Hubby got a beautiful jade plant for $3. It's in the original 4" plastic nursery container and it's about 2' tall. It needs replanting, but he seems to think there is a special way it has to be done. Does anyone have special knowledge about jade? Thanks.
2007-09-04 07:14:03 · 8 answers · asked by Lady G 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Re-potting jade plant is no different than any other indoor plant. A few rules of thumb:
Pot selected for re-potting should be no more than 2 inches larger than the previous container.
New container should have a drainage hole.
Potting media should be coarse enough to allow good drainage yet have sufficient water retention capabilities.
Potting media works best when it's moistened before re-potting begins. Place some new media in the new container.
Remove plant from old container. Hold your hand over the soil with the plant between the index and middle fingers and tap the lip of the container against a solid object. That soil should be moist too. If it is root bound (lots of roots circling the outside) cut and unwind the roots that circle the plant. If the old media has accumulated salts on the upper layers, those layers should be removed.
Place plant in center of new container. Hopefully you've filled the bottom enough that the crown is slightly below the lip of the container. Do not add soil above the original level of the plant. Fill sides with new soil.
Don't pack the soil. To firm or settle the soil by tapping the container. Water plant. Keep the light exposure down (indirect sunlight on a porch or in a well lit room.) Recently re-potted plants can be a bit shocked.
Hope this helps and good luck!
2007-09-04 07:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by willcinovid 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Transplanting Jade Plant
2016-10-13 23:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would water it thoroughly before starting to transplant, so the fleshy leaves are fully plumped. Soak the container in a larger bucket if necessary, if water keeps running out without soaking into the soil.
Carefully turn out the jade plant onto newspaper and place several broken pieces of pot or gravel sized rocks into the bottom of the new pot. The new pot should be at least a 6" pot as jade plants really don't like repotting all that often. Use a cactus-style potting soil rather than one with a lot of bark. Put several inches of soil mix into the bottom of the pot, then center the jade plant in the new pot and fill soil mix around the stem. Gently tamp in the soil, water thoroughly, and let it rest in a shady, humid place for a few days before introducing it back to its window ledge.
2007-09-04 07:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick it in moist soil and it will grow. It is one of the easiest plants there is to propagate and transplant.
[ I don't know what idiot or purist gave the thumbs down, but I have a gigantic jade plant that's been with me over 30 years(longer than that person's been alive?) through multiple transplants and propagations, without any special care or soil, even at one point after being eaten back by goats. Use cactus soil or planting mixture of your choice, mine comes from my back yard.][I hope any pot you plant anything in has drainage, and is watered frequently enough not to accumulate salts.][The pot you got it in is definitely too small, go with a new one at least twice that size and expect to transplant it again in another year or two.]
2007-09-04 07:34:06 · answer #4 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Crassula argentea ( Jade Plant )
Plant information and growing tips. Finally a single growers guidee for the backyard gardener. ... Always use fresh soil when transplanting your indoor plant. ...www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_1a7a-2.html
Crassula argentea ( Miniature Jade Plant )
Plant information and growing tips. Finally a single growers guidee for the backyard gardener. ... Always use fresh soil when transplanting your indoor plant. ...www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_9c7a.html
2007-09-04 08:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by LDJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but I think your plant has recovered from the transplant and has decided it's not happy with it! Shouldn't you have changed it's dwelling long ago? At 2.5ft, that's rather big to transplant. However, give it time and with luck it'll recover. Good luck!
2016-03-13 01:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by Leigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think there is any special way to transfer a jade plant to another pot. i do know that you can take a piece off the plant and it will root.
2007-09-04 07:22:18 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No special treatment required. Transplant if you see roots coming out of the drain holes, otherwise leave her be.
2007-09-04 07:41:49 · answer #8 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank you.
2015-11-11 10:08:13 · answer #9 · answered by geosa1161 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋