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Snapeface

I am brand new to houseplants and all things green (so of course I have immediately jumped in at the deep end and now have 12 houseplants, somehow?!) This was my Grandma’s jade plant that started my journey. I realised that she had root rot from my overwatering (sorry friend) and in an effort to save her I took cuttings and have planted these in soil as YouTube said that this was the best method. After about a month, they’re now starting to grow roots- but out of the wrong nodes?! I have no idea if there are already roots in the soil, but the cuttings are also growing roots out of the soil and I have no idea what to do now. If anyone can advise I’d be grateful!

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  1. Chass

    You made sure to clean up all the rot? Sometimes plants do this to try and self survive. You can also chop those pieces off & stick them back into the soil like before. Did you change your soil after you found the rot? You can mix some hydrogen peroxide in some water to help kill off any lingering bacteria if you didn’t.

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  2. Adrian

    I recently took cuttings from my 30 year old jade and after giving them a day for the cuttings to callous, placed them in wet perlite in a pot with drainage holes, only adding water when the perlite completely dried out, and they all grew roots within a week and a half. You can take yours out of the soil to see if any roots have developed in the soil, and if not, try a perlite method instead if soil isn’t doing the trick. If it had root rot, I agree with Chass in adding some hydrogen peroxide to the water to treat any lingering bacteria. You can also add peroxide to the water when watering the perlite if you’d like to try that method. Hope this helps!

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  3. Snapeface

    The answer is that some of them have a few roots growing, and some of them don’t- but none of them have grown a huge amount of roots after a month

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    • Adrian

      That’s ok! They can still grow roots, but soil and water propagation might take a little longer than other methods. You could try cutting them down into separate stems by cutting between the nodes at a diagonal angle, then sticking them in perlite or water. I’ve found perlite to be the most effective with jades, especially older ones and stem cuttings. Just allow the stems to callous overnight before adding them to anything, and use clean scissors or shears (you can sanitize ones you have by spraying them with hydrogen peroxide). The good news is that they definitely look healthy, so it doesn’t look like the rot spread to them after cutting them off your plant. Here’s a photo of one of my cuttings for reference.

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    • Snapeface

      Thank you for your help! As a stop gap I’ve cut them shorter/ separated them with clean scissors like you and Chass suggested, and I’ve placed them back into the soil. I’m hoping this will do the trick but I’ll check them in a week or so and see how they’re doing 😊

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    • Adrian

      Sounds good! As a tip if you’re trying again with the soil, let the ends of the stems callous over before adding them back into the soil, and use an eye dropper to add water to the soil where you’re sticking them back in. You can add more water to the hole you’re sticking them into when you check on them for root growth. Good luck!

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  4. Goldfish

    I don't know when it comes to root rot, but I found my jade plant was growing those roots when I was underwatering it- so it might not have enough roots grown yet and is looking for a new place to find water

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  5. Snapeface

    Update if anyone is interested- I now have roots! Yay!

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