Crassula ovata minima: care & growing guide

Before we grow and care for crassula ovata minima (miniature jade plant, small jade, baby jade), Crassula Ovata Minima requires the use of soil with good air permeability and drainage. During the curing period, it is necessary to control the growth temperature of the plant and give the plant adequate light, water and fertilizer. Attention should be paid during the maintenance period. During summer or winter, shade work or cold prevention work should be done. During winter, water should be controlled and fertilizer should be stopped.

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1, Soil care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Minima is a succulent plant. The root system of the plant is shallow and has strong drought resistance. When we grow and care for rassula Ovata Minima, it needs to be planted and nourished with soil with good air permeability and drainage performance. The soil can be cultivated or mixed with peat, vermiculite and cinder. The soil can retain water and fertilizer effectively, which is conducive to the respiration and growth of succulent roots.

2, Temperature care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Minima prefers warm temperature. It is suitable for plants to grow in a warm and ventilated climate. The temperature suitable for plants to grow is between 20 and 25 degrees. When we grow and care for rassula Ovata Minima, it need light to grow, and during the curing period, they need to be able to move the plants outside to get more light. The cold resistance of the plant is poor. During the winter, the plant should be moved to the room for curing and the winter temperature should be above 5 degrees.

3, Sewage sludge care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Minima has strong drought resistance, and plants are afraid of waterlogging. When we grow and care for rassula Ovata Minima, it needs to be watered properly, usually once every 5 to 8 days, to keep the soil moist as much as possible. The plant has a high demand for fertilizer. During the growth period, the plant can be given a thin fertilizer solution once every 10 days. The root system of the plant is shallow, and the fertilizer concentration is not too high.

4. Crassula Ovata Minima care for growing indoors

Care should be taken to keep Crassula Ovata Minima indoors. When we grow and care for rassula Ovata Minima indoors, windows should be opened frequently to maintain indoor ventilation. In summer, it is necessary to move the plants to a cool and ventilated place for curing. During winter, after plants enter dormancy state, and we need to control water, stop fertilizing . The plant is put indoors in a position with good light such as a balcony. Be helpful for the growth of the coming year of Crassula Ovata Minima.

5. Light care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Minima requires sufficient sunlight. As long as the fleshy crassula ovata minima receives sufficient sunlight, the leaf color will be bright, the plant type will be more compact and beautiful, and the leaves will be hypertrophy. If the light is too little, the leaves are light green, the leaves are loosely arranged, and they will elongate and thin, and the branches are very tender, affecting the ornamental.

6. Summer care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Minima is in the dormant period throughout the summer. During the dormant period, little or no water is needed. Water is usually resumed only when the temperature drops around mid-September.

7. Winter care for growing Crassula Ovata Minima

If the temperature stays above 5 degrees Celsius in winter, you can water the Crassula Ovata Minima. If the temperature is below 5 degrees Celsius, you must cut off the water, otherwise you are very vulnerable to frostbite in winter.In addition, although winter is very cold, but winter is not a little water do not give, or need to give some water.

 

8. Crassula Ovata Minima propagation

Crassula Ovata Minima has an extremely fast propagation rate, especially for leaf inserts, with a success rate of almost 100%. It is the preferred variety for novice leaf inserts. Can also cuttage, but many years of old plants also do not have some emotional appeal, branches lignified after the bottom leaves can be pulled out for leaf insertion, the rest of the old plant for single plant plastic.

Crassula Ovata Minima is mainly cuttings and can also tiller.Cuttings mainly use leaves. The leaves will be picked, so that it is a little water loss is half wilting, and then spread on the wet sandy soil, above the shade, 1 month later in the petiole base germination, root, can be removed from the seedlings for cultivation. The tillers with roots on the side of the plant can also be cut down for subplanting.