Comments on: Jade plant

By: Nancy Haas

Nancy Haas — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:07:45 +0000

Am enjoying the photos of Jade Plants. I have one that was my Mother’s and is now 50 years old. It gets repotted every three years, and now is a monster! It’s about three feet tall and five feet wide. It has a permanent spot inside my dining room window which is Southern exposure. We used to take it out on the screened in porch each summer, but about three years ago it became too heavy! I’ll post a picture of it if I get any comments. Let me know!!!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:57:00 +0000

just got a jade and want to make it huge any suggestions????

By: carol

carol — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:41:09 +0000

iv had my jade plant from a baby, just a leaf, it has to be 6 or 7 years old now, its 4 feet tall now and great big fat stems, iv never really took much notice of it, its had leaves fall off and gone crinkly and drooped and had spiders coming out the soil, 2 weeks ago i moved it to the centre of the window to give it more space to spread, i just carn’t believe how all of a sudden how beautiful it has grown, the only care iv ever given it was when i saw the spiders, i kept digging at the soil on top and spraying with tap water for a week and iv never seen them since, its so beautiful now im worried of loosing it, ( silly me) its got lots of babys, so i think ill start some new ones, would love some info on how to take the baby’s out the soil and start again. really glad i found this site.
caro

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:10:06 +0000

You’re fussing over your new jade plant too much! These plants thrive on neglect. Months without water are better than overwatering, that’s how hardy these plants are! On my opinion you’re taking too much care of it, to its detriment. Find a sunny window, plop the Jade in front of it and try to forget about it for a while. It will recover faster than if you keep watering, feeding and moving it. At least, that has been my experience with succulents in general and Jade plants are no exception. Good luck!

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:47:57 +0000

Jade Plants tend to have red tips when they are slightly ‘scorched’ – sunlight does that but I have also noticed plants I put outside get that look, so maybe rain does it too. When a plant in full sunlight is close to a window pane it often ‘scorches’ more, but without harm. Anyway, I consider it a bonus and whether red tipped or not, the plants thrive.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:42:11 +0000

Two years on, I hope that you are still as excited. I am every year. Just now desperate because I can’t find a close friend or relative to take on my prize possession of a 6′ plus Jade Plant tree, fully flowers before Christmas through Easter and has done so for years. It is in an unheated sunporch facing south-west. I do put on a greenhouse heater if the temperature is going to go sub-zero outside. Our family has dozens of these, all originating from the same plant. Only a couple others flower and I got another to flower but then gave it to someone who left it outside catching the first frost – then threw it out! It would have recovered, but better to have avoided that. I think what flowers is fairly random as the two others are inside and facing different directions but do get some good sun. I always thought the very cold temperature mine gets helped it flower. Most important has been said: not too much watering, water well when leaves look slightly dull, definitely if they begin to wrinkle. Feed cactus food occasionally, not much. Never insecticide. Benign neglect is good. Love it. Anything that drops off, branch or root, stick in compost – it will thrive!! Even a leaf grows to a tree. Be excited every year – invite people in to be excited too!

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:41:02 +0000

I think that is the way it is supposed to look.

By: Lula Lucas

Lula Lucas — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:03:56 +0000

I have a small jade plant and it looks healthly. But on the tips of the leaves it is turning red. Was just wondering if anything was wrong with the plant or if this is the way it was suppost to look.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:35:23 +0000

Sorry, I don’t know much about Jade plant problems.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:16:31 +0000

One Jade plant has black spots on leaves and the other, white dust I think is like a cotton lint, it does to a degree “blow” off. They have always been indoors. Any ideas, the plants are about 8 years old and I do need to repot them.
Thanks.