Ideally not, although it is better to use less water than too much, especially when you are learning what your plant needs. Crassula in particular are quite resilient and are one of those types were a single healthy root left behind can spawn a new plant later. For now, I would give it a good watering once a week and see how that does- can always adjust as needed. Once a week is certainly not pushing it for a Crassula or even a Haworthia during growth seasons.

When I prune trees, I put piles of brush away behind the compost pile. The "Squaw wood" under a spruce is unsightly, a menace if you are moving through the woods, and a fire bomb waiting to go off. If it's by the house, clean it up. As to supporting upper branches -- I've yet to see spruce with snow load broken branches. Pines, possibly. Not spruce.

Marianne, I have some hydrangea cuttings also that have rooted already. I transplanted them into a loose potting soil and am keeping the soil wet so the roots could develop more, my plan is to plant them in a bed this fall and mulch them to try to get them thru the winter, don't know if this will work or not, but am hoping! Will have to protect them from the deer I suppose. I have also used a styrafoam cooler to haul cuttings in (I can't spell).

Please bobul, do check out the FAQ pinned on top of this forum. There is plenty of information on how to treat your hippeastrums so that they bloom again. My answer very short: I usually cut down 3/4 of the scape so that I have something left sticking out of the bulb that I can pull out once it really starts welting. If you wait for the correct time you can pull out most of the scape so that these dead tissues don't remain in the bulb. Of course if you want your bulb to continue growing and flowering you should not by any instance cut leaves! Put the plant (as I wrote before) on a bright (best much direct sunlight) spot and water cautiously. Now without scapes and flowers to produce the plant does not need sooo much water. Rather wait a little until the leaves are well developed. The soil can dry out for a very short while, that is better than constant moisture.