• Jade plant (aka money plant) help
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Hi, I'm not sure if anyone will be able to answer my question here, but since the jade plant is so common, I might be lucky and someone has been successful growing a nice big one. A year ago, my grandmother gave me a cutting from her jade plant and it has grown a little since that time. I repotted it about a week ago because the pot it was in was beginning to get too small. I used a 50/50 mix of organic potting soil and sandy dirt and I water it whenever the soil feels and looks dry. It sits in full sun for about 4 hours a day (I live in the UK so the light intensity is not extreme) Here's a picture of it at the moment - [thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5062494/junk/jade_plant_23-05-2012.JPG[/thumb] It grows REALLY slowly (my chilli plants I bought a week ago have grown as much as the money plant has done in a year) Can I make it grow faster? If so, how? Also, is there anything I can do to make the trunk grow thicker and taller? (I want it less bushy and more tall + tree like) Thanks!
patience. Jade plants don't grow extremely fast.
Yeah, they're slow growers. Here's mine after a year: [IMG]http://puu.sh/wGuF[/IMG] My graphics teacher in year 11 had a big one in the classroom, and I asked for a cutting. Very short one with a few leaves, and it grew from there. As for the substrate I'm using, it's nothing special. Normal compost under a thin layer of stones.
Hmm ok I guess I'll just have to be patient with it. Since it's now reaching 25C in the day with bright sun, I've started putting it outside in the garden for a few hours. I read it likes full sun and is from south africa, so I guess it should help. Thanks, and nice plant Timenova.
Raise it like a cactus.
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