Plants
Trailing jade
Peperomia rotundifolia
EasyFine in a closed jar
Round fleshy leaves on thin trailing stems. Forgives dry spells.
What the simulation uses
- Light
- 2,500 to 10,000 lux
- The brightness it grows well in.
- Humidity
- 40 to 80 % RH
- Air moisture it is happy in; below the lower end it dries out.
- Temperature
- 18 to 27 °C
- Comfortable range; outside it growth slows.
- Dies at
- below 10 or above 32 °C
- Days beyond these temperatures kill it.
- Soil pH
- 6 to 6.6 pH
- Soil acidity it prefers.
- Grows up
- 0.35 cm/month
- How fast it gains height in good conditions.
- Spreads
- 1.5 cm/month
- How fast its edge creeps outwards.
- Copes with wet
- poor
- How well it stands soggy soil; poor means rot comes quickly.
- Copes with still air
- good
- Sealed jars have still air; poor means grey mould finds it.
- Copes with shade
- good
- How well it holds on in dim light.
- Copes with drying
- good
- How well it survives the jar drying out.
- Water use
- 0.08 ml/cm²/day
- Water drawn up from its roots per cm² of leaves in room air; a sealed jar cuts this to a fraction and returns it down the glass.
- Leaf drop
- 3 %/month
- Share of its leaves it sheds each month as litter for the cleanup crew.
- Soft leaves
- yes
- Soft new growth that hungry isopods will nibble.
- Full size
- 5.5 cm tall, 30 cm wide
- Its size when grown, before the lid stops it.
Care
- Day length
- 10 to 14 h
- Substrate
- Moist
What kills it
- soggy soil
- cold
Description
Its slightly fleshy leaves store water, so it handles dry spells better than wet ones. Let the soil dry a little between waterings. Soggy ground is the bigger risk.
Also called creeping buttons, jade necklace.
Estimated, where sources were thin: rates and limits are horticultural estimates, not measured.