I share years of my gardening experience. Tips & tricks to care, propagate, prune, prevent root rot, pest issues & much more!! I want to encourage beginner gardeners to care and grow plants successfully. I want to serve the community by sharing the knowledge that I have gathered over the years. Also learn from your experiences. I will keep things very simple for every one to follow along. There is no such thing as a "Black thumb". lets change this together and learn from each other!
Thanks for such a great video. You are very courageous to cut the plants and just pop them into soil and they grow happily!!👏 If my plant is about 6" long with no leaves along most of the trunk, can I repot it and push the stem down further down into the soil? Will roots come out from the side of the trunk? Will it be ok and continue to grow as a shorter plant?
You’re welcome 😊 Yes you can push it further down in the soil, it will grow more roots. But if your plant is so small and has no leaves I wouldn’t risk repotting it as it can die or get a root rot if you accidentally overwater it. If you want to keep it short then you can prune the top every year. Then it will stay short and compacted.
When the cut start drying it will for a brown layer on top of the cut. It’s looks like hard lid. It falls off after sometime or can be removed by hand. Then stem will start sprouting in two places some times three or four stems. I have shown in one of my long form videos in few plants how they grew back after pruning. Make sure it’s getting a lot of sunlight.
@@PlantingwithTej perfect, I'll take a look at it tonight and see if I can nudge the brown bit off. I'm cautious to do any more trimming before I see any results from that one since I'm so new to plants 😂
Thank you . Yes you can definitely get better if you donut more often and experiment either it. Just keto few things in my mind than always talk about in my videos.
@@PlantingwithTej I have a new ZZ. The leaves are shiny and green without discoloration. However, at their base (where they meet the stem) there is a thick brown crusty deposit. Is this an infestation? How should I treat it?
Please don’t schedule watering. Make sure yo check the soil if it’s fully dry or not befits you water it. When leaves are dropping it’s mostly over watering issue unless they get really dry and crispy here falling off then it’s not getting enough water or not getting it on time.
I find my plants that like to be bottom watered, about every 4th or 5th time I top water just to flush the soil of salts and it makes them very happy! Thank you for the Jade info
Hi. I like your videos. Thank you for sharing ideas to take care of jade plants. I repot my jade plant today using the soil in my backyard. Do u think my jade lived?
I wouldn’t suggest using the soil from the back yard. It needs a lighter soil. I use regular potting mix and I add 20-30% perlite in it. Soil needs to dry faster to prevent root rot.
We lost all our jades when our town and home burned down. I received a few cuttings and over 2 years i had about 15 beautiful big jades. We moved my jades got stressed then it snowed out of the blue. So im starting all over again. My husband wanted to throw then all away but i know i can get them going again. Any tips for jades that have been frozen
It depends on few things. Please check out this detailed video on how to water it properly thanks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GP04ZBb6bL8.htmlsi=Z3c_sBZECJJvkIKH
I use miracle grow fertilizer if I ever do. They don’t really need a fertilizing to grow. Also pot mine in organic soil instead of succulent mix. You can also my crushed egg shells in the soil. Make sure to wash them if it not from a boiled egg. I use egg shells, coffee/tea grounds as well.
Your videos are very informative. I have a very old jade plant that was very top heavy so last October I pruned it a bit because I was concerned it would fall over. It did produce new leaves although smaller ones. I guess given that it was not in the growing season, I was ok with that and happy it did not die. I've now repotted it in April and would like to know if I can also prune it more or should I wait because there are alot of bare stems and leggy. I'm very nervous to lose it, but at the same time I'd like to cut back the branches right back so that the new growth is more compact. What are your thoughts? Thank you.
Ok there are few very things to keep in mind when comes to jade pruning. 1) You can prune all you want, it doesn’t harm the plant but you need to make sure if it’s in a bigger pot and your watering like you used to all that water has nowhere to go. It’s gonna go into the stem and it’s gonna rot the stem so if there’s less leaves, you need to water it less or keep it in a smaller pot so you don’t run the chance of overwatering. 2) Regarded of the season when you prune jade plants, the newer growth is always smaller, but it does grow overtime and get bigger. The other reason for tiny growth and leggy growth is that the plants not getting direct sunlight for 4 to 6 hours if you want it to be really full and have bigger leaves try to give it as much sunlight as you can if you live in a really hot climate, make sure that you close the curtains during mid afternoon so the leaves doesn’t get burn( turning little pinkish or reddish is normal) and you need to water it more if it’s too hot and the soil is drying very quickly. 3) Never do too many changes at once. For example, if you prune the print, don’t report it at the same time if you re-bought the plan do not prune it at the same time just do one thing at a time and these can be pruned all around and they do grow back but during spring and summer, they grow a lot faster, but there’s no hard. I prune mine all year never had any problems. I hope it was helpful. If you have any other questions you can comment. I’ll try to get back to you. Thank you!
@@PlantingwithTej thanks for your reply. Now that it has less leaves, I will be watering it less often. It looks pretty bare. However, I understand not to do many things all at once, but because of mealybugs, I had no choice but to prune it back hard now in its growing season and hope it will re grow leaves. Thanks again.
I started my two now massive jades from a two inch cutting over 15 years ago. They're "leggy" and stretch out in all different directions. They are healthy. Thank you for showing an example of that look in this video. Numerous other jade videos denounce it, as if there's only one right way.
Thank you for your comment and appreciation for my efforts. Jade plans are very forgiving when it comes to pruning reporting other things as long as you prevent the overwatering which can cause root rot and fungus issues. That’s the only tricky thing with jade plants. I have few other videos on full care , pruning, propagating , watering techniques etc. I hope you watch them. I’m sure you would find them helpful.
My jade plant was good while I took from nursery nearly 15-20 leaves with two branches... After some days that leaves are drops automatically and it bends by his bottom stem.... And I saw ur video to transplant with their leaves and branches to putted in or on the soil to make babies... But it does not works now it having only 2-3 small leaves... Why? I am so worried 😴 hoping a quick response from ur side #Plantingwithtej
I’m so sorry l, I missed your comment and couldn’t reply with timely manner. When did plants start dropping their leaves, It’s most likely overwatering issue unless leaves are really dried up that means it didn’t get enough water or the soil is too compacted and Plant didn’t get a chance to absorb the water. I hope you were still able to save some of it. Maybe just the leaves to propagate you can get a small plant. Give it a lot of sunlight, all the videos on my channel to prevent riding it should grow quite well for you. Make sure to keep them smaller if you have a habit of overwatering and slowly move up the pot size over the years as Plant gets big. Please don’t give up on this plant. Just get another small and try it one more time. Trust me they’re pretty easy to care for.
I’m sorry for the late reply. Thank you for your lovely comment 🥰I love this plant so much. They are so easy to grow and you can keep making new plants!
I’m sorry I have to double the work to make videos in both languages. I’m not very tech savvy. I’m not sure if there is a way for you to switch in to Hindi translation or Hindi subtitles. Please comment your questions I can reply them in Hindi.
I don’t really fertilize mine as I grow them in organic boarding soil, and I repot them every year to two. Miracle grow fertilizer for my other plants. Normally, I’m not big fertilizer. I use crushed egg shells, coffee/tea grounds.
Could you please offer me some guidance on how to transplant a spider plant out of the ground from a garden bed. I have attempted this once already as I have multiple growing and the roots got damaged and it died
Hi, I have never planted them outside here as after summer it gets too cold here. I know they have tuberous roots and can be damaged easily. Try to dig around it few inches away from the main stem so that you don’t damage the roots and dig straight instead of an angle. This should help avoid hitting the roots.
Once in a while I gently wipe them down with a wet microfibre cloth. You can also rinse them with a spray bottle then wipe them down with a dry cloth. Also give it 4-6 hours of sunlight if you can.
You have to prune it at least once a year. If it grows a lot you can prune it twice a year. So it can focus more on expanding and growing the roots which can help grow the trunk. Also give it 4-6 hours of direct sunlight if possible.
It’s okay for some of the bottom and very old leaves to drop as the plan grows and get bigger. But if it’s frequently dropping leaves that means it being overwatered. If leaves are dry and crunchy that means plant not getting enough water. Over watered leaves will be start yellowing and little but they will be full of water just so you can tell the difference .
It does look better in person. She is so scared to prune it and it’s almost impossible to repot it do she adds in new soil. But I agree with you they are more beautiful when they grow upright. But everyone has a different taste I guess or comfort level when it comes to pruning.
