Pruning advice for this jade?
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Comments (0)These branches are getting heavy and I don't want them to break. Where, what and how much can I prune to not shock and create growth upward rather outward. I know it's late in the season; do you think I should wait till spring. Appreciation in advance...See MoreNeed advice how to prune tall stemmed Jade
Comments (26)Oh wow Rina!!! They look so beautiful!! I love their yellow, and pink, and purple colours!! I must admit, I first fell in love with your jade variegated tricolour pictures back when I actually first found this forum and was digging through information and answers haha, and it actually got me to get one myself :P And wow that is indeed a major pruning, it looks like a tree-plant just on its own! The thickness of the trunk is lovely. What do you do with your prunings? Do you always replant them and make more plants from them? See, this is so strange.. the grower that I actually purchased my jade tricolour from, she told me that it is supposed to be only 2 colours (green and white) and if they happen to show a third colour such as pink, then that will mean that they are "stressed" from too much sun. Very misleading lol.. no wonder why I became so confused....See MoreJade advice needed - pruning/wiring/etc - building the tree
Comments (10)Still wondering if there were roots, or is it cutting without at roots? I put all my plants into quite a bit of sun right away - area that get sunshine from sunrise until about noon-, but it was quite earlier and sun is getting stronger now. They were moved into full day sun spot after about 2 or 3 days, and are there all the time. They got rained on quite a bit - we are having lots of rainy days this Spring - but they are potted in very gritty mix and I do not worry about drainage or any water retention. If your plant has roots, I would move it already into more sun (Just speculating, but am thinking it has been on the porch for at least 2 weeks?) I would move it where it gets at least few hours of morning sun, and moving into more and more every 2-3 days. Sooner it's done, better so plant can get all sun available until it has to go inside again. For leaves to grow close together to have more compact plant, only good light will help. Even if it doesn't have plenty of roots, IMO it should get more sun. Morning sun is good, and I would move it into stronger sun at least weekly. If you only have totally exposed spots, you can create some shade when needed by positioning bigger potted plant in front of your jade, or even something like a chair. Garden umbrella is great...I don't think wiring should make much difference in sun exposure, you want plant to grow strong limbs and los of leaves close together (but I never wired any jades...) I started to use gravel or rocks for topdressing because of squirrels - it does help a lot. I find chipmunk more of a problem, it hides more 'food' all over the place...I have some grass (or whatever seeds neighbour is feeding birds with) growing in many pots without topdressing, haha (my potted annuals and some big tropicals). Small sized topdressing doesn't really help....See MoreAdvice for pruning this ugly jade
Comments (7)As Rina mentioned, if you can't give it strong light and warm temps all winter, then hold off the carnage until spring when you can have it outside. Try to picture how you might wish it to eventually look. You can always start with a less drastic whack job if you are afraid of taking off too much. After all, you can always remove more later but can't exactly glue a branch back on (though there is grafting...) Plan on a full repot into better media and use that opportunity to perhaps position the trunk more upright -- unless you want to try for a leaning look. Personally, if it were my plant, I don't think I would cut it all back to the trunk. Instead, I possibly would keep the main trunk and cut back all the side branches to within 3" of the trunk. Hard to tell from the photos, but I think I'd remove that first low branch (the one just a couple inches above the soil line). If you choose to do that, make your cut leaving 1/2-1" from the trunk, The attached portion that remains should wither and fall off without damaging the trunk. Then I'd top the trunk after the 5th branch. Btw, jade cuttings usually root easily, so you could keep and pot up some of the removed branches if you wish....See More- 6 years ago
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