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On thursday I mentioned that I killed a jade plant that I got from my grandmother. It had a little life left in it, and I am trying to coax some life out of some twigs. When we were at dinner with my dad and stepmom, I mentioned that I had killed this plant, and my dad says he remembers decorating the plant at Christmas, when he was a boy.
So it's not merely that I killed my grandmother's jade, but that she had had it for over fifty years.
And I asked my dad to describe it, since I was sure I wanted to believe that it was the same one, and he did so. If he's anything like me, he would have noted its presence every time he visited her.
So it's not merely that I killed my grandmother's jade, but that she had had it for over fifty years.
And I asked my dad to describe it, since I was sure I wanted to believe that it was the same one, and he did so. If he's anything like me, he would have noted its presence every time he visited her.
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Date: 2003-06-30 02:53 am (UTC)From:Bonsai Lives
Date: 2003-06-30 05:25 am (UTC)From:Never say Die.
If the subject of your bereavement has any still-living leaves, and it is actually Jade....guess what?
Bonsai specialists say the leaf will sprout'pods' from it's edges, much like the aquatic duck-weed does, if you lay the leaf out on the surface of a dish of nice potting soil...BUT DO NOT WATER. The water would rot the leaf...the moisture in air and potting soil below does the trick. Jade plants and trees propagate in this fashion.
How do I know? I sculpt Bonsai Water-bowls. As I kill every plant I look at, I 'leaf' the actuall botanical stuff to the experts. I leave the spelling to thhe xpertz too.
Nice to see you again. Luck. Q. Scraggit
Re: Bonsai Lives
Date: 2003-07-02 09:00 pm (UTC)From: