An Heirloom Jade Plant - SNAP Hydroponics Nutrient Solution

A couple of months ago I stumbled upon this beautiful picture of an indoor plant.

a big potted jade plant — This is a jade plant. According to the owner it’s over 70 years old.

According to the owner it’s a picture of an heirloom plant and it’s over 70 years old. The discussion confirmed that it’s Crassula ovata commonly known as jade plant. The picture is truly inspiring so I decided to grow my own.

Today, I got my very own jade plant.

jade plant potted in a grow bag — I bought her for ₱50 in kiosk in SM Lucena

When I got home. I proceeded to repot this beauty.

jade plant with the grow bag removed showing a loamy soil — She seems to have been propagated from that big leaf sticking out of the soil.

The soil is loamy and still pretty moist. It’s all caked up and forms a large clump. I did my best to remove most of it an expose the root ball.

jade plant with exposed roots — Here she is with most of the soil removed.

I decided to use this aged clay pot for her:

an aged clay pot with a slight patina — An aged clay pot with a slight patina.

pot with large holes with a fine plastic mesh over them — A piece of plastic fine mesh added to keep the potting media from leaking through those large drain holes.

Pot has previously held a florist kalanchoe which has since been moved to a bigger pot. I added a piece of plastic screen because this pot has pretty large drainage holes as you can see in the picture.

a potted jade plant — Jade plant finally potted.

I used my own mix for her. It’s the leftover mineral soil for my cacti. I just added more compost and carbonized rice hull.

Jade plant finally sitting in her new home.

I skipped watering for now to allow her to adjust to her new pot and potting media. I placed her on a shady spot for now. I will introduce her to more light in the following days so she can slowly adjust. Hopefully this is day one of her 70 year journey. Wish me luck!