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squinj Sugar Land, TX Jul 12, 2008

I have a hobbit tree that is getting rather large, and would like to take some of it and maybe make another plant. I was wondering if anybody knew how to do this w/o killing it. Thanks!

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 12, 2008

Any chance you have a Latin name or a picture so we know what plant you're talking about? I googled hobbit tree and found it used to refer to different plants, it was usually describing big old trees that had a "hobbit hole" sort of feature in the trunk, so it didn't seem to have anything to do with being a particular type of plant.

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squinj Sugar Land, TX Jul 13, 2008

Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Money Tree 'Hobbit'Crassula ovata

Sorry about that.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 13, 2008

I know you can trim pieces off of those and start them from cuttings, but since I don't have one (or any other sort of Jade plant) and have never done it I hesitate to advise you on how to do it. But I'm sure someone else around here has done it, if not with that particular jade plant then with a different one, but the techniques should be the same.

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plantladylin (Zone 1) Jul 14, 2008

I have taken regular Jade tree leaves and rooted them with success. I had the "Hobbitt" jade once, a little one but it didn't survive. I'm pretty sure you can propagate it by leaf or woody stem cuttings, both. Cut off a stem, let it callous over a couple of days and pot it up.

Here's the link to Plant Files on the Hobbitt, not a lot of info but some: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/3286/

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