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title: "Hi! I just got a small jade plant for Christmas and I’m a little…"
description: "Hi! I just got a small jade plant for Christmas and I’m a little worried about the amount of sunlight it will get and how much it needs. My room doesn’t have…"
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author: "Kealan"
published: "2023-12-25T17:07:03.064Z"
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# Hi! I just got a small jade plant for Christmas and I’m a little…

_Posted by Kealan on 2023-12-25_

Hi! I just got a small jade plant for Christmas and I’m a little worried about the amount of sunlight it will get and how much it needs. My room doesn’t have much sunlight because of my balcony roof getting in the way. How should I get it sunlight throughout the day?

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## 6 comments

### TwonB commented on 2023-12-27

I got mine under a grow light does great I set it outside in the warmer summer

#### TwonB replied on 2023-12-27

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#### TwonB replied on 2023-12-27

Has it close to a window one a below 0 night and she got touched by frost in a few spots but bouncing back

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#### Kealan replied on 2023-12-27

I love the little cactus in the pot! Is it real?

#### TwonB replied on 2023-12-27

Yaaaas it is it was a shrivled little raisin of a cactus to a client was gonna toss and I asked if I could try to grow it back and after a year of forgetting bout it it started growing in the last 2 1/2 months so I put it with the tree

#### Kealan replied on 2023-12-27

That’s so cool!

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