ok, my mom had a HUGE jade plant for thirty years, and sadly, it died recently i felt so bad, so i decided to get a little jade plant of my own. it's reaaaly small, just like maybe two inches tall, so i put it in a small pot in my room. i read somewhere that you need to water it when the soil feels dry to the touch, which i did, and keep it in moderate sunlight, which i did. well...it's completly dead. it just started losing leaves left and right, and just died. no bugs, no mysterious spots, just dead. i want to get a new one, but i need to know why and how the first one died, any ideas? what did i do wrong? oh also i used liquid plant food for house plants, but it didnt seem to help at all. but i used the same food for my pathos, which sits just behind it, and it's going crazy! why did my jade get issues?
Every thing has a life span and thirty years is great for a jade plant. Buy another one, and don't feed it unless the leaves start to yellow. And then at l/2 or less strength. You only have to water about every month or so. I've never had to fertilize a jade plant.
Pothos plants can take a lot more fertilizer than a Jade. Jades are succulents. They don't need fertilizer.
sometimes you can overwater a jade and kill it. if there's a piece of your mother's tree, place it on top of the soil and see if it sprouts a new tree! your mother's tree may not be completely gone after all...
I know that if you leave a Jade plant in sunlight or even moderate light it will fry it in Texas, that's why i like to plant them or keep a potted plant in a mostly shady location. I'm thinking the sun is shining on the container and burning the root system.
aaaah, i see. i over watered it, and over fertalized it. in other words, i tried too hard lol. thank you so much guys. i shall buy another and try again. in a bigger pot. natural philosophy, unfortunately its COMPLETELY dead there's not a green thing left on that plant, god rest it's soul. she just quit caring about it, and put it on the deck, and it got fried. i think she thought being outside would help it. but it just killed it. oh well. time to start anew
Mix some sand in the soil mix this time around. Remember Jades are succulents, they need some moisture but like camels, they are very efficient in conserving it and providing for periods of drought when needed. Your mom did well in having it exist for as long as it did. Next time, remember to take some cuttings around year 15.
