Jade Fertilizer
Support thick glossy leaves, sturdy trunks, and slow structural growth without forcing soft stretch with a liquid fertilizer made for jade plants. It provides consistent nutrition for healthy growth while keeping plant care straightforward.
Easy to mix into your normal watering routine, it makes regular feeding simple without adding a complicated extra step.
Why You'll Love It
- Healthy Foliage Supports thick, glossy leaves rather than dull olive-toned ones.
- Steady Growth Feeds sturdy trunks and stems that hold up instead of flopping.
- Bloom Support Gentle enough for 'Gollum', 'Hobbit' and variegated jade in small pots.
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Liquid jade fertilizer with a gentle 2-2-3 NPK plus kelp and micronutrients. This jade plant food supports thick glossy leaves, sturdy trunks, and slow structural growth without forcing soft stretch.
How to Use Jade Fertilizer
| Method | Amount | How Often |
|---|---|---|
| Watering can | 1 tsp per quart (32 oz) of water | Spring & summer: every 2 weeks |
| Watering can | Same dilution | Fall & winter: every 4 weeks |
| Leaf misting (optional) | ½ tsp per pint (16 oz) of water | Every 1–2 weeks |
Mix into your normal watering — no separate feeding routine needed.
What's Inside
The 2-2-3 ratio (2% nitrogen, 2% phosphate, 3% potash) suits how a jade actually builds — slowly, with more going into thick leaves and trunk than fast foliage. Gentle nitrogen keeps new growth compact and in proportion, while the potassium lead supports the water regulation that keeps leaves plump and stems firm.
Beyond NPK: sea kelp (Ascophyllum nodosum) for natural growth compounds, plus calcium (0.5%), magnesium (0.25%), iron, manganese, zinc, boron, and copper. Magnesium and iron are what a long-unfed jade runs out of first — the gloss dulls and older leaves fade while new ones come in small.
Made For
Jade plants (Crassula ovata) in every form — 'Gollum', 'Hobbit', variegated 'Tricolor', and other crassulas — from windowsill cuttings to decades-old bonsai-style specimens, potted indoors or summering outside.
Problems It Solves
- Dull, olive-toned leaves instead of glossy deep green
- A jade that hasn't put on new growth in a season
- Thin new stems that flop instead of thickening into trunk
- Small new leaves on a plant that used to grow them plump and full
FAQs
How often should I fertilize my jade plant?
Every 2 weeks in spring and summer and every 4 weeks in fall and winter, at 1 tsp per quart of water. Feed with the waterings you're already doing — jades want their soil to dry out between drinks, and you should never water a dry-loving plant just to hit a feeding date. If you water less often, feed at each watering.
Why is my jade plant dropping leaves?
Leaf drop is almost always watering, not feeding — soggy soil is the most common cause, a hard dry spell the second, and sudden moves or drafts third. Fix the watering rhythm first; fertilizer's job is the recovery after, helping the plant regrow what it shed. Dropped leaves don't come back, but a well-fed jade replaces them faster.
Will this make my jade bloom?
It helps a plant that's ready. Jades bloom when they're mature — usually several years old — and get bright light plus cool, drier nights in fall; a warm room year-round is the usual reason they never flower. The potassium-forward formula builds the reserves bud set draws on, but it can't override age or a missing winter cue.
Will it burn my jade?
No — at 2% nitrogen diluted to 1 tsp per quart, this is a gentle feed built for regular use on succulents. Jades store water in their leaves and react badly to strong salty doses, which is exactly why small consistent feeding beats an occasional heavy one. For fresh cuttings or a just-repotted plant, start at half strength.
Can I use it on my other succulents?
On other crassulas, yes — it's the same genus and the same needs. For a mixed shelf of echeveria, haworthia, sedum, and aloe, TPS Succulent Plant Food is the better all-rounder, tuned for leafy succulents generally rather than jades specifically. Desert cacti do best with the dedicated Cactus Fertilizer.
When will I see results?
Gloss and color respond first — expect richer green over the first month of steady feeding. Growth shows on the jade's own schedule: new leaf pairs through the warm months, stems slowly thickening toward trunk. A jade that's gone years unfed keeps improving over a full season, though leaves it already dropped or shrank won't restore themselves.