Can a Jade Plant Be Kept in the Bedroom? Grow It This Way in Winter for Green, Plump Leaves

The jade plant is a common succulent grown indoors, and it is deeply loved by plant enthusiasts because it propagates quickly and is easy to grow. But since many people do not care for it properly in winter, it withers and dies. So can a jade plant be kept in the bedroom? How should it be grown in winter?

1. Introduction to the Jade Plant:

1. What is the flower language of the jade plant?

(1) Rolling in wealth, prosperity and good fortune

(2) Admiration, pure love.

2. What does the jade plant look like?

The jade plant can reach 3 m in height. Its stem is fleshy and thick, with grayish-white, light-colored bark, many branches, and brownish-green, darker twigs. The leaves are fleshy, ovate, and grayish-green. It blooms in late winter and early spring, with tubular flowers 2 cm in diameter, white or pale pink. It is native to southern Africa and has been introduced and cultivated in China. The jade plant has unusual, jade-like leaf shapes; in summer and autumn it blooms abundantly, with green and white intermingled, making it an excellent plant for potted growing.

2. Can a Jade Plant Be Kept Indoors?

Some people say the jade plant has a strong ability to compete for oxygen at night, which can affect people's normal breathing during sleep. Others say the jade plant has an ability other plants do not have: it can also release oxygen at night, making it very suitable for indoor placement, especially in the bedroom.

In fact, the jade plant cannot release oxygen at night; like humans, it carries out respiration. However, it will not compete with people for too much oxygen either. Therefore, we can place and grow jade plants indoors. If you are worried about harm, then do not put it in the bedroom; simply keep the indoor ventilation good as usual.

3. How Should a Jade Plant Be Grown in Winter?

1. Pruning

In winter, when caring for a jade plant indoors, you can prune the plant: trim the curved branches and old branches at the bottom, and thin out the dense areas of the plant to improve air penetration and avoid disease. After pruning the jade plant, removing the apical dominance allows more lateral buds to grow, making the whole plant rounder and fuller.

2. Light

In winter, lighting is very important for indoor jade plant care. Usually, the jade plant can be placed on a balcony with plenty of light to receive scattered light. The plant can then grow quickly through photosynthesis. If kept in shade for a long time, the jade plant is prone to problems such as withering.

3. Fertilizing

The jade plant is a fertilizer-loving plant, especially with a high demand for nitrogen fertilizer. Generally, after winter begins, if you want the jade plant to grow vigorously, you need to keep supplementing the plant with nitrogen fertilizer. You can directly spray urea or a quick-acting compound fertilizer into the flowerpot; spray the two kinds of compound fertilizer into the flowerpot weekly, and water normally, and it can grow quickly.

4. Watering

To keep a jade plant in winter, you must control watering. Many friends who grow jade plants in winter find that the roots rot easily. This has a lot to do with watering. Generally, before watering, first check the dryness and moisture of the soil, then insert a chopstick into the flowerpot. If the chopstick is wet, do not water them. After it is completely dry, water once; usually once or twice a week is fully enough to meet the plant's growth needs.

The above is the relevant know-how for growing jade plants in winter. We hope it helps plant enthusiasts!