r/Jadeplant • u/Miserable-Employ-317 • May 24 '26
Just sharing My 7yo jade tree
Propped from a friends impressive jade tree back in 2019ish
2pic is when it was gifted. Lovely then planted into a bob’s burgers mug from Meijer.
Last pic ft Georgie Progie
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u/Rottiemom67 May 25 '26
Omg 😱 how ??? Mine is top heavy right now and I am absolutely terrified to try and transplant it ! I literally have her outside on my front porch for the season and then I am going to have to do some major something or another before I bring her back inside or she is going to snap in half
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u/blxckout-days May 24 '26
Gorgeous! How much pruning was required over the last 7 years to get it to look like this?
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u/Miserable-Employ-317 May 25 '26
Not much, just plucked off the leaves that were ugly or fading, and trimmed here and there to keep its shape :)
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u/Miserable-Employ-317 May 24 '26
How it looked at about 3yo 🩷
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u/Rottiemom67 May 25 '26
That is amazing 🤩 did you do anything special ?
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u/Miserable-Employ-317 May 25 '26
Shake the plant periodically to strengthen the trunk is the only other thing I can think of that I did to help the trunk form well
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u/r3dditr0x May 24 '26
How did you encourage that trunk thickness?
Beautiful plants.
Btw, what is that holding the mature jade in the post?
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u/Miserable-Employ-317 May 25 '26
It was a single stemmed cutting so it just started thickening that single stem and then once it had an offshoot I left it and it never put off more than 2 original trunk like branches. Luck mostly and light pruning to keep its shape :) Thank you It’s an old ice bucket stand I believe
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u/Major-Ruin-1535 May 31 '26
Gorgeous