My Favourite House Plant
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funnies50
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Wow, those grow from cuttings? 
I didn't know that :roll: It looks pretty. Do those have flowers?
I didn't know that :roll: It looks pretty. Do those have flowers?
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That's a cool looking plant! I don't think I've ever seen one of those.
I don't think I've ever seen one of those.
it's crassula ovata "gollum", according to the label. There appears to be a number of similar varieties out there. The standard Jade(which I also have) is crassula ovata. I also have crassula variegata - the variegated variety, and a creeping jade, and what I think is crassula ovata "Hobbit". And possibly a variegated creeping jade, I'm not quite sure what it is yet, my mom thought it was baby crassula variegata, but I don't think it is at all.
Very cool plant, Bad Habit!
I'll bet if you started cuttings they would sell well at your Farmers' Market.
My favourite houseplant is a bay tree (Laurus nobilis) which is the same as the bay leaves one uses for cooking and pickling. They do quite well in a large pot although they need cutting back sometimes because they tend to grow too high for the room if they are not controlled. Mine is outside for the warm months and is putting out all kinds of new growth. :bouncy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_nobilis
I'll bet if you started cuttings they would sell well at your Farmers' Market.
My favourite houseplant is a bay tree (Laurus nobilis) which is the same as the bay leaves one uses for cooking and pickling. They do quite well in a large pot although they need cutting back sometimes because they tend to grow too high for the room if they are not controlled. Mine is outside for the warm months and is putting out all kinds of new growth. :bouncy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_nobilis
MamaSheepdog
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I love Jade plants! I used to have about one hundred of them that I grew from cuttings- my largest was probably 3' tall!
Sadly, when we moved to the mountains I had nowhere to keep them since we were living in a 5th wheel trailer while building our house and the snow would have killed them.
You can grow them from a single leaf.
Bad Habit- I see where you just cut part of the plant off- did you put it directly into the soil? I was told to always let the cut end dry and "scab over" and then put it in the soil because otherwise they sometimes rot.
Sadly, when we moved to the mountains I had nowhere to keep them since we were living in a 5th wheel trailer while building our house and the snow would have killed them.
funnies50":2tq58hb0 said:Wow, those grow from cuttings?
You can grow them from a single leaf.
Bad Habit- I see where you just cut part of the plant off- did you put it directly into the soil? I was told to always let the cut end dry and "scab over" and then put it in the soil because otherwise they sometimes rot.
Growing from a single leaf takes forever, though, and can result in sports, not actual clones.
Yes, I put my cuttings directly in the soil. Occasionally will use root-stim if I have some, but 99 times out of 100 I simply stick them in the dirt straight away. There are tons of things you're supposed to let scab over first, but I never do. I have more luck doing the cuttings directly than letting them scab over.
All my plants go outside over summer(it's dangerous, I usually end up adding a bunch, then not having enough window space for them all!!). This is the 2nd time I've taken cuttings off this specific plant - there's never usually places to take cuttings without making the plant look like garbage. I probably got a bit enthusiastic this time - as MSD points out, you can see where the cuttings came from.
Yes, I put my cuttings directly in the soil. Occasionally will use root-stim if I have some, but 99 times out of 100 I simply stick them in the dirt straight away. There are tons of things you're supposed to let scab over first, but I never do. I have more luck doing the cuttings directly than letting them scab over.
All my plants go outside over summer(it's dangerous, I usually end up adding a bunch, then not having enough window space for them all!!). This is the 2nd time I've taken cuttings off this specific plant - there's never usually places to take cuttings without making the plant look like garbage. I probably got a bit enthusiastic this time - as MSD points out, you can see where the cuttings came from.
MamaSheepdog
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Bad Habit":njfc9eiz said:
Yeah, it takes a long time, but those first little leaves are so-o-o cute!
What's the difference? Sports as in ones that are maybe a different color or shape than the original (like solid rabbits in, say, English Spots), or???
Bad Habit":njfc9eiz said:
I used to do it both ways, too. I started by sticking them directly in the ground, but then let them scab over once I learned about that method. Honestly, I don't recall if one way had better outcomes- I know there were occasional losses both ways.
Basically yes. A sport would be different from the original. A clone is obviously exactly the same. I'm actually trying to grow a sport right now from Gollum - it had a flat but double lobed leaf, figure I'll see if it grows. Gollum itself would be a sport from another type of jade, and they'd all relate back to the standard crassula ovata.
I was thinking my heated hedgehog room might look interesting with a range of succulents. I have to add daylight anyway. Hedgehogs raised for pets are from africa not like the european species so they need a desert environment. The plants won't help the hedgehogs, well maybe it would clean the air some, but if the room is already setup as a desert might as well add some aesthetics and grow interesting plants.
funnies50
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Oh yeah, I just noticed that all the ones I see have flat leaves too. :shrug:
