Kumwuat water sprout? Whack it?
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johnmerr
9 years agohoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA
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Hyacinth bulbs all outta whack.
Comments (3)This won't answer your question but it sounds like you have too much of a good thing. I'd consider you lucky. Hopefully the grape hyacinth I planted in the ground in fall will eventually come up this spring and that they don't get too much water from all the snow....See MoreI Need to Really Whack Back my Jade
Comments (2)There is no trick to taking off leaves to get new plants. You also don't need the rooting hormone. If you do use it, make sure you don't cake it on. It will impede the root growth if it's caked on too heavily. IF you are going to prune anyway, I would take stem cuttings, not leaves. You can get a new plant just the same and it will be bigger by Christmas. Let them sit in their own terracotta pots for a week or two. You can criss cross four rubber bands on each pot so that it makes a square in the opening to prop the stem cutting up. After the cut has calloused, I use aquatic soil (high fired clay) to pot it up. I water once a week until I see new growth then water when soil is dry. The clay pieces keep a little moisture and release it slowly and the porosity of the soil is good for root growth. After it really starts putting on new growth, you can put it in regular C and S soil. You can prune a jade really hard and you can get roots on a pretty thick cutting. Good luck. Post pics if you have them....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 MoreWhy is my thinking so out of whack?
Comments (25)That is so nice of you, to try to help me solve this problem. I believe damping off may have played a role on my first batch of seedlings...due to the fact that I kept it too hot, too wet, and cover on to boot. This second batch does have me puzzled...and I think (i don't know) that lack of fertilizer is the problem as well as lack of water. Since this thread started I began a twice weekly foliar-feeding program (weak solution) so far I have misted 3 times....and everything I have sprayed is turning a darker green, putting out true leaves, and getting bigger. The tiny seedlings are the only ones I lost yesterday...and pretty sure it was because the media was too dry. As per tons of advice I figured my media needed to be more porous than the last batch...so by golly I made it porous. Seeds sprouted just fine, but now I've made it too hard to keep up with watering. I need to meet at the happy medium. I am going shopping (maybe tomarrow) for some ProMix BX. I think you guys are right and that may be a great point in the right direction...for PH reasons too. I have also been faithful at adding 1 tsp of vinegar to each gallon of water, which bring the ph to 6.7. I can definately tell that I'm not leaving water spots on leaves nearly as bad. It may have gotten up past 80*F in my greenhouse yesterday, but not much more. I didn't take the plants out because the forcast called for scattered showers, and that usually means a downpour. Lately I've been able to to move them all outside for at least part of the day, so genuine sunshine (not filtered) might be helping with the growth spurt too. To tell the truth, I am quite happy with the week and a half improvements made, with all your help. And other than yesterday's disaster, I believe my greenhouse is going to start seeing more green. :) I'll try to take some pictures...if I can figure out to post them....See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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