Jade Co Hobby

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Wow! We have thes all around our garden. They are very hardy!
Jade plants are primarily propagated in two ways, either by leaf cuttings or stem cuttings. Either of these can be done year round within a greenhouse setting and hormones can be applied after the cutting is taken but it is not necessary for root growth. If a hormone is to be utilized, a cytokinin should be applied in low to medium levels (500-1500 ppm) to the leaf cuttings. For the stem cuttings, an auxin can be applied but in low levels. Both of these types of cuttings require high humidity and a mist, high humidity tent, or fog system to reduce desiccation.

To take a leaf cutting of a Jade plant, the leaf blade and petiole are removed from the mother plant. The mother plant should be clean, healthy, and pest-free. It has been though that in Jade plant propagation a bud must also be present for a leaf cutting to differentiate into a new plant. Recently though, it has been shown that Jade leaves will differentiate into a new plant with or without a bud present. After the cutting has been taken, any hormones being used should be applied and then the cutting must be placed into a media. The cuttings should then be placed in an area of high humidity (Hartmann, et al 2002).

With stem cuttings, the mother plant should again be clean, healthy, and pest-free. A segment of the shoot is cut off from the mother plant and then the cutting is cleaned up by removing any excess leaves and allowing enough stem without leaves to support the cutting in the media. Once again, if hormones will be used, they would be applied before the cutting is placed in high humidity in media (Hartmann, et al 2002).

Leaf Cuttings

Stem Cuttings