what the hell am i doing wrong?

Question

everyone keeps telling me that jade trees are so easy to take care of, well, i've killed a 30 year old tree that i was treesitting for my bf's dad. i bought him another one and a really nice cactus garden, the cactuses lived and grew, the jade tree is dead. can someone tell me the basics of caring for this type of plant. i have many hose plants, mainly tropical and cactuses and i've never had any problems until the dreaded jade.

Answer 1

you have to treat the jade plant like a cactus, water sparingly and make sure it has good drainage (it should have plenty of sand mixed with the potting soil)

Answer 2

There might be a plite in the soil.
Go get a book about jade trees and read up first before buying a new tree.

Answer 3

We had a jade plant for 26 years when we lived in the L.A. area. Now that I think of it, I don't think we ever watered it. We just let it do it's own thing and when we moved it was as healthy as ever.

Answer 4

To answer your question, treesitting.

I thought I had heard of everything, but treesitting?????????
A 30 year old tree should be able to take care of it's own self.

Answer 5

Instead of trying to tree-sit it or taking care of it. Send it to him when he's ready for it, let him take care of his own dam tree.

Answer 6

you gave it to much of a drink of water ( in a nutshell )

Answer 7

try this site georgiagardener.com

Answer 8

hope this helps

Answer 9

Have you tried peeing on it? Make sure you've passed a drug test first, you don't want to give it an overdose.