Jade plant characteristics
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How do you take care of Crassula ovata?
Location
- Exterior: Full sun whenever possible, but you should know that it thrives in semi-shade. For this reason, it can be kept, for example, in bright entrances, or on a patio where, while the sun doesn't shine directly, it's still visible without having to turn on any lights during the day. To learn more about whether the jade plant is more suitable for indoors or outdoors, we recommend reading this article. Is the jade plant indoor or outdoor?.
- Interior: If you have it indoors, it must be in a very bright room, the more the better, otherwise its leaves will lose strength and the plant will hardly grow.
Earth
- Flower pot: it must have good drainage. You can put black peat mixed with perlite in equal parts.
- Garden: grows on sandy-type soils, capable of draining water quickly. If your soil is rather compact, make a large planting hole, 1m x 1m, and fill it with pumice or fine gravel (1-3mm thick) when you go to plant your jade plant. In this way, in case it rains in a torrential way from time to time, it will be quite protected.
Irrigation
- Garden: take a knife or scissors and drive them around the plant several times. Then water.
- Pot: put it in a basin of water, so that the pot is more or less half submerged. Leave it like this for about 30 minutes.
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Planting or transplanting time
Multiplication
Seeds
Stem cuttings
Plagues and diseases
Rusticity
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The jades plants are very beautiful as is their care.
Hello Jenny.
Yes is very beautiful. The article explains how to take care of them.
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Hello Monica!! They gave me a jade plant and it seems to me that I gave it too much water .. because the leaves are soft .. What do I have to do ??? Might you help me??
Hi Malen.
I recommend you take it out of the pot and wrap its root ball (earth bread) with absorbent paper. Leave it like this for one night, and the next day plant it again in a pot. Don't water it for a week.
So little by little it will recover.
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Hello, thank you very much for the article Monica, it will be of great help to me, greetings 🙂
Thanks to you, Diego 🙂
Hello, my jade plant had a lot of rain and its leaves all fell off, the point is that since the earth was too wet it occurred to me to take it out of the pot I wrapped its roots in paper and left it for 2 days and at the same time I took the potting soil to dry the moisture a bit, the point is that I already placed it back in the pot and I wanted to know how long should I wait to know if my jade was saved? Thanks I await your answer
Hi Maritza.
When new leaves start to come out 🙂. It can be a week, it can be two.
You have to be patient.
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Hello Monica
Should I water the leaves or the ground?
Hello Felipe.
The land, always. Otherwise the plants will rot quickly.
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My cat is pawing at my jade plant and I don't know what to do. How do I raise it? I put pepper on it but it's the same as nothing.
Hello Daniela.
Use better repellants for cats that are sold in nurseries and garden stores. Or if not, put citrus peels (oranges, lemons, etc.), since cats do not like the smell.
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Good morning, I have a jade plant, well actually there are three planted together, but they are a little crooked, leaves continue to grow, although very few, the ones they have are "chubby" so I don't think it's a lack of water, but the stem looks puny and I had to put a "guide" on them to hold them. Is this situation normal? Thanks in advance.
Hello Lola.
Do you have them in the sun or in semi-shade?
I am telling you about it because in the sun the trunk becomes very strong, and the branches grow well. So if they don't get sunlight for at least 5 direct hours a day, I recommend moving them around.
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Hello, I have a Jade plant and when I bought it in bonsai size it was beautiful. Now he apparently has "bugs" and the leaves are falling off very fast. At first they belonged to the old ladies and now the chubby and green ones too. I think it's because of the bugs, do you know how I get rid of them? They have told me about soapy water or detergent or vinegar ... but I don't want him to be hurt by ignorance. I stay tuned
Hi, Diana.
You can clean it with a small brush soaked in pharmacy rubbing alcohol. Being a rather small plant it can be done well 🙂
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When some appear as whitish bites and the plant becomes stunted.
To do.
Thanks. Glory
Hello, Gloria.
Those spots, will they go away if you run your finger over them? If so, it is powdery mildew, a fungus.
Can you remove them with your fingernail? So they are mealybugs.
And if they don't go away either way, I'd also bet they're mushrooms. Although they could be cold damage (it is common for them to appear after a hailstorm).
Fungi are treated with fungicides containing copper. And mealybugs can be removed by hand.
Anyway, how often do you water it? Does the sun shine on you? If you want, write us via facebook also sending some photos.
Greetings.
Good Morning.
Can the stem be planted directly in the ground when it has been 5 days since I have removed it from the mother plant? Without having previously rooted in a glass of water? Thank you
Hi Josep.
Yes, without problem. In fact, that is exactly what you have to do: leave it for a few days to dry the wound, and then plant it in a pot with growing medium.
Regards!