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Nov 13, 2023 12:20 AM CST
Name: Lori
Chicago (Zone 5b)
Thanks Baja and Al for your wonderful advice. I had to buy grow lights because my house doesn't get enough sunlight. I shared a photo of some of my jade plants a while ago and thanks to the members here, I found out my jades were leggy because they were not getting enough sun. Now their leaves a super shiny and green and the branches are no longer leggy. But some leaves are thin and curling. When I asked why, one member said it was because they were trying to get more light. But I doubted that because the grow lights were on for 12 hours. So I cut the light timer back to 8 hours.

I know my jade plants are in need of pruning/reshaping. I haven't had much experience doing this and since all my jade plants are the offspring of my late parents' jade plants before their plants died, I confess it's hard for me to toss out even a leaf that falls off, let alone what I trim off. So I have propagated them and I need to give them away since I have too many. I drew a red line on two branches that grew in a U shape.

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You can see how the leaves are somewhat thin and curved.
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Thanks again!

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