Jade plant doesn't need fertilizing; spray its branches and leaves with urine once every 3 days, and in 1 month it will grow into an old stump at a rapid pace

The jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a very popular foliage plant. Its leaves are thick, round and emerald green, with a glossy sheen, hanging on the branch tips like pairs of jade pieces, giving it very strong ornamental value. The jade plant is a potted plant that can quickly become woody. A woody jade plant can be made into a bonsai, and can be shaped by hand to achieve many effects that other plants cannot achieve. Of course, all of this is based on the jade plant being able to become woody quickly.

Although the jade plant takes a relatively short time to become woody, many flower lovers still cannot grasp the trick, and some even have to spend 1 to 2 years to make the jade plant woody. That is already a very long time, and by then the jade plant has already grown up, which makes shaping it much more difficult. Today we will teach you a method: the jade plant doesn't need fertilizing, just spray its branches and leaves with "urine" once every 3 days, and in only 1 month it will grow into an old stump at a rapid pace!

Of course, the urine we are talking about is not real urine, but a dissolved solution of urea. We all know that urea is a fertilizer commonly used for crops. Urea contains a large amount of nitrogen, which can supplement a large amount of nutrients for plants and promote faster growth of branches and leaves. But during use, we cannot use urea directly, because the fertilizer effect of this fertilizer is too strong, and it easily causes root burn in some potted plants.

How to use:

Step one, we need to dissolve urea in clean water. The ratio of urea to water is about 1:2000. Only at this degree of dilution will it not harm the plant.

Step two, after the urea is dissolved, it still cannot be used immediately. We need to first let the clean water with dissolved urea sit for 3 to 5 days, until the urea converts into ammonium carbonate, so that the plant can absorb it.

Step three, we fill a spray bottle with some clean water and spray the branches and leaves of the jade plant, trying to spray every corner.

Step four, spray once every 3 days. After spraying, place the jade plant in a well-ventilated place to let the surface moisture evaporate as quickly as possible.

The method is relatively simple, but the effect is very good, because the leaves and branches of the jade plant can directly absorb the nutrients in the urea solution. The nitrogen in it can promote rapid growth of the branches, rapid thickening, rapid formation of bark, and the internal branches becoming woody. At the same time, the nitrogen contained in urea can promote leaf growth, making the jade plant's leaves more emerald green, plump and glossy, which is very beneficial to the entire jade plant.

During the process of the jade plant becoming woody, we can give it a certain shape, because its growth rate is now very fast, and the branches have not yet set their form. We can use some external force to influence its growth trend, letting it grow into the appearance we want. In this way, after it has fully set its form, it will have a very good aesthetic, greatly enhancing the ornamental value of the jade plant and making it a true bonsai.

This is a little knowledge about cultivating the jade plant. If you like it, you can try it at home. All right, that is all for today's flower-growing tips. If you are interested in potted plants, you can click to follow. We update articles of the same type every day, hoping to help everyone.