Need help pruning and repotting 10+ year old Jade Plant
Alex McKinnon
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10 year old neglected plant please help/ is it plumeria ?
Comments (14)thank you all i didn't doubt neither bill nor k it's just that i usually do what k advised but 1 drawback is that you should be free at the time when temp is @ 20 which usually doesn't happen as temp increases you start getting busy in your usual chores but what bill said sounds really logical and it fits in my lifestyle so that is great and i plan to experiment it as i feel that its always safe to experiment on a older plant unlike my cousin who says why should you spoil a established plant . but i feel established plants give you extra margin for error night temp has fallen to 42 deg F from yesterday at my place plants start waking from around 15 - 20 Jan but this year its been really pleasant till 2 days back so can't say till when it will be chilly my plan 3 ppl hold the trunk of tree and lift the plant along with it the pot will rise now a person taps the brim of pot so that it loosens and falls on ground now wash the rootball with a hose search for taproot cut off 2/3rd of taproot now search for dead adventitious roots cut adv roots 1/3 off now plant it in a new soil 30%coarse sand 20%manure [cow] 30%perlite 20%gritt now i have following questions 1 should i plant it immediately or should i wait for a day or two ,let the roots heal before planting? 2 anything wrong in the above plan? 3 laura u said to use a bigger pot that was because i can be free from re potting for next 4-5 yrs or was it something else [ i am looking for a bigger pot ] ? 4 branch pruning when should i do that? thank you all anurag...See MoreWhere this forum took my Jade - 1 year later [photos] - pruning ideas?
Comments (6)Hello Vlad, more natural light would also benefit the plant in many ways. If you have a sunnier spot move it gradually over the coming week as a sudden increase in strong light can burn...as you found out earlier on : / They are very resilient plants, it should now do well for you in the coming seasons, a great recovery story btw! I would nip off the top two sets of leaves now as it will soon sprout branches...that's what I would do anyway as I personally find they put forth growth at any time when stimulated by decapitating and I tend to do things sooner rather than later!.....but obviously the call is yours. Gill UK...See MoreI need help about pruning my jade plant.
Comments (2)I had the same type of jade, with a gazillion stems, but I wanted to grow a single jade tree. So divided the plant into about 8 separate jade plants. To do it, I let the soil dry enough til easy to work with, then tipped it out of the pot onto newspaper with my hand still underneath for leverage. Shook the plant a little and the stems started falling apart in clumps. That helped me decide how I wanted to divide it. I took the innermost stem and planted it in its own pot because it was straight like a tree, then some of the others I kept two or three together, depending on how I wanted them to look. Some were curved, and some were straight. Once placed in smaller pots with adequate soil, water them and see how they do! My jade didn't miss a beat. It was fun to create a bunch of smaller plants, and I shared with my friends, who very much appreciated a free plant! The innermost stem that was straight (that I potted to grow in tree form) is now developing a woody stem just like I wanted. Can't wait to see what it does this summer!...See MoreJade Tree 2 year progress/Help me prune!
Comments (13)moon I would advice you to study some books on bonsai. Josh is more experienced in growing great looking jades, pls. listen to him. And maybe Al (tapla) will find some time off to give you some guidance. There are certain techniques to be used to get plant growing certain way. I am not qualified to give advice on that... I am not sure if you could have similar looking trunk if you just let plant grow as is. Trunk is too long - but you could (when you know more about bonsai!) chop it...I recently did that with C.o. Tricolor; plant was about 20" tall (?), it is now 8" tall. It is a long-term project, and I believe you could have similar looking tree one day. Anyway, that's all I would say about bonsai. I have this one that has trunk tapering slightly (btw, there are 3 branches, 3rd one is not visible; should have taken photo from different angle):and quite a few more with trunks very similar to yours. I am leaving lowest branches on, they will be eventually - in a year or two - cut off but in the meantime provide more food for lower parts (I think...) and help it to get thicker (I hope!):(Do not mind the strays in above photo! :) Don't rush - it is easy to cut off any branch, it takes much longer for one to grow....See MoreAlex McKinnon
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