My aunt just gave me a clipping from her 40 year old jade plant, and it took almost a month to find the correct soil (Shultz's succulent soil). I had it sitting on my desk until I potted it, and during this time it was sending down roots from the base of leaves. When i planted it, over a month ago, I watered it a small amount, and recently watered it another small amount. The leaves, at least on one of the two branches, are drooping a bit and are not firm. Should I be concerned? I have not fertilized it. As far as I know, the main branch has not produced any roots (but I don't know, i don't want to dig it up). Is it possible I did something wrong while planting it? Thanks in advanced!
can you post a pic? that would be helpful :) the roots from the leaves are called air roots - not harmful, nothing to be worried about, no need to remove them unless you find them so unsightly that you must :) that's the proper soil - good for you on waiting until you had it!! while you were waiting to locate the soil, did you have it sitting in water? or just in a container that was dry? what kind of pot did you put it in - glazed, unglazed, plastic? does it have drain holes? what kind of sunlight is it getting? is it the solid green or the variegated? usually, when you pot something like this you really don't need to water for at least a week/10 days. that gives the plant time to get situated a bit. a little drink would be okay, though - as long as you didn't completely saturate the soil. when you watered, did you do it from above or below? the leaves that are not firm - are they at the lowest point on the branches or towards the top?? you definitely don't want to disturb it - any roots that may be there will be tiny and fiddling with the plant would damage them. taking cuttings to root is best done in the spring...other times of the year it will just take longer for the roots to form. not a big deal, though, in the long run. i've done it plenty of times at the 'wrong' time and been successful, so don't worry!
I'll take one when I get home! For the first day I put it in a glass of water, but took it out for the rest of the month, and it sat on my desk. It didn't have a huge abdundance of light. it is a plastic pot with draining holes. I don't have it in frount of me, but maybe 6 or 8 inches diameter? It is getting north western light, but I live in Vancouver, and it is overcast for the fall, winter and most of the spring. Both times, I watered it just a little, from above. There are two branches, one has firm leaves, one doesn't, except maybe the ones on the very top. Thanks again for your help!
Here are two pictures. The leaves I am talking about are three drooping bottom ones in the close up pictures. They don't look exatly bad, but they are not firm like the other ones. You might notice that I planted a leaf that fell off. I just moved it now, and it accidently fell over. It had two long roots! So, I carefully put it back.
i see new growth on the branch on the left. is there any new growth on the branch with the wilty leaves? all in all, it looks healthy. those lower leaves may just be doing the normal die-off due to age. the stress of being cut from the main plant could have accelerated the process. since it looks like they're going to go anyway, why not try pulling the one leaf off - you may cause the plant to put out new leaves in that spot - and then you'd have a chance for making a branch later on (with further nipping after it's grown some). i noted the leaf and where to snip it in your pic. i would just do the one leaf - leave the others to do what they're going to do. some will probably recover and some might not. wow! the leaf is rooting already?! i've NEVER had luck rooting the leaves. good for you!!
Thanks! I nipped that leaf, and planted it just incase it wants to take root. Again, thanks! You've made a few of my plants much happier!
