Jade Plant

[poliphilo]

lblanchard sent us this Jade plant at the back end of last year.  Thank you, Laura.

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[aellia.livejournal.com]

Jade plants are so forgiving even if you neglect them.
I love the figure,too!
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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid plants have to be forgiving if they live with us...:)

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

If you give them light and a minimum of care they become small trees or shrubs. And they bloom! They're really very easy-going as plants go. I have several and in our climate they live outside.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's been living in the kitchen- but I moved it into the front room for its photo-shoot and now I think I'm going to keep it there.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Hee. I hope that lady doesn't smite it with her sword! Considering that all I sent Ailz was a leaf, I'd say it's doing well. The parent plant responds well to pinching and will branch freely if it gets ample light.

pondhopper is right about light -- you can set it outside when the weather warms and it will thank you. Just give it a little time to get accustomed to sunlight by starting it in full or partial shade.

(Edited to add: the little house and the warlike lady remind me of jackiejj).

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

What does it take to make them bloom? My father made one bloom once, but I've never seen it.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Blooming is triggered by the natural shortening of the days. They won't usually bloom as indoor house plants unless you keep them in a room that has no lights on at night after it gets dark.
From October on they should be in a naturally lighted place where they are exposed only to the natural day-night rhythms. That's why mine bloom every year just before Christmas, because they live outside on a porch.

I know that's not always possible because of climate but if you have a jade and want it to bloom try putting it in a dark closet when it gets dark outside and then taking it out again with the first daylight.

Feed them African Violet plant food. They seem to like it as most succulents do...water less in winter after blooming as they go a little dormant then.

I hope that helps.
:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Jackie and I share a taste for miniatures. The little house conceals a square box of tissues.

It's been sitting in windows since it arrived. There's nowhere in this house that gets very much sun- at least not at this time of year.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to revive a little Jade Bonsai. It got frozen in transport to our house. It MIGHT make it since it has tiny new leaves, but most of it shriveled up and died.

[sovay]

That's a wonderful tableau.

We used to have a jade plant. When I was in elementary school, we went on vacation and left it in the tender care of a friend of the family, who drowned it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

According to what our friends are saying here, jade plants are pretty hard to kill. Maybe there's hope for yours.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I have to confess I spent about half an hour setting that up and snapping away until I was satisfied.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

*wishing*