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1. kat (kat)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 11:11:24 UTC kat

   I have a plant, but i don’t know what it is or how to look after it #help https://quitter.se/attachment/3604538

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   • Kuro Sawai (kuro)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 11:35:34 UTC Kuro Sawai

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     quite sure it’s one of these – Crassulaceae: https://is.gd/qD1UNp

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   • morph (morph)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 11:38:48 UTC morph

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     @kat It’s a Crassula ovata. https://gs.morphtown.de/url/103845

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   • kat (kat)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 11:52:40 UTC kat

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     @morph @kuro i wonder how best to encourage it. Do you know?

   • nstr (rtsn)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 12:48:23 UTC nstr

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     @kat It’s some kind of Jade. It’s very hard to kill. The leafs becomes thin and "wrinkly" if its unhappy. 

   • kat (kat)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 14:12:39 UTC kat

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     @rtsn some of the leafs are doing exactly that. It’s worrying me.  I gave it water. But now I think that might have been a bad thing

   • Biene (einebiene)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 14:18:58 UTC Biene

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     I have had one of those for about 25 years, and it is indeed hard to kill. I water it properly once a week and do nothing else really.

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   • morph (morph)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 20:09:14 UTC morph

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     @kat Treat it like a cactus. Very few water and lotsa light. See that it won’t stand in wet soil. Best to use sandy, mineralic cactus soil. If a branch has eight leave pairs you might cut it down to two pairs. The branch will either form two new ones or go on with one, also might bring out a new branch at a leave below. You can bring them to flower with a trick. When it’s still cold outside but no frost, let’s say around 8-10C, put the plant outside for a while (1-2 weeks) and then back inside into the warmth. This cheat will make the plant feel like home in South Africa when its mating season and maybe will stimulate its lust.

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