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I finally got my jade plant to flower after 8 years of trying
I've had this jade plant since I moved into my apartment in Austin back in 2016. It grew big and healthy but never bloomed until I read about giving it cooler nights in the fall around 50 degrees. I moved it to my unheated porch for 6 weeks and it popped out those little pink flowers last November. Has anyone else had luck forcing succulents to bloom with temperature tricks?
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angela_allen5318d ago
I read somewhere that jade plants need that cold stress to trigger blooming. Something about the temperature drop mimicking their natural drought cycle in South Africa. I tried it with my jade last year, kept it outside until it hit 45 degrees. Got a few tiny blooms but nothing like what you described. Maybe my porch wasn't cold enough. Cool that you got yours to finally flower though. That pink flower thing is rare.
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butler.abby17d ago
Yeah and I think the timing matters almost more than the temp itself. I found out the hard way that just sticking it outside for a night or two doesn't cut it lol. You gotta give them a solid stretch of cold nights, like a month or so of steady 40-50 degree drops, then bring em back inside before it actually freezes. Mine finally put out a cluster of tiny white blooms last winter after I left it on the back porch for almost six weeks straight, night temps hitting 42 at the coldest. The pink flower thing is definitely a specific variety thing though, I think some of those crassula hybrids are just bred for it.
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