jade plant pruning
L Evve (Miami)
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L Evve (Miami)
2 months agopopmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
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Jade Plant Pruning Specifics
Comments (3)yours will eventually look like section 2 with some age. if you want it to come like picture 1 then you just pluck off the bottom leaves and let it grow up straight. once its to the height you want it you can start back budding it to make it more bushy. Jades are a pretty bushy plant so as long as you rotate it in a bright sunny window you should get a good bushy tree. Hope i helped!...See MoreJade plant: pruning and fertilizer
Comments (3)I have seen them cut back from a 2 ft plant to withing 2 inches of the soil. They will come back. I have one that is in a shallow clay pot. It was only about six inches tall with one main stalk that branchd into three at the top third. I cut all of the foliage off and cut each branch to where only the old tan bark was visible. That was two weeks ago and the plant that had no leaves now has at least 8 new leaves on each branch. Do a search on "whacking" jade or pruning. You will see the pictures of the ones Denise in Omaha cut back all the way to a stump. I believe she has before and after pics. It is amzing. It really helps fatten the trunk as well....See More40 yr old jade plant pruning - timing
Comments (2)Trim them now, in place, to get them to your new location. They'll start growing again almost immediately, especially if you give them the light/warmth/water combination - fall-to-spring, given good conditions, are their best time to grow. I'd use a hedge trimmer/small chain saw on the first pass myself....See MoreOld Jade plant pruning(?) and other Q's about other jade plants
Comments (6)NP, they are showing now. Pretty good looking plants. 1st needs support because it has big branches growing bit 'wildly' (that is not a criticism :), one I can see is too much to the side. Not a problem, you can just prune one off, or prune some of the smaller branches off to make it more balanced. I am only looking at the photo - but think I would prune off the left branch and the lowest big branch. When repotting, I would get original plant into more upright position. Just a suggestion... As jades get bigger, you should decide what shape you want them to grow into. That is personal preference - I like one thick stem/trunk (that's why I said to prune extra branches off). Once you decide, pruning in early spring will help to keep plants balanced and grow the way you like. Variegated jade looks like 'Tricolor' (but I can't see it clearly), and they are as easy to propagate from leaves as green ones. Sometimes they revert to all green, but will grow. They just grow bit slower in my experience. But plant is very small, and you should grow it bigger before taking leaves on - they feed the plant and help it grow. I have many grown from leaves and also from stem cuttings. The colorful plant is probably sedum and could be propagated very easily from leaves or stem cuttings....See MoreL Evve (Miami)
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