Opinion on jade?
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Comments (38)Sandy, That's a great point about one probe doing less potential damage to the roots. Even though there's chance of bothering the roots with even one probe, I sometimes put the meter in and get a chill when I feel like I might've just ripped some roots. I should probably be more gentle with it. I try to stick to just the sides, but I want to check near the rootball too. I didn't know they had ones with single probes. I don't even use the PH or light switches, so maybe next time I'm in HD I'll pick up the "moisture only" meter. I need a second one for the office anyway. Lou, That actually seems light a great idea. I don't know how much I'd like a straw sticking out of my plant, but I guess it could get cut down. Maybe even a toothpick or something just to mark the spot. But great concept! I think I'll try and stick to the sides of the pot so that I don't disturb the roots (which really wouldn't matter with my potbound plants). Enjoy your gadgets! Gabi...See MoreHere's my Jade, Where do I prune?
Comments (10)Pruning depends on your goals. Do you want the trunk to fatten up. Do you want it to be bushy or have only a few main trunks that are very prominent, or do you want it more like a tree with a single trunk with a ball of leaves at the top? Yours right now to me is more of the second with a few main trunks that are very prominent. If you want to keep that look, I would take about 1/4 to a 1/3 of the length of each main trunk. I personally like them bushier. I would take a little more than half the length off of each trunk and cut each limb off the main trunks back to about 1-1 1/2" stump off the trunk. If it is otherwise healthy, I would also defoliate it. Where the leaves come off, it will send out shoots kind of like you see on the right trunk in the bottom picutre. This would give the plant a lot more bushiness. This also allows for smaller leaves and a more compact looking plant (if it is getting enough sun). And, of course, that is the last thing. When you can, put it out in the sun. They grow happier in the sun. By the end of summer, your plant will fill out and be a lot sturdier. Of course, this is all opinion. With jade, you can chop it back to two inch stumps abover the soil and it will live....See MoreHaworthia do you grow them
Comments (21)My wife and I went through a Haworthia phase, but it didn't last since most of our nice pots got rained on by all the junky trees we had overhead and over time half the plants rotted out... I still have a few hundred plants, but I can't for the life of me identify even half of them anymore. Here are a few of the pots that did and didn't work This pot was a wife creation and had several nice plants in it... but we have this Acacia baileyana tree in the yard that rains tons of sticky pollen a gazillion little leaves. We really needed to get some shade cloth for these plants. This pot has something else in it now. Tried to keep this pot in sun room, but despite two sky lites and lots of windows, all plants got severely etiolated and then ... well, you know Nice pot my wife put together... actually did well for a seveal years, but in an area under shade cloth and again, too little light after a while this pot did great for 3 years and then several of the Haworthias just over grew all the others... still have it, but it only has 3 huge plants in it now Still have this pot, but is has suffered from raining leaves and sap as well here it is 4 years later this pot was one of the best... wife's creation... sadly the wood rotted and then so did the plants (or many of them.. a lot of them are now planted about the yard and doing well). can't find the early photos of this pot... was a triple decker thing and had some relatively common, cheaper Haworthias.. and now they live in a shadier area (things grow in the yard) and are super green and sort of leggy due to low light.. .but it's still there another creation we no longer have (no clue where this one went) this is one of two razor rock pots and these are extremely well draining pots.. both still exist 4 years later and the plants are still pretty healthy... this one now is in a tad too much sun and this one is in too much shade, but the plants in it are doing well, probably because such good drainage This pot is our best creation (wife's again)... still looks great to this day and it is in the perfect spot in the yard where gets a lot of light, but no direct sun light and no icky pollen or leaves from overhead trees. I didn't upload a photo of the other side, but it is nice as well...See MoreJade oven / cooktop opinions...
Comments (4)We ordered a Jade range (sealed burners) towards the end of 2006 for our kitchen reno--it was delivered late winter/early spring 2007 and installed in spring 2007. Did a buy-back summer 2007. It had issues from the start, and we'd heard from a number of people that the residential ranges weren't going to be in production/distribution much longer. Don't know if that is/was true, but we didn't want to take the chance, especially since we were so disgusted with the range at that point. To their credit, the company refunded the entire cost of our range....See MoreSteven Claggett
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