Today, I was having a conversation with my manager regarding plant care. We discussed what plants and all we both have in our house. He mostly has many indoor plants, and I mostly have outdoor plants. It was a very good discussion and we both exchanged many knowledge. He mentioned that he was finding it very hard to care for the Jade plant. I usually consider the Jade plant to be the plant that can be grown easily.
There are several factors that are responsible for the growth of the plants and preserving the plants. Soil, water, and nutrition are the three major things. Soil selection should be perfect. Some plants need a lot of water and moisture, so using Coco pete for that gives a great advantage. Some people even mix normal soil with coco pete to have the best of the two. I usually have the combination of both, along with some manure as well to prepare my potting mix.
Taking a plant, for example, and having thoughts on the soil type for that plant can be a good way to analyze and understand the importance of soil for a plant and the composition of that soil or potting mix. When it comes to the Jade plant, I also had this problem of the plant dying because of a few factors. One factor is excess water. Usually Jade plant does not require lots of water. Some amount of water is sufficient for the plant to sustain itself. There should be a drain available to make sure excess water is taken out. They also don't need hot sun. Placing them in the shade region with access to sun only for a few hours a day should be sufficient.
Nutrition is also brought to the plants through the potting mix. Adding vermicompost to the soil a couple of times a week is important to add nutrition to the plants. Sometimes, if we use the same soil for a very long time, that can also cause the plant to grow in a poor way because of malnutrition. Even for repelling insects, some amount of vermicompost and mixed bacteria or fertilizer is used to keep the insects away. This usually happens in vegetable plants.
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