Stem rot happens when you don't callous the stem and you should cut off most of the leaves so the plant can focus on rooting instead of feeding the leaves. Also, you should cut the stem right below the node to minimize rot.
The only thing I've ever noticed to be different between callousing and not callousing, changing the water or not changing the water, etc. Is the actual plants will to live lol... I've never found a difference between either.
I did it All methods but 2 Here is what I found. Best method: cut it, let it dry for 3-7 days then put it in a ziplock bag with moss, add some root growth hormone and water. Watch them explode to life! I had a clipping I left out for 2 weeks, it was a dying stick, I did this method and now have a tiny jade plant from it. Water method-: Very slow. But works,70% of the time. Soil method: Slow, Im impatient.
I can't help but think the fresh cuts played a part in the rot that you experienced. Succulents and cacti (and BOP) can be started in dry soil, then watered about a week later.
@@rememberberries4277 Ahh funny story actually, nearly all of then died when I was traveling over Thanksgiving. One of them made it though so that's great.
I had a bunch of cuttings once that I just dumped on top of a pile of soil, and they rooted like mad, all up the stem wherever they touched the soil. So cool
@@kristajohnson9173I know I’m two years too late but I have a jade plant my GMA had before she passed and I almost killed it, it had root rot all the way to the leaves and I thought I had lost it. I looked up some information to save it and saw someone saying you need to let it dry and callous. I left it out for a week and then noticed little leaves starting to grow. I planted it and watered it barely and left it for a month and there were good roots growing. Jades are slow growers and can live for decades so the process is long!
@@Gingeyaya So I asked this because I had some jade cuttings I got on the side of the road lol. I ended up actually doing this experiment! Tho not very scientifically. I planted 5 pieces, 3 were freshly cut and 2 were callused. All of the 5 rooted fine, I don't think any of them got root rot? Maybe? One did lose all it's leaves on me eventually (they browned out) and it was a cut one. That may also be because I never really planted it deep enough and it fell over repeatedly. It had roots that looked fine to me, it just was too shallowly in the ground. It was also the smallest piece and greenest at the base, when the rest were all woody, maybe that was the difference.
Short version: toss it outside and a year later you’ll have a full bush. There’s been one in my parents backyard for over 30 years and it gets so big we have to trim it every now and then
@@joannedigirolamo8723 Southern California, zones 9-11ish. Hot, humid, and sometimes rainy- it loves it all! But probably because it’s developed in the ground and gets direct light, so it can metabolize well. If it’s a baby clipping, It will probably need more care initially, and then you can just neglect it outside. Lmk if you have any specific questions!
I water propagate jades. You need to regularly change the water, and a large root formation will form. Such a great way to start a plant with strong roots. I suggest having two or three nodes in water, with regular changes.
Very informative video from one succulent lover to another. Thank you! I wouldn't mind seeing more succulent cutting experiments in the future. I'm sure you'd gain a lot of traction with how cute succulents are to newcomer plant owners
I find lava rock is a good substitute for perlite for both potting mixes and propagation where you need more weight to keep things in place (or if you're not a fan of the styrofoam look). It's heavier than perlite but holds water and air in similar proportions.
This is an excellent video that I just randomly chose to type in my first comment below . I concluded that hardwood cutting ( brown bark) can root in humid air . As in hypopontic misting containers . I think they are called coloring totes. . I see you have course perlite which I don't have my perlite is Home Depot bought and out of a 2 cubic foot bag at least 1/3. Of the bag is perlite dust . Which doesn't drain well and leads to rotting . Of the hardwood cuttings sand may drain well but it still retains too much moisture that rots the cuttings. Point of my sad story .based on this video I will concentrate on high humity air, rather than submersion of hardwood cuttings in water. But I will try both. . My experiment will be done with Mulberry and persimmon and wild grown cherry hard wood cutting. 3 fast growing trees
Yeah I like your conclusion with the gravel! I actually put some pieces in a bin with moist sphagnum moss and they haven't rotted yet and its been like 2 or 3 months now
The reason why I’m here is because I got a few cuttings from my mother-in-law‘s giant silver dollar jade plant that she has in a pot. It’s about 4 1/2 feet tall and about the same all around and I wanted to know how to get them started, and I think I’m gonna mix the soil with perlite like he did in his video.
Can succulents propogated in water then be moved to soil as a its growing medium? Or succulents like echeverias die in this process? Thank you for this beautiful idea of conducting this awesome experiment and sharing it with us. 👍🙏🌸
Top heavy solution, make smaller cuttings of the cuttings. I made 12 jade plants just from pruning my small jade. The cuttings only had 2 leaves or one. It's been 3 wks and all seem to be healthy. Some have even sprouted new growth. I only mist them every couple days.
Right I’m an over thinker I have a few cutting and I’m new to propagating jades so can someone tell me the best way for them to root please because I don’t want them to die should I let them callus then put it in soil or shall I cut the callus off and then put it in soil should I water like you normally would if it already had root? Hope all that makes sense
I understand your thinking, me too. Let me share what has worked… let cutting callous 3-7 days. Plant in dry gritty soil. Mist with water or squirt a little water on trunk only a couple times a week. Dont soak them. Give them lots of sun. After a month= good roots, 1 month later= amazing new roots. I have 2 large trays of Gollum jades that are doing very well.
I think I will use a gallon water bottle , clear plastic And fill with gravel . Fine gravel that can be easily shoveled . Called number 57 in the construction trade . Then add water to a level well below the surface of the gravel and place my cutting on top of the gravel or at least one node into the non submerged gravel and see if that will give me a humid air that this video suggest is the better approach
With succulents, roots don’t typically sprout from the cut end, especially in water and high humidity situations. This is why it is so important to let the stem dry and callous a bit so the stem doesn’t rot out. With many other plants, a fresh cut can help, but not with succulents.
They’re a pain in the ass for some reason, especially from seed but I’ve definitely had seedlings that germinated and got 2 leaves and then they just flop and die. I’ve also bought established plants from Lowe’s and it was dead in like… no time 🙅🏼♀️😩
If you are having trouble growing from seed I recommend that you just cut a piece off a lavender plant and plant it in soil and it will root in abt a month (:
I used to live in San Diego CA which is the perfect (hot/sunny) climate for jade plants. I got some cuttings at a thrift store and literally just stuck them in potting soil in full sun and watered them maybe a couple times a week and the plant got massive and stocky. Some of the leaves fell off and grew into massive plants after just sitting on soil on the other side of the fence. I have not had any success growing jade in the PNW where I live now, because they don't like being indoor plants.
I live in the Pacific Northwest as well and the cutting that I got from my mother-in-law and got frozen and died during the first frost so I got more cuttings this year and I’m hoping to just keep them inside. I’m gonna try the soil method with the perilite.
I don't see any of your videos on the use of bubbles in water baths. I haven't had success using a bubbler but other RUclips videos show bubbler do work if the bubbles are bubbling directly under the cutting in a hydroponic bath
I have a video where I did this and it didn't seem to have a positive effect like I was expecting, I even tried a cloner with huge air stones and it didn't work well. I'm still experimenting tho
Yeah that's exactly right. This video is really not what you want to watch when learning stuff about plants... If you cut off the callous you could as well say : here I am knowing nothing about plants but I'm making videos about it !
They only need to lay on the ground, in the shadow, and maybe sometimes be watered a little bit to grow roots. The less underground the stem is, the better. And, of course, let them cicatrize! 😂 Also, the roots grown in the water are not good roots. Probably they'll die when buried.
I've got a whole tray of leaes taht i rooted. My problem isn't how to popigate but then what to do with all the new babies. I've run out of coworkers that want plants lol.
There is a lot to contemplate in this one video. For one " a spoon full of water evert 2 or three days per pot . Then a Terra cottage pot . And then moist air over submersion for brown bark p)ants
Yeah I think this is way overkill for a Jade especially. You either have to let them callous or like you said, chop and stick them in the dirt, and don’t water them for a week or so. Then water. They do their thing pretty easily lol but this was a little cringe 😂
Yeah I find sometimes If a callous is old and really flaky that that extra organic material will rot fast and add to the overall failure of the plant. I never let any of my plants callous before propping and they never rot. I know it's a divisive issue but I find there are 2 parties of people who find success both ways.
My first search on internet says Jade plants are extremely toxic to dogs. People, please always heavily research the plants you grow, if you have pets or children. Edit: It would be nice if Techplant/all RUclipsrs would include this kind of information and warnings on the plants they show on their channel. It would potentially save thousands of hours of research from viewers, sickened or dead pets/children, be super appreciated by some, and get more followers.
The difference between callus and fresh cut is similar to putting ur hand in soil with no cuts and with fresh cuts ….will hurt you and allows dirt,pathogens and all other stuffs into you😂😂😂😂 Dont be over smart….do what works😅
Stem rot happens when you don't callous the stem and you should cut off most of the leaves so the plant can focus on rooting instead of feeding the leaves. Also, you should cut the stem right below the node to minimize rot.
No.
@@macysondheim Wrong.
Yeah, that’s why the stems were rotting in water. When you let them callous before you put them in water, they don’t rot.
Also it doesn’t look like the water was changed. Roots need oxygen.
The only thing I've ever noticed to be different between callousing and not callousing, changing the water or not changing the water, etc. Is the actual plants will to live lol... I've never found a difference between either.
I did it
All methods but 2
Here is what I found.
Best method: cut it, let it dry for 3-7 days then put it in a ziplock bag with moss, add some root growth hormone and water. Watch them explode to life!
I had a clipping I left out for 2 weeks, it was a dying stick, I did this method and now have a tiny jade plant from it.
Water method-: Very slow. But works,70% of the time.
Soil method: Slow, Im impatient.
I can't help but think the fresh cuts played a part in the rot that you experienced. Succulents and cacti (and BOP) can be started in dry soil, then watered about a week later.
I literally just picked up a bunch of jade cuttings at the library so this video is perfect.
Awesome good luck!
how did they take?
@@HamHorse They took really well.
How are they 9 months later
@@rememberberries4277 Ahh funny story actually, nearly all of then died when I was traveling over Thanksgiving. One of them made it though so that's great.
I had a bunch of cuttings once that I just dumped on top of a pile of soil, and they rooted like mad, all up the stem wherever they touched the soil. So cool
Pls make a experiment with callused over and fresh cuttings!
Yes, please! I saw a botanist also saying callusing is an old wives tale, would love to know if its demonstrably different
@@kristajohnson9173I know I’m two years too late but I have a jade plant my GMA had before she passed and I almost killed it, it had root rot all the way to the leaves and I thought I had lost it. I looked up some information to save it and saw someone saying you need to let it dry and callous. I left it out for a week and then noticed little leaves starting to grow. I planted it and watered it barely and left it for a month and there were good roots growing. Jades are slow growers and can live for decades so the process is long!
@@Gingeyaya So I asked this because I had some jade cuttings I got on the side of the road lol. I ended up actually doing this experiment! Tho not very scientifically. I planted 5 pieces, 3 were freshly cut and 2 were callused. All of the 5 rooted fine, I don't think any of them got root rot? Maybe? One did lose all it's leaves on me eventually (they browned out) and it was a cut one. That may also be because I never really planted it deep enough and it fell over repeatedly. It had roots that looked fine to me, it just was too shallowly in the ground. It was also the smallest piece and greenest at the base, when the rest were all woody, maybe that was the difference.
Short version: toss it outside and a year later you’ll have a full bush. There’s been one in my parents backyard for over 30 years and it gets so big we have to trim it every now and then
Amazing
😂
What are weather conditions in your area?
@@joannedigirolamo8723 Southern California, zones 9-11ish. Hot, humid, and sometimes rainy- it loves it all! But probably because it’s developed in the ground and gets direct light, so it can metabolize well. If it’s a baby clipping, It will probably need more care initially, and then you can just neglect it outside. Lmk if you have any specific questions!
I water propagate jades. You need to regularly change the water, and a large root formation will form. Such a great way to start a plant with strong roots. I suggest having two or three nodes in water, with regular changes.
I always root my cutting in water, I had no idea I could plant them directly in soil 🤷🏻♀️ I have two huge 30 year old jade plants!
Mine Giganic!
Omg I would love to see those!!!! 🤍🤍🤍🪴🪴🪴
Very informative video from one succulent lover to another. Thank you! I wouldn't mind seeing more succulent cutting experiments in the future. I'm sure you'd gain a lot of traction with how cute succulents are to newcomer plant owners
I find lava rock is a good substitute for perlite for both potting mixes and propagation where you need more weight to keep things in place (or if you're not a fan of the styrofoam look). It's heavier than perlite but holds water and air in similar proportions.
Nice recomendation! I will try it
I’m pretty sure perlite is just lava rocks but exploded into tiny pieces.
Oops. I have a stem breakage that has been growing in water since 2016. Perhaps I’ll finally pot it now that I know what the plant is. 😂
Really great experiment. Thanks for sharing. Hope they grow well for you. What did you wind up doing about the mealy bugs?
Good video! Thanks for making it!
This is an excellent video that I just randomly chose to type in my first comment below . I concluded that hardwood cutting ( brown bark) can root in humid air . As in hypopontic misting containers . I think they are called coloring totes. .
I see you have course perlite which I don't have my perlite is Home Depot bought and out of a 2 cubic foot bag at least 1/3. Of the bag is perlite dust . Which doesn't drain well and leads to rotting . Of the hardwood cuttings sand may drain well but it still retains too much moisture that rots the cuttings.
Point of my sad story .based on this video I will concentrate on high humity air, rather than submersion of hardwood cuttings in water. But I will try both. . My experiment will be done with Mulberry and persimmon and wild grown cherry hard wood cutting. 3 fast growing trees
Yeah I like your conclusion with the gravel! I actually put some pieces in a bin with moist sphagnum moss and they haven't rotted yet and its been like 2 or 3 months now
@@TechplantChannel one of the long term oriental bonsai youtube channel in England says Sagjmn moss is by far the best. I don't know why
I've never let my jade cuttings callous, just chucked them into the soil and they rooted just fine.
Yeah same it works for me just fine!
It will root 😂😂😂
Callus can improve the chance of survival ❤
The reason why I’m here is because I got a few cuttings from my mother-in-law‘s giant silver dollar jade plant that she has in a pot. It’s about 4 1/2 feet tall and about the same all around and I wanted to know how to get them started, and I think I’m gonna mix the soil with perlite like he did in his video.
You're sooo going to do an experiment with propagating callus vs fresh cut lol
Great video! Really to the point! And I liked that the music was not too loud while you spoke.
Can succulents propogated in water then be moved to soil as a its growing medium? Or succulents like echeverias die in this process?
Thank you for this beautiful idea of conducting this awesome experiment and sharing it with us.
👍🙏🌸
I know people have done it but I have little experience
Thank you for your reply. 🙏
I just cut a stem of a small jade that has no trunk yet. It’s just green. Will I still be able to prop it?
I would try it! Hard to understand exactly what you mean but if space isn't a concern it's fun to try everything to see what happens
Oh my....so cute...🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏
Thanks!
I wonder if peeling the skin away would make a difference?
Top heavy solution, make smaller cuttings of the cuttings. I made 12 jade plants just from pruning my small jade. The cuttings only had 2 leaves or one. It's been 3 wks and all seem to be healthy. Some have even sprouted new growth. I only mist them every couple days.
I love your Videos bro ❤️💙
Thank you!
Right I’m an over thinker I have a few cutting and I’m new to propagating jades so can someone tell me the best way for them to root please because I don’t want them to die should I let them callus then put it in soil or shall I cut the callus off and then put it in soil should I water like you normally would if it already had root? Hope all that makes sense
I understand your thinking, me too. Let me share what has worked… let cutting callous 3-7 days. Plant in dry gritty soil. Mist with water or squirt a little water on trunk only a couple times a week. Dont soak them. Give them lots of sun. After a month= good roots, 1 month later= amazing new roots. I have 2 large trays of Gollum jades that are doing very well.
What about growing in leca?
Knock your socks off lol
I was wondering that too
Great video!!
Thanks!
What does it look like when it's calloused?
What is that white colour material
perlite
Great video thank you so much!
I think I will use a gallon water bottle , clear plastic
And fill with gravel . Fine gravel that can be easily shoveled . Called number 57 in the construction trade . Then add water to a level well below the surface of the gravel and place my cutting on top of the gravel or at least one node into the non submerged gravel and see if that will give me a humid air that this video suggest is the better approach
Wow good thinking!
With succulents, roots don’t typically sprout from the cut end, especially in water and high humidity situations. This is why it is so important to let the stem dry and callous a bit so the stem doesn’t rot out.
With many other plants, a fresh cut can help, but not with succulents.
Could you do a propagation of lavender from seed? I have found it to be a difficult plant
They’re a pain in the ass for some reason, especially from seed but I’ve definitely had seedlings that germinated and got 2 leaves and then they just flop and die. I’ve also bought established plants from Lowe’s and it was dead in like… no time 🙅🏼♀️😩
If you are having trouble growing from seed I recommend that you just cut a piece off a lavender plant and plant it in soil and it will root in abt a month (:
I love the update videos!
Great content. Thx u!😊
The thing that I want to know about is the leaky bugs! They didn’t seem to bother you. Should I not even worry if I see them on my succulents?
I used to live in San Diego CA which is the perfect (hot/sunny) climate for jade plants. I got some cuttings at a thrift store and literally just stuck them in potting soil in full sun and watered them maybe a couple times a week and the plant got massive and stocky. Some of the leaves fell off and grew into massive plants after just sitting on soil on the other side of the fence. I have not had any success growing jade in the PNW where I live now, because they don't like being indoor plants.
I live in the Pacific Northwest as well and the cutting that I got from my mother-in-law and got frozen and died during the first frost so I got more cuttings this year and I’m hoping to just keep them inside. I’m gonna try the soil method with the perilite.
I find jade in water works better with a younger stem, for older stems i just chuck in soil and terracotta
if youŕe gonna water prop, you will need a callous or it will 100% rot.
Ill have to try it!
Not true! Just water propagated about 40-50 jade cuttings and all rooted fine without callousing!
Thank you so much
Thank you!!
I don't see any of your videos on the use of bubbles in water baths. I haven't had success using a bubbler but other RUclips videos show bubbler do work if the bubbles are bubbling directly under the cutting in a hydroponic bath
I have a video where I did this and it didn't seem to have a positive effect like I was expecting, I even tried a cloner with huge air stones and it didn't work well. I'm still experimenting tho
I’m so confused. Everyone says to LET callus to prevent rot!????
Yeah that's exactly right. This video is really not what you want to watch when learning stuff about plants... If you cut off the callous you could as well say : here I am knowing nothing about plants but I'm making videos about it !
They only need to lay on the ground, in the shadow, and maybe sometimes be watered a little bit to grow roots. The less underground the stem is, the better. And, of course, let them cicatrize! 😂
Also, the roots grown in the water are not good roots. Probably they'll die when buried.
I've got a whole tray of leaes taht i rooted. My problem isn't how to popigate but then what to do with all the new babies. I've run out of coworkers that want plants lol.
the roots come out by the leaves because that's what succulents do in their natural habitat. when a leave or stem falls, roots grow out
niiice!
Thanks! If you want some let me know
There is a lot to contemplate in this one video. For one " a spoon full of water evert 2 or three days per pot . Then a Terra cottage pot . And then moist air over submersion for brown bark p)ants
Yeeeeeah that was definitely not what I’d think would make things go smoothly lol
You never make a connection between the amount of rot and the fresh cut approach.
first!
Nice! Thanks for watching
Just cut a piece and stick it back in the dirt, no issues they are a no brainer.
Yeah I think this is way overkill for a Jade especially. You either have to let them callous or like you said, chop and stick them in the dirt, and don’t water them for a week or so. Then water. They do their thing pretty easily lol but this was a little cringe 😂
NEVER cut toward your thumb/body
Cutting off callous... to prevent rot... That's a first time I had to end watching a plant video.
Yeah I find sometimes If a callous is old and really flaky that that extra organic material will rot fast and add to the overall failure of the plant. I never let any of my plants callous before propping and they never rot. I know it's a divisive issue but I find there are 2 parties of people who find success both ways.
My first search on internet says Jade plants are extremely toxic to dogs. People, please always heavily research the plants you grow, if you have pets or children. Edit: It would be nice if Techplant/all RUclipsrs would include this kind of information and warnings on the plants they show on their channel. It would potentially save thousands of hours of research from viewers, sickened or dead pets/children, be super appreciated by some, and get more followers.
These aren’t jade plants…
What are they?
The difference between callus and fresh cut is similar to putting ur hand in soil with no cuts and with fresh cuts ….will hurt you and allows dirt,pathogens and all other stuffs into you😂😂😂😂
Dont be over smart….do what works😅