Ruffle Jade Winter Maintenance Pruning

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its cold now and the plants have been inside for almost 2 months now. just a video showing what i am thinking when i prune to keep the bottom of my jade clean. this helps with watering and debris removal. the leaves are very crispy so reaching in and bumping the branches will cause damage to the leaves and branches anyway. so its best just to prune. apologies for the dark video. will have to change the lighting and angle for the next video.

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16 сен 2024

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@ToDoGoodWill 10 месяцев назад

So gorgeous

@Horticulture_Warrior 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! I did end up taking a bit more off after i stared at it a bit longer. Shes nice and balanced now. I will reassess next yr and may even decide to bring the canopy up a bit more. Very healthy now. When i first got it all the leaves were scorched from previous owner bringing it out into the sun without acclimating.

@ToDoGoodWill 9 месяцев назад

@@Horticulture_Warrior is it fine to scalp a jade and repot in winterv

@Horticulture_Warrior 9 месяцев назад

@ToDoGoodWill i highly do not recommend doing so unless you are able to provide an environment for vigorous growth. If you are not and even if it does survive you will have very weak and undesirable growth anyway. And with no leaves for water consumption you will need to be very careful with watering. I would wait and scalp it in the summer after the plant has shown signs of vigorous growth.

@ellietobe 8 месяцев назад

I had never experienced mealy bugs until a couple of years ago when someone brought me a collection of succulents from Florida. They looked very healthy. Apparently they had been treated before sale. After two months I broke up the collection and placed them in a few different pots. What a mistake that was. Soon after my Portulacaria Afras began to show white spots on them which were apparently feasting on my precious plants. I have been struggling with the monsters ever since. They do not seem to like my larger Jade plants as much as they like smaller more tender leaves. They have destroyed a few Portulacarias and I have others that are still struggling. Mealy bugs seem to love Portulacarias. The Portulacarias do have more tender places for the bugs to chew on than some of my other succulents. I have tried every recommended approach to getting rid of the monsters but they always show up again. I finally gave up and purchased a systemic insecticide that stated that it would kill mealy bugs. I washed the plants, cleaned the pots, and repotted them with brand new soil but one month later I am seeing new nests and bugs on my Portulacarias! I am so discouraged. I am now considering just throwing out the plants that I have been trying to save for two years. The smaller Portulacarias are looking poorly. Some of my tropical plants have gotten infected despite not being near to the succulents. I heard one plant person say that the bugs are airborne at one stage of development. I didn’t believe it but apparently it is true. I hate the horrible things. Anyone know of an insecticide that actually kills mealy bugs?

@Horticulture_Warrior 8 месяцев назад

Yes they are a real pain. I have struggled with them as well. I think the best method is to use insecticidal soap and do it constantly. I am just trying to keep the plants alive and not deteriorate in health during winter. Once spring and summers comes i will try spraying insecticidal soaps and using a pesticide that is abosrbed thru the roots and use these more frequently. Maybe every 2wks. I have had luck in the past w treating a crabapple tree through the roots method for caterpillar/larvae so i am hopeful. Stay tuned for results of the experiment even if it may take awhile. In the meantime, if u have space and time to spray the plants down to physically knock off the majority of bugs off and then use the insecticide that may be more effective and could reduce your interval for control. Cheers!

@ellietobe 8 месяцев назад

@@Horticulture_Warrior so you have tried the insecticidal soap sprays? They didn’t harm your plants? I didn’t try that because some people said that the insecticidal soap killed their plants. Do you have to wash the spray off after application or does it remain on the plant?

@Horticulture_Warrior 8 месяцев назад

I havent tried the soap but i have tried a spray. I left it on and it was fine. Tho i have tried it on some plants that did not like it. I would recommend trying it on a small area (1 cluster of leaves) first and see how your plant reacts. Also maybe try spraying it off after 20-30 min and see if that helps with anything. I havent tried spraying it off. The one thing that my succentlents really hate is alcohol spray. I mixed it with water and most of my succulents did not like that. The leaves on my jades and portulacaria fell off. Took all summer to recover.

@harrietb2141 9 месяцев назад

A Very beatiful 😍

@Horticulture_Warrior 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I am thinking of pruning up more to show off the stem a bit more but will wait until spring to do it if i do. Cheers!

@harrietb2141 9 месяцев назад

@@Horticulture_Warrior looking forward to that. I just bought some jades, and want to learn as much as possible. I live in cold Sweden, so I keep them indies with led light, and it seems to work quite well.🥶🥶Merry Christmas🎄🎁

@Horticulture_Warrior 9 месяцев назад

@harrietb2141 that is awesome! I live in Minnesota, United States and it gets very cold here. The nice thing about Jades is as long as you have some sort of window with light it will do just fine. And once you are able to bring outside they will thrive again. Beat thing you can do for them is to prune them and get rid of the weak and lanky growth. Excited for you! Jades are wonderful and easy to care for as long as you let the soil dry out before watering again.

@harrietb2141 9 месяцев назад

@@Horticulture_Warrior Thank you for answer. I Will put them outside , in sommer. Can’t Wait till spring , to prune them.☺️I hope they Will be as beatiful as yours.😻

@Horticulture_Warrior 9 месяцев назад

@harrietb2141 yes for sure. I think they are in good hands as you are doing the necessary research. I should do a video soon of the winter struggles that i have to go thru so others dont feel discouraged. I dont have a very good window (east facing) so my plants dont do as well and i deal withbmy fair share of bugs. I think at least the video will help give others hope that once spring time comes around the plants will bounce back and be just fine and thriving again. 😊

@kathykopacek9246 8 месяцев назад

I have a jade plant it’s not doing well! Do you recommend just repotting it? I’m also in Minnesota so maybe repotting not isn’t a good idea??

@Horticulture_Warrior 8 месяцев назад

Well hello fellow Minnesotan!! Sorry to hear your jade is not doing well. We have to get to the "root" cause (pun intended). Is the soil overly wet? If it is you need to remove the plant from the soil asap and clean it up, dry it out, and then repot. It is most likely sufferring from root rot. If you can confirm the soil condition or any other details that would help in the correct path for remediation.

@ToDoGoodWill 4 месяца назад

Any update 😁

@Horticulture_Warrior 4 месяца назад

Yes, soon. 😊. I am hoping as the weather warms up and i am able to take care of some personal things i can bring the plants outside and start making some update videos. We got an 85* day last week but plummeted back down to 30* lows this week. I was also out of the country for a while. The mealy bugs are out of hand and i will do a video of how bad they can get. Thank you for your patience. Will upload some new vdeos soon. 😊