help with my jade plant + question about insects in pot?
I’m not really sure if it IS called a jade plant because the seller didn’t tell me the name properly, i think it had a letter p or b, and i did some reaserch online and saw an image of it, and it said it was called a jade plant.. and i was wondering, if it is a jade plant because mine has thinner stems, and its not that large, some stems are kinda dangling, though the leaves are exaclty the same : fleshy, waxy, shiny, light/dark green, and it doen’t have any flowers…. the stems are brown at the bottom, and then they suddenly apear green at the top, IT IS NOT velvety… so is this a jade plant?
and the OTHER QUESTION is:
in my pot, the one the (jade ) plant is in, there are little tiny snails or slugs, because this plant i got was from a green house ( plants) it also had another insect, kinda like a woolouse, brown, cylinder shaped, v.short, and it had lots of legs, but bear in mind it was small, now, should i get rid of those? because i don’t want them to reproduce and take over the house lol, do u think i should put the plant in my room?
REALLY sorry about the long question, but it would be gr8 if u answered me : )
sorry, its * wood louse 😛
It sounds like the description of a Jade plant–but a pic would help 🙂 As for the insects, YES get rid of them. I’d use a good organic general bug spray safe for house plants. You can also mix water, a small bit of household alcohol and liquid dish soap. Mist that all over the plant, making sure to get the underside of the leaves. good luck with your new plant ! Jades can live very happily inside in a sunny location (but not too hot). Don’t over water, they do not like to have “wet feet”.
As succulents, they require a normal watering when the soil is dry in the summer, and very little watering in the winter. Overwatering will cause them to lose their leaves (it is easy to identify overwatering by the characteristic crinkling look that the fallen leaves have) and eventually the stem will rot away. Though jades can survive overwatering, it is best to keep them on a 10 – 20 day cycle in the summer, and even less (up to a month dry) in the winter. Letting the soil dry between waterings is essential for a healthy jade.[1]
They will grow in full sun to light shade. However, they do not tolerate extreme heat or overexposure to direct sun very well, showing damage ranging from scorched leaves to loss of foliage and rotting stems. Most of the common species will tolerate a limited degree of frost but overexposure to cold weather will kill them.
Found this on Wikipedia for you:
The jade plant benefits from pruning, which should be done in the spring, before the growing season. Pruning a jade can be done over a period of a few weeks, and involves cutting stems back to a lateral branch. The purpose of pruning is twofold: for a top-heavy succulent like the jade, it is important that its trunk be able to support the weight of its leaves and pruning encourages the trunk to grow in size; pruning also encourages root growth. Calluses should form on new cuts after a few days and new growth should emerge from the stump within a few weeks of the cut.