Problems rooting Jade

Jameson

Hi,

I am in Long Island, New York and want to root my Jade cuttings.

I have taken some cuttings from a large plant over 15 years old.

A few about pencil size and one that is about as thick as my index finger and about 5" talll with a fork and a stem on each. Those cut ends and the bottom have dried up nice and crling but cant get them to take root in a week. No sign of rot (they are in DRY turface only) but no sign of roots either.

Is there another method that works better?

I have them INDOORS under grow lights for about 14 hours a day. It is airconditioned and about 73 where they are sitting near window with NO draft on them.

Should I just put them outside? Sun/shade? How much?

The donor tree is in a large attractive 4 gallon size pot with potting soil (gift from father) and has grown like that since he started it.

No pics sorry, just looking for rooting/growing instructions really.

I have searched too!

Thanks everyone. Great site!

JC

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Monsoon

Hi JC,


I started out working with plants because I was amazed at the rootability of jade. Jades will root virtually anywhere as long as you give them two things: time and not much moisture.

A tactic I used successfully was taking cuttings, putting them on my work bench for about two weeks (they usually begin sprouting roots by this time) and then sticking them into some free-draining medium as you have done. I would usually water them about 3 weeks after that, when they began pushing growth. I have taken quite a few cuttings and have not seen an appreciable difference in rooting times with sunned or shaded cuttings.

(side note:I was a real addict, even going as far as buying jades from home depot--just so that I could take cuttings--it was facinating. And now, even though the facination has faded, nearly all of my family/friends has a jade to show for it.)

Moral of the story: be patient--believe me, unless you drown them or freeze them, they will root.

Dave

AndyWilson

Yup as above ^^^^, as a extra side note i have rooted jade and crassula by simply snappeing off branches and planting straight into the ground. The key here is time and no water, also never move them or touch them.

pup

I would reconsider growing weeds, if you cannot get jade to show roots.

Iwould give up on both. Just a thought
Pup

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Jameson

Thanks for the responses.

I have some leafs on soil that sprouted, as well as a stem or two, just the LARGE one I am havign problems with.

Appreciate the response.

JC

Jameson

Has only been a week so far. So if I cant get a jade cutting to show roots in a week just give up on everything. Sage advice?

JC

zen

Yeah that's right, and if you're not at least as good as pup, by the time your his age,...just off yourself. LOL
Ease up pup, we don't want to scare off the newcomers, just for the fact that they don't know how to root jade cuttings.
Did you know, when you were only 5 posts in, what you know now?
I sure didn't, and I hope to learn something every time I come here, or go out and look at my trees, for that matter.
And Jameson, I think he was jokin' around, man. At least I hope he was.

Now you guys tighten up, and don't make me do this again. LOL
Jeremy

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robert1955

Hey Jamesom Welcome

Dude, the further north you are the harder it is to get jades to root. Here in SoCal they grow like weeds. I have had them root in my compost pile, the more I chop them up the more they grow. I take the seeds after they bloom here in the winter and little bitty jades will grow if you put alot seeds in some nice dirt. Also, I let the cutting from the Jade dry out for a couple of weeks.

If you ever come thru here I will give you a bunch to take back to New England.

Peace
Bob

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