'll burn for sure. I usually start acclimating mine in spring, by putting them out when it's sunny, and the temps get into the mid 60's or higher. I start with an hour, then after a few times out, 2 hours, then 3, and so on. At this point, you can keep it out, but keep it in the shade to start. Even an hour or 2 of morning sun would be good. I don't know what your situation for outside placement is, so it's hard to say. Basically though, start with an hour of sun, and work your way up, with a few days for each exposure time. Jades can handle full sun after acclimation, although I find that mine perform best when in full sun from sun-up, until around 3 or 4PM, then shade the rest. You'll know it's happy when the edges of the leaves get a little reddish in color. As for temperatures, I like to bring mine in if the nightime lows are going to be less then 55. As for high temperatures, from what I have read, once you get above 90, they tend to go dormant, so a hot & humid attic isn't really ideal. I don't know how true this is, because I'm in Wisconsin, where we average about 2 days a year in the 90's. In fact, last year, we had none. The key is that jades like sun, which is why I get mine outside even on those odd warmups in early spring, then bring them in. I don't leave them out full time until nightime lows stay 55 and above. For the rest of the year, they sit in a south window in my kitchen, with typical home temperatures. Mine grow all year, although MUCH slower in winter. Provide lots of sun in summer, and you may get rewarded with flowers in late fall. Joe...See MoreHelp with my Jade
Comments (14)IG34 - Don't be afraid to go ahead and whack it back now if you want. I usually do a few of mine in the early/late fall and new leaves start to emerge almost immediately. By spring, they're usually starting to look pretty decent. After a few annual whackings, the trunk usually looks fabulously thick and the foliage "head" is thick and compact. Yours sounds HUGE - you must live where you can grow it outside or have a lot of room... I keep mine smallish because they have to come in every winter and I don't have a lot of space and DO have a LOT of other plants. The key with Jades is keeping them compact, giving them ALL the sun you can, and keeping them outside until a hard freeze. Here's one of mine less than a year after I whacked it right back to the trunk, not a leaf left on it... ...and about 2 years after the "whacking"... Jades don't need big root systems - it's just a matter of balancing the foliage above the rootball, so a pruning should help you with that. This one is in an 8x12" bonsai pot... This little 'Hobbit' got whacked back radically and looked like this 6 months later... It has a nice canopy of foliage on it now (though I haven't a recent photo of it...) and the trunk has thickened nicely. The thick trunk is attractive and very functional in balancing the weight of the foliage. And I agree - show us a photo of your huge Jade when you get a chance! Denise in Omaha...See MoreJade Plant (Hummel's Sunset) whacked!!!
Comments (39)Glad to see it survived the chop anyway despite now being green, maybe as mentioned, it will colour up later on. Must say it doesn't look that different to what it did before :-/ Did the drastic cut back give you your desired look, can't really see through the canopy to view the trunk.....what I'm trying to ascertain is....was it worth it in your opinion? Tip pinching us the best way to fill out a sparsely branched jade, especially a small one. ....See Morebecca_grow
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