This is the current state of my jade plant. I’ve had it for about 2 years. I recently moved, and shortly after that’s when the leaves started turning red, shriveling, and dropping. Before I moved, this plant was so happy! It used to be in a northeast-facing window, and now it’s in a west-facing window. It definitely gets more sun now. I water it every 4 weeks at the MOST, and just repotted it thinking it was a nutrient/soil issue. I just moved it to a northeast facing window today. Any other suggestions?
by katieanyone
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jades need more water than that, especially if they’re turning red. a good general rule with succulents is if the day is long, give it as much water as you can, as long as the soil dries between waterings. winter is when you withhold water. the red is from being stressed; the plant is decreasing the amount of light it takes in to preserve water.
I agree that it needs more water. You can see how shrivelled the bottom leaves are, this is dehydration.
Looks like it needs more light and water
Not enough water. Your soil should be free draining with plenty of grit or similar. Then you can water pretty freely, especially in terricotta. Mines in a south facing windowsill so it’s weekly when it’s hot, and tbh it’s been too hot lately and he’s getting shrivelled even with that.
I think it looks pretty healthy. maybe a little more water but maybe not. jades lose lower leaves by using up the water in them. thats why they are shriveled. they also lose lower leaves because the stem becomes trunk like. if it starts losing leaves at the top you have a problem.
if you want it to branch out I would cut all those stems at the middle or lower. at each cut itll split into two branches. but thats just preference.