When caring for a Ruby Necklace plant, it is essential to water the plant only when the soil is dry to the touch, place it in bright, indirect sunlight, and fertilize it monthly with a diluted liquid fertilizer. Repot the plant every 2-3 years as needed. The string of rubies is an easy-to-grow succulent that sports delicate yellow flowers for most of the year when properly cared for.
The Ruby Necklace Plant does best in full sun or partial sun, keeping the soil moist but not wet. When watering, water generously. If you are new to plant care, these forgiving beauties are perfect for beginners.
Succulents require a pot, and the Ruby Necklace plant doesn’t require frequent fertilization, but occasional feeding during the growing season can help promote healthy growth and vibrant foliage. Use distilled or purified water, or tap water if not available.
A glass pendant is a great choice for a necklace, and placing a little bit of soil and some glass beads or other decorations in the pendant can help maintain its health. The Crassula Baby Necklace is resistant to drought, but water the plant when the soil is dry to touch and do not water it again until it is dry.
Air plants are modern and versatile, as they don’t need soil to thrive. For indoor plants, make sure the plant has some shade during the afternoon, when the sun rays are harshest. For jewelry, keep the plant in good air flow, mist leaves, keep it in indirect or light sunlight, and ensure plants are secured.
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I bought a jade somewhere around 1998. It grew into a monster, my dad wanted his own jade so I gave him a branch. Eventually the original plant died off (lack of light, bad parenting.) My dad’s branch generated several more plants, a couple he gave to my brother. The plants my dad had died, but the ones he gave my brother thrived and turned into monsters like their parent plant. When my brother moved he had us come over and dig up plants we wanted before he sold the house, and he asked if I wanted the jades in the livin groom. Not turning that down, and now in 2023 I have a forest of jades that came from the original plant I bought 25 years ago!😊😊😊
My only problem with jade plants is.. I’ve got too many of them! 🤭 I can never bring myself to throw out broken branches and tend to stick them in other pots or in the ground.. and they grow everywhere and in any soil!! The mother plant is enormous now.. about 5 feet tall with a trunk I can’t even get both hands around.. it flowers every December without fail.. a sight to behold.. just wish I could toughen up a bit when it comes to broken stems!! 😆💚 Great vid! Thanks, Mr Sheffield..
We had a monster jade plant for years, my grandmother had grown it and given it to my mom. Recently, against my wishes, my mom gave our jade away to a family friend. I was devestated! Or I was… until we found the tiniest little jade sprout next to where we had the original jade! I guess the jade didn’t want to leave after all!
I have a jade plant that is outside, next to my front door. She is over 3 feet tall and loves being watered every week. She gets regular trims and a few months ago I trimmed about 4 inches off of her roots and gave her all fresh soil. I do wrap her in a blanket when frost is possible. I live in California, so most of the year she is just fine. 😎
I have made the exact same mistake of underwatering my jade plant and the leaves started to become soft and mooshy. Which made me think that I overwatered and I waited even longer. Then some of the stems started to fall off. I dug out the roots and didn’t spot any rot so that’s when I realised I have been depriving my plant of water. So now I always water when the soil has completely dried out, and it’s never been happier!
I have a monster jade that my dad planted many years ago. The house is now mine and the jade is still a monster. It gets plenty of water from the air conditioner drain in the summer. It is on the east side of the house. I have recently started a stem cutting for a house plant. After perusal your article, I got a monster meter like you suggested. It has stopped me from over watering all my plants. Love perusal your articles and your sense of humor has made learning fun. Keep it up!
Yep, they definitely seem to do well with frequent watering. My Gollum was looking stressed & dehydrated with its once a week watering so I started watering it every 2-3 days during our summers here in a Perth. 🇦🇺I also noticed during heavy rain stretches in winter time it wouldn’t look soggy and ready to burst like many of my other more sensitive succulents did. I never had to coddle it and put it out of the rain. I should also mention I have always grown it & repotted it up in terracotta pots so it never gets drowned because of how the water evaporates away better in terracotta.
Great tips. It actually is even simpler than using a gadget. Just give a jade leaf a gentle squeeze. Firm? Plenty of water in there. Starting to soften, AND the soil doesn’t look moist, it’s getting thirsty, give a good drink, and then check firmness a couple of hours later to see the change. Check the firmness of the leaves next day to get a sense of what it feels like when full of water.
Absolutely Fantastic article, I now want to run out and purchase another one, I gave up on having this plant decades ago because I was told it was like a cactus and don’t water it well it died😢 The comment section is great finding out about different varieties of the Jade plant, saving all jade plant articles to play list 👍🏾 Blessings 💜💚
I went on holiday for 2 weeks…forgot to turn on the grow lights…upon returning back home all the larger lower leaves fell off. There is a lot of new growth though, so perhaps it was a good thing as it may start to branch out now… I have propagated by leaf and one has a pup this was from June time to now. I have them in perlite on my windowsill.
I must be pretty good at growing Jade plants. 😊I have sold 2 that were over 3 feet high. When I pot up my Jade, I buy a clay pot and make a tag with date and price of pot. When they get too big for me, I sell them to friends for the price of the pot. 2 will get sold in the spring and I’ll have 2 more to grow until they get too big for me.
Jade plants are very resilient. I moved from Southern California to Northern California which is wetter and has lower temperatures in winter. I brought my jade curly jade and gollum jades along and all are in large containers in cactus soil since the soil here is clay. They sit on a rock border under eaves of house 🏡 and surprisingly they have all adapted well to the climate change. They’re approximately 2 feet tall with trunks about 9 inches diameter and receive water during hot summer months and none during winter. I’m bragging 😅but my point is they are very hardy and resilient plants 🪴. If I was only this successful with all my plants I’d be in plant heaven 😊Love your articles Richard I so enjoy them.
I got one one of the new mini sansi clip on grow lights on my Jade. I also removed some 20 leaves since it’s actively growing and was crowding itself. Ive only had these 3 wee tiny lights for about 9 days so all i can really say is my Maranta seems very pleased as does my string of bananas and tradescantia, the foot candles were around 1500 so i put one on my Jade. So far so good and despite having three very different leave types, paper thin, succulent and slightly thicker leaves I’ve got no burning on any of them. I also love that i can set them to be on for 12 hours and they come back on at the same time each day so I’m not having to turn them on. Sansi should sponsor me at this point since nearly every lightbulb in my house is Sansi 🤣 but for real, i get extremely bad migraines (the whole am i possessed types) and the Sansi bulbs and grow lights do not trigger them! That’s a miracle in itself and makes the bulbs worth every penny (esp when i get a discount!)
I LOVE getting up to a new Sheffield article! This one was interesting. I ordered a tricolor jade a while back and when it arrived, it wasn’t what I expected. I realized that it was NOT a tricolor jade. The only pink on it was at the very tip of some leaves (I’m assuming it was the anthocyanin). I’m happy with my verigated jade though, I do love the white and green swirl patterns. Thanks for another interesting article! Also, if anyone is trying to learn when their jade needs water and you don’t have a moisture meter (you SHOULD get one though), pinch your leaves. There should be very little give. If the begin getting soft, even slightly, it’s time to water.
Mr Shefffield I have recently watched a lot of your articles and learned so much thank you. You have inspired me to increase my small collection and also propagate some that I already have. Sometimes in the articles it shows you top watering and other times you bottom watering. Is there a reason why you do one rather than the other. Maybe I have missed the article explaining this. I love that you have taken the complicated part about when to water and made it easy to determine this. By the way my 6 year old granddaughter thinks you are so funny. 😀🇨🇦
I would love to find a moisture meter that actually works properly. I did have one for years which worked perfectly but then finally stopped working. I purchased one which did not work at all, remained in the dry zone despite thoroughly watering. Returned it and purchased another one. Similar thing but not quite as bad, sometimes reads dry a lot so not sure now whether to really believe it. My parlour palm felt damp with my finger but bone dry with the meter. I will start looking for another one.
Great advice there Mr Shefield 😉,we well i had some stunning Jade plants,we moved home and wife said they are not coming in the house 🤨,lost the lot 😮💨 well we are starting again well me really,have you ever got your Jade’s to “FLOWER” 🤔 me once long time ago, a house i pass daily has some of the best Jade’s in Flower i have ever seen 🥰,one more question some of the best Jade’s are in Chinese takeaways what is their secret,the heat 🤔 or something in the tea 🤨,thanks again 👌
We had a huge jade plant when we lived in sunny hot S California until we had a rare hard freeze. Since it had spent its life out on the front porch it wasn’t possible to protect it. It was a horrifying so I quickly salvaged any viable stems and created a new plant from the original. They prefer sunnier dryer climates.
I Live in Maryland usa. May 1st i put it outside direct sun all day. I water it almost everyday. the leaves plump up, tips turn purple and it grows like crazy. BUT….come Oct plants come in placed in southern facing window and don’t get water again till Tax day (April 15th) It lives off the water in the leaves, and trunk. I have killed a Beautiful huge Jade by overwatering it in the winter….no moister meter back then.
I just got an oger ear (which is a type of jade plant). I found it in those cheap succulents at Walmart. I dont think they ever watered it. Thats the first thing i did when i got it home before i even put it into its little terrarium (its currently tiny lol) it has a few leaves that seem like theyre struggling but as a whole i think its ok.
I was given a jade plant and i didnt water it at all for almost 2 years. It didnt die it just didnt grow and i wondered why one day. I started to water it and in one week I had all these baby leaves. Was a sight to see I can tell you. I now water when its dry on the top of the soil. Its grown rather big now but I think it needs repotting but im scared i will kill it. My jade is in the sun for hours every day. I have nowhere in my house where there is enough light. A shame cause i would love to have some jade plants inside. I have tried one of those moisture metre and it gave me false readings which ended up killing my cuttings. I was also give another jade plant last year and the leaves are tiny. Is that just a different type?
My jade has long “viney” stems. Fiirst 15cm off the ground have only tiny leaves growing and then it starts with bigger leaves. The main stems are 40-50 cm long. After learning that jades like pruning i’m guessing that it would only make sense to cut the main stems close to the ground and propagate (could probably make 20 new plants from these long vines) and encourage the stem to get stronger but that seams homicidal. I would really like this plant to thrive, but i don’t know how to help it. 🥺
Watching this I realized I’ve had my snake plant and ficus ginseng on the balcony because they had spider mites (or I think they attacked the snake plant from the ficus I bought from the super market, although never saw anything on it) and it’s been a week of subzero temperatures and I think I watered them once during the last month or two. The mites better be dead by now. I tend to hear plants like these don’t like getting too low below your normal room temperatures like 20-24C, but these guys have shown zero adverse reactions to such low temperatures. And they have rather small pots of soil too to protect from the cold. Like tomatoes etc have shriveled already despite being in 120 litre bags.
This come in right time i had 6 jade plant but today 1 broke and i think is water, because i thought my plant need water because as i said on other article my plants are dying because of summer here, they were so happy in winter i think now i will end with no plant. Im going to buy few plants again 😢 this weekend 😢😢.
I think you missed the most important tip about watering jades, at least in my opinion. and you were so close actually… as mentioned, that the jade plant – like other succulents – stores water in it’s leaves. when the plant needs water, the leaves will get thin and soft. this is the point when you need to water. once watered the leaves will get firm again. it doesn’t get easier than that and i wished i would have known that when i started out with jades. I hope this is helpfull for someone. Don’t waste your money on a moisture meter…
I’ve just got a bonsai jade tree and it now has brown blister like spots on the leaves, anyone can help? I have been watering it every day just a tiny bit as that’s what I was told but I’m now reading that this particular plant doesn’t need that much water. I don’t want to loose this plant. I live in Australia, it’s summer here and plant is on the balcony where it gets morning sun.
1:24 … LOL I am currently trying to figure out what my jade wants. This summer, I got disgusted with my golem jade, put it in a window, watered it like it was the other plants, and it grew like crazy. It’s actually big, lush and pretty. I never liked it before now. I was about to treat my normal jade like that to see if it will do the same. The problem I get is that it grows small leaves. The size of a nickel instead of a quarter. It drops babies just fine, but it is small and stumpy looking. Not leggy, but almost too much leaf and not enough stem. Like it’s keeping the last leaf from getting light.
As bad as a drug dealer..🤔 🧐 I bought a moisture metre at your recommendation and after a lack of my own research, I then found out you can get a light and moisture metre rolled into one 🤯 😂I think you should affiliate to a moisture AND a light meter all in one, ‘but that’s just me’ from my londonish area 😂