If I Only Knew These Jade Plant Tips 5 Years Ago

won the best Jade on the Block you know big beautiful specimen that you can Flex with to all of your friends to show them how much of plow whisper you are come on you know you do well you're in luck because if you avoid all the common pitfalls I'll share in this video the mistakes I've made in the many years looking after my babies and finally learn from you'll have awesome Jades in your home in no time nothing too taxing just simple tips and tricks this might blow your mind so strap yourself in Jades need water know crazy right you'll have heard it countless times of course don't water your Jade too much mean there's succulents right and we should never water our succulents ever correct our survey said this is the quickest way to kill your Jade and your succulents the Trap you need to avoid falling into my plant friend is hearing you shouldn't water your too often and then not bothering to water for weeks and weeks and weeks do this and it's good night Vienna so like say they do still need water they actually need surprising amount in my experience but how much Mr Sheffield I've always found this to be bit of Minefield hear you hear you and luckily for you I've got the simplest solution you could ever dream of water when it needs it groundbreaking isn't it if you're just about to switch the video off in disgust thinking this guy is not in the slightest bit helpful that and hold your horses just little bit longer do have an answer on how to do this properly you see there isn't any set time we should wait to water any of our plants especially our Jades watering every Saturday morning as part of your weekend chores really won't do any favors in fact your little green friends will be sick of all your helicoptering if you do this and they're probably down tools the worst thing you can do is give your Jade water when the soil is already wet it'll turn him into glutton his leaves and stems will fatten his palms will get sweaty knees weak arms heavy they'll be vomit on sweater mum's spaghetti not pretty sides you see they store water in the leaves and stems and give water too often you've got soggy mess on your hands so what's the magic solution promised to whip out Mr Sheffield's number one affiliate link the moisture meter probe the soil and water when it's in the dry Zone can't get much simpler than that can it forget the when's the wise the what's the who's just water when the meter gets into the dry Zone if you don't have moisture meter then what are you doing with your life it's the best thing since sliced bread and my highest earning affiliate link so follow millions of people and get yourself onto my Amazon page and get ordering Millions who am trying to kid now don't wait too long to give your Jade drink either the sweet sweet spot for mine is just when the meter is transitioning onto one but that is nitpicking you don't have to be so specific wait too long and the leaves will start to resemble an honor who spent far too many years in the sun what's also taking too long is for you to subscribe to this channel come on what are you waiting for just for reference and please don't take this as any sort of guide tend to Water Mine every couple of weeks during the summer in every three or four weeks in the winter but that's just me and my specific conditions at cars are Sheffield is damp and gloomy around here as I'm mentioned far too often in my videos so if it's dry and hot where you are then first I'm jealous and second you'll be watering more often and that brings us seamlessly onto light on some day or other God created light and all the Jades were happy yes Jade's loved light the more you've got to give the more they'll love you I've not got turn around here like that is so keep them in the brightest spots can the windowsills are my dining room and my bedroom these face East and West respectively I've not got any that face South you see not that upsets me at all anywho the more lie you give jade the more purple it will become yes purple now you might have noticed some purple edging on the leaves of your Jade thought it was catching something and lobbed it in the bin sorry to break it to you but this was mistake purple edging is Perfectly Natural and even sought after it's just the plant's natural reaction to getting tons of sunlight it even has fancy scientific name and for cyanins hopefully said that correctly I'm sure you'll tell me if haven't well that's the pigment it produces in response to direct sunlight and is also found in foods like blueberries pomegranates and purple cauliflower there you go knowledge bomb you can use down the pub to make yourself sound clever or obnoxious if the whole Leaf is looking bit Violet Beauregard then your son might be bit too intense for it behind the glass window and it's probably having hard time adjusting in this case I'd reduced the number of hours of exposure and see how it gets on you'll know jade is getting enough vitamin to make you happy by how large the Gap is between the leaves on the stem long gaps and it's on its tippy toes trying to reach for the lie not good short gaps and all is well in the land of Jade just like mine is still in muddle then you'll get to understand all about recognizing the quality of light in your home and how to maximize it in my rather spiffing online houseplant care course that you can check out through the QR code or Link in the description well worth look but Mr Sheffield live in box without any windows and still want thriving Jades with small gaps between the leaves what do do tricky situation yes but there is solution Young Apprentice to get yourself decent grow light to mimic the sun's rays and what's this another affiliate link yes to sansi this time and with this one you can even get yourself 15 discount I've got their clip-on grow light as well as few of their grow bowls that you can plug and play into existing light fixtures and highly recommend them right this next mistake I'm actually guilty of making right at this very moment know you think I'd learn by now what do you notice about my jade getting bit lanky isn't he and that's the mistake leaving it too long to prune the branches Jades love having their limbs severed luckily for them two brand new ones grow back in its place this is the cheat code for getting nice big bushy plant with thick stamp times the more you cut the more branches you get and the thicker the trunk will become look at mine nice thick trunk to make all the girls weak at the knees but I've left it too long for its next haircut there are two branches in particular that are getting out of ham and should be rained in they're both growing away from the circumference of the pot and if they get any longer the weight of the leaves will bend them to the floor like they're trying to do yoga they're just not as flexible as Agnes so they need to be helped out but Mr Sheffield where do you cut here's the trick and it does require bit of thought like said Jade were always produce two branches wherever you made the cut and we can use this to our advantage play God and shape the plant to our liking the branches will always grow out in the direction the leaves just underneath where you made the cut are facing so if was to cut here branch would grow down towards the floor and another would grow up into the sky look at this Branch as an example look how the branches have grown in the same direction as the leaves directly below them so I'm going to make my cuts here and here so that the new branches will grow in that direction and it should balance the plants out nicely now you don't have to think about it too hard if you don't want to Life's far too short and we've got kids to try and stop burning the house down just cut back any leggy stems and it should sort itself out if you're not happy with the growth after that then you can always cut again you won't hurt it promise the beauty of this of course is that you now have three plants yes don't Chuck them in the bin that's waste make new life and give them away as 50 Christmas presents you've got two options here propagate the stems or the leaves yep brand new plant will grow out of just that one leaf crazy know the trouble is it will take an absolute age I'm talking years and years before you get something that resembles anything like plant and always run out of patience it's treacherous Journey getting it from rooted Leaf to full plan don't get me wrong it's fun but the success rate is lower in my opinion you'll get the roots but will we get the plan the struggle is real you've been warned so just tend to propagate the stem pieces you get less bang for your buck of course but you'll have plan in no time it's simple process too remove the lower leaves of the stem and stick into some soil water and slap it somewhere bright and your work is done don't mess around with water or sphagnant Moss or perlite soil will do job perfectly fine for these bad boys and in True Blue Peter style here's one made earlier this is two years old and it's still not massive is it imagine how big it would be if it was started from just the leaf just saying now you may be sat there watching this video glancing at your Jade and wondering what all those white spots are on the leaves yes the classic problem and found on over 90 percent of plants all over the world probably well to find out what that is and whether it's slowly killing your plant check out the video on the screen now it's got all the common Jade problems you're probably seeing and how to fix them and don't forget to subscribe