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Re: Bored Jade?

What a great idea, a bored jade plant.  I guess it got jaded.  Too much for
hot humid New York.

But my favorite jade story: when my son was going through his terrible twos
(about 30 years ago), he pulled off every leaf from my jade plant.  I could
have easilly resorted to infanticide (right word?).  But I didn't.  Lo and
behold: out of every leaf node came a new branch and it was lovely.  Draw
your own life lesson.

More to the point.  Mine also drop lots of leaves in the summer.  I don't
give too much water and muddle through.  Sometimes a new plantlet grows from
the fallen leaf.  That's how I got mine from a fri;end.  Her jades are all
over Riverdale where we live.
I have had mine outside in the shade.  This year I didn''t bother.  They are
pretty hardy.  We saw one in Vermont which was 30 years old: magnificent.
Batya Levin, Bronx, NY
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